Senior Laboratory Operations Manager

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Job description

Job Description Summary Seize a unique opportunity to lead a team and operations for a lab focused on cutting-edge ceramic matrix composite (CMC) technology. In this critical role, you will be the driving force behind seamless day-to-day lab operations and play a key role in achieving milestones for important technology and hardware programs. If you're a leader with a passion for technology and a track record of success, this is your opportunity to thrive in a cross-functional, dynamic environment.

Job Description

The Senior CMC Laboratory Operations Manager is responsible for the day-to-day management of the laboratory. This role facilitates coordination and alignment of priorities across the materials, design, and supply chain teams to meet business and customer objectives. This role has supervisory responsibility for the raw material and component lab technician team, ensuring they are properly resourced, and leads initiatives to meet safety, quality, delivery, and cost objectives for the section.

Key responsibilities include:

• Responsibility for lab technician team; develops both people and functional skillset development and succession plans; fosters a strong, inclusive, high-performing culture
• Coordinates weekly lab schedule; leads and/or develops daily and weekly management rhythms that allow for escalation, act as an accountability framework, and create a forward-looking view that enables a proactive problem-solving approach
• Exercises a customer-centric approach, building customer relationships and serving as an interface between internal customers and the team.
• Responsible for lab capacity; aggregates current and future demand profiles (people and equipment) and compares to lab capacity; advocates as needed for capacity growth to meet customer/program expectations and/or additional demand to maintain lab workload.

Qualifications/requirements :

• B.S. degree in Ceramics, Composites, or Engineering from an accredited university or college or B.S. degree in another Engineering discipline from an accredited university or college
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in a program or project leadership role within an engineering environment.

Desired Characteristics

• Bias for action
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams and solve problems
• Effective team building and project management skills

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

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: Yes

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