Senior Staff Engineer - SMS Safety

The GE Safety Management System (SMS) Safety Engineer demonstrates accountability for functional, business, and broad company objectives. In this role you will integrate and develop processes that meet business needs across the organization, manage complex issues within functional area(s) of expertise, be involved in long-term planning, and contribute to the overall business strategy. The SMS Safety Engineer will primarily be responsible for the promotion pillar of the GE SMS System. Responsibilities will also include coordination with training, risk management, assurance, policy, procedures, processes, regulatory interaction and metrics associated with our Safety Management System.,

• Responsible for the theory, design, development, practical implementation, maintenance and continuous improvement of the GE Aerospace SMS to support safety methodologies and techniques for engines, services, systems, equipment and devices.
• Coordinate and manage Enterprise-wide communications related to creating a positive safety culture.
• Work with multi-disciplined teams to administer and evaluate results of culture surveys.
• Integrate with the Flight Safety Teams regarding risk management objectives throughout the Enterprise.
• Draw upon lessons learned and past events to create safety moments for Enterprise-wide consumption.
• Perform internal SMS audits of safety processes.
• Execute processes to identify, evaluate, assess and mitigate safety risks inherent to the product design (production and maintenance) to an acceptable level.
• Provide SME guidance for safety policies, procedures, safety risk assessments, hazard evaluations, risk correction/control, monitoring, safety assurance processes, training, and safety promotion across the Business in coordination with global GE Aerospace business activities and priorities.
• Ensure integration of human factors principles to drive design, production and maintenance improvements in order to eliminate human error in products and services.
• Influence the development of strategy for the area of responsibility, including control of resources and influence policy formulation within GE Aerospace, with external industry partners, suppliers, and regulators.
• Interpret simple internal and external business challenges and recommend best practices to improve SMS performance, products, processes, or services. Stay informed of industry trends that may inform work.
• Use high level of judgment to make decisions and handle complex tasks or problems in areas of operational, product management, manufacturing, technology, services or engineering. Have the ability to assess quality of information given and ask pertinent questions to stakeholders. Offer new solutions to problems outside of set parameters and is able to construct and provide recommendations. Uses multiple internal and some external sources outside of own function to help arrive at a decision.
• Provide technical consultation on product problems throughout the business including supplier and field support.
• Provide technical consultation to cross-functional teams throughout the business to improve or resolve manufacturing, product center, supplier, or field issues.
• Effectively communicate and provide recommendations through the analysis, preparation and presentation of technical data to internal and external GE customers using reports, records, and letters.
  
  Master's degree in engineering from an accredited university or college
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in systems engineering, Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.
• Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects.
• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs. Established 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.

GE offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE is an Equal Opportunity Employer (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights_10_20.pdf) . 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).