Services Technology Leader - Chemical Cleaning

The Services Technology Leader (STL) is the manufacturing engineering focal responsible for leading, sustaining, and advancing a specific manufacturing process as it pertains to the MRO (Services) network. This STL in Chemical Cleaning includes oversight of the following Special Processes: Chemical cleaning, stripping, etching, plating, and ultrasonic cleaning. The Services Technology Leader is the resident expert for a specific manufacturing process and is the recognized focal providing continuity and growth for both business and technical challenges to meet the needs of the Services business.

Responsibilities:

• Guiding and standardizing capital expenditures

• Technical expert for chemical cleaning, stripping, etching, plating, and ultrasonic cleaning, providing shop support to drive business improvements (delivery, quality, safety, cost, scrap and rework reduction, etc.)

• Contribute to and sign-off Standard Practice Manual (SPM) updates and improvements

• Synergize and leverage New Make best practices

• Coordinate with global MRO site-level Special Process owners to leverage best practices, communicate lessons learned, and drive process improvements to achieve yield entitlement and best in class cost of ownership

• Create Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

• Ability to interpret engineering Engine Shop Manual (ESM) and Standard Practice Manual (SPM) requirements and institute best practices

• Institutionalize LEAN practices to improve delivery

• Provide mentorship and create training materials for new Special Process Owners

• Standardize Quality Control Work Instructions in partnership with MRO global site-level Special Process Owners

• Author audit checklists

• Partner with the Global Research and Advanced Technology Engineering divisions to advance the state of the art and scale across the MRO network

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university and 5+ years of chemical cleaning experience in a manufacturing facility.  (OR a minimum high school diploma / GED with an additional 4+ years of chemical cleaning experience in a manufacturing facility.).

Desired Skills:

• MRO (Maintenance, Repair, Operations) shop experience desired.

• Special Process Owner certification in chemical cleaning, stripping, etching, plating, and ultrasonic cleaning desired.

• Understanding and ability to direct LEAN improvements.

• Demonstrated application of GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing), GR&R (Gage Repeatability & Reproducibility), and SPC (Statistical Process Control) desired.

• Greenbelt certification or extensive quality experience desired.

• Solid project management skills and demonstrated history of effective horizontal leadership desired.

• Analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Strong decision-making skills and the ability to identify problems and propose solutions.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to collaborate within a global network and peers.

• Ability to communicate with shop operators and business leaders to drive improvements.

• Ability to calculate and present business cases in support of change.

• Working knowledge of MS Office.