Hgp Staff Quality Engineer

Job Description Summary
Would you like an opportunity to have a tangible impact on 1/3 of the world's electricity production? Come join us on the Hot Gas Path Quality Team, where we have a direct impact on the quality, timeliness, and reliability of GE's gas turbine fleet.
The right candidate will join us in ownership of the quality of hot gas path components manufactured in our Greenville facility, specifically focused on establishing internal processes required to enable high quality products, monitoring the results of those processes with internal and external customers, determining root cause of any non-conformances, and implementing corrective actions within their assigned projects. There is also a responsibility to develop standard work, and coach and mentor junior team members.
Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities

• Define and control HGP Quality Standard Work for HGP Quality Team, with a focus on closing the gate on customer escapes
• Drives standardization of best practices and how own area integrates with others; is aware of the competition and the factors that differentiate them in the market
• Uses strong judgment and has some ability to propose different solutions outside of set parameters to address more complicated manufacturing processes with technical variety and/or interdependent production cycles. Uses technical experience and analytical thinking. Uses multiple internal and external sources outside of own teams to arrive at decisions.
• Maintain and improve process documentation active and enforced in assigned area to ensure consistent quality across the HGP Quality Team
• Prioritize and implement multiple concurrent process improvement projects (focused primarily on standardization, methods development, and OBSO reduction), alone or as part of a multifunctional team, to drive customer satisfaction and business productivity
• Maintain and deepen familiarity with manufacturing equipment in order to provide accurate investment planning, as well as appropriate calibration and preventative maintenance
• Coaches colleagues with less experience.
• May lead cross functional projects with significant risks and resource requirements.
• Able to bring team members to consensus around topics within field. Conveys performance expectations and may handle sensitive issues.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with a minimum of 4 years of professional work experience)
• Minimum of 8 years of related quality and/or gas turbine development experience

Desired Characteristics

• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.
• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.
• Established project management skills.
• Demonstrated knowledge of GE systems
• Prior Gas Turbine component experience and knowledge preferred
• Prior leadership experience

This role is restricted to U.S. persons (i.e., U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and other protected individuals under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)) due to access to export-controlled technology. GE will require proof of status prior to employment.
Additional Information
GE offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
GE 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).
Relocation Assistance Provided: No