General Electric Company

Lead Engineer – Commercial Field Service

General Electric Company • $100K — $130K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
6 days ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in relevant field or equivalent experience (2+ years in aviation-related roles or 6+ years with a high school diploma)
  • Technical expertise in aircraft engines or turbomachinery preferred
  • Experience with data analytics for informed decision-making
  • Strong project management and time management skills
  • Excellent oral and written communication abilities
  • Self-directed problem-solving skills
  • Passion for understanding commercial functions in the aerospace sector

Responsibilities

  • Support customer issue resolutions and manage fleet configurations
  • Interpret OEM and technical manuals as needed
  • Evaluate maintenance actions to identify training opportunities
  • Apply FLIGHT DECK principles for continuous improvement
  • Analyze data and report production status to internal stakeholders
  • Recommend proactive maintenance and oversee necessary rework
  • Gather and relay customer insights for performance analysis and sales opportunities
  • Be flexible to work onsite during weekends and holidays as required

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare coverage including medical, dental, and vision
  • Access to Health Coach and Employee Assistance Program
  • 401(k) savings plan with company matching and retirement contributions
  • Tuition assistance and adoption assistance programs
  • Paid parental leave and paid time-off for vacation or illness
  • Disability and life insurance coverage
  • Relocation assistance provided
Full Job Description
Job Description Summary
GE Aerospace is looking for a Lead Engineer to join our Commercial Field Service organization! As a member of this team, you can expect to be co-located at the customer’s site, providing day-to-day support to our customers. More specifically, you will serve as the primary GE on-site representative and be expected to provide program leadership, technical direction, and hands on troubleshooting assistance to the customer in their operation, inspection, maintenance, and repair of assigned jet engine product lines before and during aircraft entry into service.

Job Description

Key Roles & Responsibilities:

  • Support customer issue resolutions, fleet issues, service bulletin implementations, monitoring and diagnostics, fleet configuration, and outage management.
  • Interpret OEM & technical manuals where necessary.
  • Review effectiveness of maintenance actions to identify training need opportunities.
  • Utilize our FLIGHT DECK principles to deliver continuous improvement, identifying proactive reliability enhancements.
  • Produce data analytics and timely reporting of production status, program updates, events, and trends to key internal stakeholders.
  • Provide recommendations on opportunities for proactive maintenance; direct and facilitate any necessary rework to assure engine serviceability meets new aircraft requirements for certification.
  • Share voice of customer insights to key internal stakeholders regularly to assist with data collection and timely reporting of performance analyses, marketing intelligence, and potential sales opportunities.
  • Flexibility and willingness to work onsite to support around-the-clock operations at the customer as needed on weekends and holidays.
  • Standard working hours for this position are 1:30 PM – 10:00 PM EST (factors a 30min dinner break).

Minimum Qualifications: 

To be considered for this opportunity, candidates must have: 

  • A Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college with at least 2 years of full time working experience in airline operations or maintenance planning, engineering, aviation propulsion, or related field (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 6 years of full time work experience in airline operations or maintenance planning, engineering, aviation propulsion, or related field). 

Desired Qualifications:

  • Some technical expertise in aircraft engine or turbomachinery equipment. 
  • Experience using software or data analytics to make informed technical decisions and to provide recommendations to the customer or other key internal stakeholders.
  • Self-directed with the ability to solve complex problems using sound judgement and critical thinking. 
  • Ability to lead and deliver on result orientated priorities using strong project management, analytical, time management and prioritization skills.  
  • Strong oral and written communication skills with the ability to forge deep relations at all levels, not only with key internal stakeholders but also with the customer. 
  • Passion to gain a deeper understanding of the commercial function and driving success for Aerospace with internal/external stakeholders, our customers, partners and colleagues. 
  • Embody the GE Behaviors including Customer Driven, Respect for People, Continuous Improvement. 

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. ​

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

#LI-Remote - This is a remote position

About General Electric Company

GE Healthcare provides medical technology, intelligent devices, and care solutions. They offer medical imaging, information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, performance improvement, drug discovery, and biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies. GE Healthcare's mission is to improve patient care and outcomes by providing innovative healthcare solutions. Their technologies are used in hospitals, clinics, research institutions, and pharmaceutical companies worldwide to diagnose and treat various medical conditions.

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Size
168,000 employees
Market Cap
$90.4 billion
Industry
Business Services
Net Income
$5.7 billion
Founded
1892
5 Year Trend
-9.1%
Revenue
$79.6 billion
NASDAQ
GE
* Ladders Estimates

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