Job Description Summary

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Executive FLIGHT DECK Leader, DES, this role serves as coach, facilitator, and advocate, driving understanding and adoption of FLIGHT DECK and TPM. This will be accomplished through:

• Partnering with operations and transactional leaders to prioritize and solve problems based on voice of the customer and voice of the process.

• Leading Total Productive Management (TPM) deployment, including planned maintenance, equipment reliability, and facilities readiness, in close partnership with the Lynn Operations maintenance function.

• Implementing and coaching the Daily Management process, including daily management meetings, genba walks, and Kata coaching cycles.

• Championing kaizen and facilitating kaizen events to drive improvements.

• Coaching and developing team members at all levels to build lean skills, effective KPIs, action plans, problem solving, and operating cadences that drive sustainable results.

• Delivering step-change performance improvement through execution of Hoshin Kanri improvement priorities and action planning.

• Bridging operations and transactional teams to ensure consistent FLIGHT DECK and TPM practices.

• Working with colleagues to quickly deploy new, best-practice capability and processes.

• Embracing lean, digital tools, and rigorous prioritization to drive continuous improvement and increase employee and customer satisfaction.

• Sharing best practices across GE Aerospace Defense & Systems.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college
• At least 5 years’ experience applying Lean in a global, matrix organization

Desired Characteristics and Experience:

• 8+ years in business operations, with 5+ years in lean or operations leadership
• Proven ability to achieve results using the Lean toolset.

• Experience with Total Productive Management (TPM), including planned maintenance and equipment reliability programs

• Experience facilitating 5-day kaizen events end-to-end — preparation, coaching stakeholders on problem-statement framing, facilitating the session to identify opportunities and drive decision-making, assigning ownership, and managing follow-up

• Lean practitioner capable of facilitating Value Stream and kaizen events and coaching core tools such as Daily Management, structured problem solving, Standard Work, and Total Productive Management (TPM); continuous improvement experience in both transactional and operations environments

• Experience delivering Hoshin Kanri (HK) breakthrough objectives

• Strong operational background with ability to motivate teams and influence outcomes in large, matrixed organizations without direct authority

• Experience developing senior leadership communications and maturing executive operating cadences

• Change agent able to make the case for lean, demonstrate immediate impact, and drive adoption and maturity through change management

• Demonstrated bias for action, with ability to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines

• Humble: respectful, receptive, agile, eager to learn​
• Transparent: shares critical information, speaks with candor, contributes constructively​
• Focused: quick learner, strategically prioritizes work, committed ​
• Leadership ability: strong communicator, decision-maker, collaborative​
• Problem solver: analytical-minded, challenges existing processes, critical thinker

The base pay range for this position is $163,300 - 217,000. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set. This position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus based on a percentage of your base salary/ commission based on the plan. This posting is expected to close on October 19, 2026.

GE Aerospace offers comprehensive benefits and programs to support your health and, along with programs like HealthAhead, your physical, emotional, financial and social wellbeing. Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace; and the Employee Assistance Program, which provides 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan, a 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness. ​

GE Aerospace (General Electric Company or the Company) and its affiliates each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a “Sponsor”). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsor’s welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

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This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, employment will be contingent upon the ability to prove that you meet the status of a U.S. Person as one of the following: U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. Citizen, have been granted asylee or refugee status (i.e., a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).

Additional Information

GE Aerospace will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable). Employees may also be subject to random and reasonable-suspicion drug and alcohol testing.