The Unison Harnesses and Vibration Lab Sub-Section Manager provide overall leadership and administrative management for assigned personnel, fostering a high-performing, cross-functional team environment and serving as a strategic partner to drive operational rigor, team performance, alignment, and continuous improvement.
This leader works in close partnership with the Unison Section Manager, key global stakeholders, and site counterparts in Saltillo and Jacksonville to ensure strong collaboration, clear prioritization, and effective execution in support of business and engineering objectives. The role provides engineering support to internal and external customers, leveraging available technology and resources to deliver high-quality outcomes while balancing cost, responsiveness, and business impact across Field Investigations, Manufacturing, Quality, and Engineering.
The role has overall responsibility for the performance and day-to-day operation of both the Harnesses team and the GEIQ Vibration Lab, ensuring effective coordination of priorities, alignment of resources, and timely execution of work supporting multiple organizations and internal customers across GEIQ. This leader is accountable for enabling responsive, high-quality laboratory and engineering support while building and sustaining a productive and inclusive work environment that promotes teamwork, accountability, cross-functional collaboration, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence.
This role is grounded in GE Aerospace’s FLIGHT DECK principles, embedding key fundamentals such as Standard Work, Daily Management, Action Planning, and Problem Solving into daily operations to improve Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost performance.
Disclaimer for applicants: This position is available for internal and external candidates
Roles and Responsibilities
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Lead business initiatives regarding design, test and manufacturing technology, quality, and productivity. Identify and promote the development of improved processes related to design, analysis, manufacturing, quality, and productivity.
- Define, develop, and monitor operating plans to ensure alignment with business objectives, program needs, financial commitments, and resource plans.
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Ensure employees receive the training and guidance needed to increase their responsibilities and technical contributions
- Establish and communicate the work-group goals that meet the needs of the business
- Provide leadership and administrative management and define roles and responsibilities of assigned personnel. Conduct performance appraisals and participate in salary planning. Promote professional growth through timely performance feedback, coaching, and counseling.
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Represent and promote department compliance activities. Serve as a focal point for all compliance issues within the department. Lead the department’s Compliance team.
- Maintain ample awareness of technical efforts within the work group in order to assure technical excellence, timely completion of work and reviews, appropriate use of resources and consistency of methods across programs.
- Assure communication of technical and business information between organizations and within the work group. Communicate technical, organizational, resource, and personnel issues to higher management.
- Ensure procedures are established and adhered to, maintaining high-quality Engineering that conforms to Engineering Standards, Design Practices, and applicable Operating Procedures.
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Implement Engineering and Drafting Standards and specifications consistent with GE needs, policies, and practices.
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Provide leadership in furthering digitization process and programs.
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Provide an effective and efficient service for all assigned organizations.
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Manage vibration laboratory services: test execution, resources, equipment readiness, prioritization.
Required Qualifications
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Bachelor’s engineering degree from an accredited university or college.
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Experience leading cross-functional efforts with autonomy, ownership, and strong follow-through.
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Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
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Demonstrated ability to influence across functions and levels, build alignment, and drive execution in a matrixed environment.
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Strong communication skills with the ability to maintain effective day-to-day business conversations in English across all stakeholder levels
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Proven ability to lead changes, improve process rigor, and standardize operating mechanisms across organizations.
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Demonstrated Project Management skills or the ability to document, plan, execute, control, and manage projects.
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Strategic planning and execution
Desired Characteristics
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Familiar with Aerospace processes
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Experience leading or supporting teams in vibration testing, laboratory operations, harness engineering, or related technical areas
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Demonstrated ability to translate technical work into business and customer impact
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Demonstrated Lean / FLIGHT DECK experience
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Demonstrated experience interacting with several groups across global sites
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Works effectively across organizational boundaries
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Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
