Lead Manufacturing Engineer - Casting and Forgings

About the role

GE Aerospace is looking for a Lead Manufacturing Engineer to drive manufacturing readiness for raw materials across its forging and casting supply chains. The role sits at the heart of improving design producibility, strengthening raw material readiness, assessing manufacturing modality, developing processes with suppliers and ensuring capacity meets customer and business commitments. It suits an experienced manufacturing professional with hands-on shop knowledge of forging and/or casting and experience working with forging and/or casting suppliers.

Key responsibilities

• Lead manufacturing engineering to improve the producibility of part designs across forging and casting supply chains, reviewing designs and drawings, recommending design changes and determining forging or casting requirements.
• Support the raw material strategy for forgings and castings, evaluating supplier capability, process readiness, capacity planning, manufacturing constraints and supply risk.
• Partner with engineering, sourcing, supplier quality and operations to improve manufacturability, remove bottlenecks and improve delivery performance.
• Apply the FLIGHT DECK operating system for capacity planning, cycle time analysis, Takt charts, value stream mapping, structured problem solving and continuous improvement.
• Engage with suppliers and travel to assess manufacturing capability, capacity, continuous improvement opportunities and resolve quality non-conformances.
• Communicate program status, risks and actions across functions with ownership and cross-functional collaboration.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, or a high school diploma / GED with at least 4 years of manufacturing shop experience in forging, foundry and/or casting environments including supplier locations.
• At least 5 years of manufacturing shop experience in forging, foundry and/or casting environments including supplier locations.
• Ability to work independently, with strong ownership and urgency, balancing technical, operational and strategic goals.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work across multiple business organizations.
• U.S. citizenship required to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance; access to U.S. export-controlled information is also required.

Required skills

• Knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including PowerPoint, Excel, Word and Microsoft Project.
• Desired: aerospace materials and material selection experience, quality processes and industry standards, and a background in manufacturing lean principles.

What we offer

• Relocation assistance provided.
• Competitive compensation, professional development and a challenging career path.