At Avio Aero, a GE Aerospace company, we invent the future of flight, lift people up, and bring them home safely. We are a world-leading provider specializing in the design, production, and maintenance of components and propulsion systems for both civil and military aviation. Respect for people is core to our culture and commitment to FLIGHT DECK, our proprietary lean operating model. We attract, develop, and retain industry-leading talent from all backgrounds and cultivate communities where people are respected and empowered to reach their fullest potential. For the people of GE Aerospace, their work isnt just a job. Its their passion and purpose. We work and win as one team, accountable to each other and our customers, and we are always finding a better way to climb higher together. We were meant to fly.As Value Stream Quality Leader you will ensure that deliveries are consistently meeting all customers’ quality and regulatory requirements and lead preventive enhancement initiatives. You will coordinate a crew of quality engineers and directly report to the Product Quality Leader of Combustors & Structures CoE.Job Description
Essential Responsibilities
Manage staff performance, identifying training and development needs, recognizing high personal performance and reward accomplishments
Allocate priorities to staff and execute comprehensive reports about team performance, mission-related objectives, safety practices and deadlines to stakeholders
Ensure with ownership, discipline and integrity the full adherence to procedures/policies, supporting the execution of the given strategies and targets
Be the first line of assistance to customers and lead the organization in the resolution of any customer quality concerns. Monitor customer score cards and plan preventive actions against disruptions
Partner with customer to anticipate volume growth and changing landscape for quality requirements and improvements
Regular daily shop management of Quality KPI’s through standard work (e.g. customer disruptions PDCA, losses/defects preventive initiatives, quarantine reduction, PQA risk mitigation, router compliance, etc)
Lead product certification compliance process to customer requirements
Lead problem-solving events to contain internal scraps and customer escapes, find root cause and corrective action, make the risk assessment and standardize through the Lesson Learnt/FMEA
Stop off the production in the event of uncontained manufacturing off-spec parts
Be an active member of the Hoshin Kanri initiatives and Lean development (e.g. re-layout, 5S, material flow improvement, etc)
Proactively liaise with the related business stakeholders to the development of in-process inspection
Lead risk assessment (e.g. PFMEA, PQA, etc) to ensure the compliance to product/process/system quality requirements
Be an active member of NPI activities (e.g. customer requirements flow down, FMEA, leverage lessons learnt, etc)
Lead the implementation of digital tools (e.g. pQN, Digital Stamping, QcCalc, XDNC, etc)
Deployment through Yokoten of Lessons Learnt from established successful preventive actions
Qualifications / Requirements
Master’s Degree in Engineering field, preferably in Aerospace, Aeronautical or Mechanical Engineering
Knowledge of aerospace standards and customers’ specific requirements
Knowledge of materials used for the aerospace industry
Proven track record of all quality tools (e.g. DMAIC, PDCA, Ishikawa diagram, APQP, SPC, MSA, etc.)
Proven track record in driving quality assurance and control in a complex manufacturing environment
Background in GD&T
Willingness to travel abroad, if required
Fluent Italian and English
Work Visa, in accordance with local regulation, is required
Desired Characteristics
Mechanical aptitude (e.g. understanding of mechanical processes
Ability to inspire others and to manage conflicts
Organization & planning: manage time wisely and effectively prioritize multiple competing tasks
Problem solving & decision making: identify and solve problems, develop innovative solutions, act decisively, and show good judgment. Ability to think logically and methodically
Results orientation:maintain appropriate focus on short- and long-term goals. Motivated by achievement, and persist until goals are reached, conveying a sense of urgency
What we offer
Smart working and work life-balance
Avio Aero, when possible, promotes hybrid work and encourages a good, healthy and satisfying work-life balance. We value our employees’ wellbeing; hence we offer a variety of improvement programs aimed to preserve anyone’s psychological safety and daily needs.
Total Rewards
At Avio Aero, we understand the importance of Total Rewards. As a new joiner to Avio Aero we are pleased to offer the following welcome benefit plan:
Performance related bonuses and local bonus scheme
Flexible benefits platform
Life and injury insurance
Private medical coverage
Employee assistant program
Employee special awards (service and recognition)
Local special agreements and discounts
English and languages training for you and one member of your family
Technical, Leadership and development trainings
Inclusion & Diversity
Avio Aero is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and we are strongly committed to maintain an inclusive and diverse environment. Every employment decision is taken regardless to national or ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, etc.
We are not all the same. Just be Yourself AvioAero!
Additional Job Description
Additional Information
Compensation Grade
LPB1
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
