Job Description

Summary Step into a dynamic leadership role where you'll drive operational excellence and help teams achieve GE Aerospace's core objectives: Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost (SQDC).
As a Manufacturing Leader, you'll play a key role in coordinating activities, fostering collaboration, and ensuring alignment with organisational goals to deliver world-class aerospace solutions.
This role is an opportunity to grow your leadership skills while contributing to continuous improvement and the implementation of lean principles to enhance processes and performance. You'll be at the forefront of problem-solving, promoting a culture of accountability, teamwork, and compliance with safety standards. Your efforts will directly impact the delivery of high-quality products and services to customers worldwide.
At GE Aerospace's Cheltenham facility, you'll be part of a team specialising in advanced aircraft power distribution and avionics systems. The site supports design, development, manufacturing, and aftermarket services for leading aerospace manufacturers in civilian and military sectors. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams on exciting projects, working with cutting-edge technologies that shape the future of aviation.
This role is ideal for someone with a strong foundation of manufacturing experience who is ready to take their leadership skills to the next level.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Oversight and management of front-line manufacturing employees.
• Typically managing hourly employee populations.
• Broadening knowledge of own technical discipline to execute policy/strategy.
• May include support roles with specialised technical field of knowledge; still acquiring higher level knowledge and skills.
• Basic understanding of key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work.
• Good understanding of how work of own team integrates with other teams and contributes to the area.
• May have some autonomy to make decisions within a defined framework.
• Resolves issues in situations that require good technical knowledge and judgement within established procedures.
• Consults more senior team members for issues outside of defined instructions/parameters.

Skills:

• Ability to lead and support teams, fostering collaboration and alignment with organisational goals.
• Strong analytical skills to identify issues, develop solutions, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to ensure clear and effective interaction with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Proficiency in lean tools and techniques, such as Kaizen, Standard Work, and Hoshin Kanri, to enhance processes and performance.
• Ability to manage activities, prioritise tasks, and ensure timely delivery of projects and services.
• Deep understanding of safety protocols and the ability to promote a safety-first culture.
• Competence in monitoring and interpreting performance metrics to drive informed decision-making.

Qualifications:

• Relevant degree or diploma and/or equivalent experience.
• Strong experience in manufacturing, operations,
• Lean Six Sigma certification or similar credentials are highly desirable.
• Ability to build relationships, influence others, and foster a culture of accountability and teamwork.

Flexible Working
GE supports and encourages flexible working arrangements, where possible, and recognises the benefits to employees of having a positive work-life balance.
Total Reward
At GE Aerospace we understand the importance of Total Reward. Our flexible benefits plan, called FlexChoice, gives you freedom, choice and flexibility in the way you receive your benefits, as well as giving you the opportunity to make savings where possible.
As a new joiner to GE we are pleased to be able to offer you the following as default in your benefit fund, which you then can tailor to meet your individual needs;

• Pension
• Bonus
• Life Assurance
• Group income protection
• Private medical cover

Security Clearance
Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance is required and must be maintained for this role. Please note that in the event that BPSS clearance cannot be obtained, you may not be eligible for the role and/or any offer of employment may be withdrawn on grounds of national security. Please see the link below for further details regarding the requirements for BPSS clearance:
Right to Work
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, under the applicable UK immigration rules as may be in place from time to time, it may be that candidates who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be appointed to a post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled candidate who does not require sponsorship is available to take up the post. For further information please visit the
Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: No

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