Operations Coordinator

As an Operations Coordinator, you’ll be at the center of our day-to-day operations, leading a team of Supply Chain Operations professionals to safely and effectively deliver on our commitments to multiple customers within the Civil Power value stream. You’ll combine your experience with the strengths of your team to identify issues, develop practical solutions, and execute plans that keep our operations running smoothly.

In this role, you’ll communicate confidently across your own team and cross-functional partners, actively championing a “one team” mindset. You’ll extract, analyse, and present business data to support timely, informed decisions. With a strong operational focus, you’ll own specific daily performance targets—and you’ll motivate, coach, and inspire your team to achieve them.

• Provide day-to-day operational leadership and management focused towards the achievement of assigned goals with respect to EHS, Quality, Cost, OTD, manpower and Compliance.
• Promote a Safe culture whilst delivering the highest Quality products to maintain our airworthiness requirements.
• Ensure equipment calibration and safety Inspections validity is maintained at all times.
• Work cross-functionally to resolve near-term manufacturing challenges and mitigate the risk they present to meeting our Customer commitments.
• Ensure communication of key business and customer information to your personnel and inspire them to achieve the highest levels of output.
• Tightly maintain the elements of the Value Stream budget you are assigned through achieving cost-effective operational delivery of the Value Stream metrics (Bowler performance) and facilitating the flow of output to meet our Production Plan.
• Punctually undertake the administrative management of your Team (eg labour voucher accounting, vacation approval, absence management, performance management and health surveillance).
• Select, hire, train and develop your assigned personnel.
• Foster a culture of Continuous Improvement within your Team and employ the appropriate methodology eg Lean Six Sigma for changes within our production environment.
• Actively encourage the flow of Continuous Improvement ideas from your team to identify cost out and process improvement opportunities – act decisively and provide timely feedback with the information you receive from your team.
• Identify production constraints and bottlenecks, then assist in developing business continuity plans to mitigate the identified risks.
• Support the Operation and Value Stream Leaders in delivering the strategic plans for manpower, equipment and other resources within the business.

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college and/or equivalent experience.
• Experience in a manufacturing leadership role.
• Competent user of the MS Office application set, especially MS Excel.
• Strong analytical skills to exploit business data to inform timely decision making.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Demonstrable capability to move beyond this position in the organisation.

• Lean Six Sigma training.
• Prior experience leading change within a manufacturing environment.
• A working knowledge of the Part 21G Regulated environment.
• Ability to balance multiple competing priorities under tight deadlines.
• Ability to influence across a functional matrix.
• Ability to bring assignments to a successful completion.

GE supports and encourages flexible working arrangements, where possible, and recognises the benefits to employees of having a positive work-life balance.

At GE Aerospace we understand the importance of Total Reward. Our flexible benefits plan, called FlexChoice, gives you freedom, choice and flexibility in the way you receive your benefits, as well as giving you the opportunity to make savings where possible.

As a new joiner to GE we are pleased to be able to offer you the following as default in your benefit fund, which you then can tailor to meet your individual needs:

• Pension
• Bonus
• Life Assurance
• Group income protection
• Private medical cover

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance is required and must be maintained for this role. Please note that in the event that BPSS clearance cannot be obtained, you may not be eligible for the role and/or any offer of employment may be withdrawn on grounds of national security.

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, under the applicable UK immigration rules as may be in place from time to time, it may be that candidates who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be appointed to a post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled candidate who does not require sponsorship is available to take up the post.

• Relocation Assistance Provided: No
• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Management and Manufacturing
• Industries: Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing