Facilities Planner

Job Description Summary

Job Description

The Plant Support – Facilities & Safety position is responsible for ensuring effective vendor management, budget coordination, machine maintenance oversight, and safety initiatives within the plant environment. This role requires a blend of technical skills, budget management, and a commitment to safety and facility operations.

Position Responsibilities:

• Monitor and audit vendor agreements and manage all related billing, including the K&S agreement for inventory and spare parts support.
• Serve as Budget Coordinator for existing expense items related to machine maintenance and future plant expenses as this group takes on additional responsibilities.
• Maintain the Master Machine Maintenance List, showcasing measurements and performance against established metrics.
• Act as MAXIMO Preventative Maintenance Coordinator by generating work orders and procuring advanced materials to support planned maintenance.
• Work from blueprints, sketches, and verbal instructions to execute tasks accurately.
• Troubleshoot process issues to enhance plant operations.
• Provide guidance to other skilled employees involved in development and production activities.
• Input Job Safety Analysis (JSA) data into Gensuite.
• Lead safety initiatives and order necessary safety equipment and personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Participate in safety corrective actions and plan follow-up measures.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college, or a high school diploma/GED with a minimum of 4 years of manufacturing experience, specifically in machining, assembly, machine repair, or inspection.
• Previous experience in safety, crafts, and/or facility management.
• Proficiency in shop mathematics, including geometry and trigonometry, as well as blueprint reading and geometric dimensioning and tolerances.

Desirable Qualifications:

• Completion of an apprenticeship program.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage finances with a “Check-book” mentality, tracking weekly burn rates for each plant served by this centralized group.
• Basic understanding of the cost accounting system related to Bullet Train budgets and accruals.
• Experience with tooling and fixturing, and familiarity with tooling vendors and MAXIMO generation.
• Self-starter with the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Capacity to interface effectively with various levels of management, including Design Engineering and Project teams, as well as the shop floor workforce.
• Skills in maintaining relationships that facilitate task accomplishment, cooperation, conflict resolution, and sensitivity to the needs of others.
• Ability to accept guidance and supervision, follow work rules and safety practices, meet deadlines, and maintain punctuality and attendance standards.

GE Aerospace offers comprehensive benefits and programs to support your health and, along with programs like HealthAhead, your physical, emotional, financial and social wellbeing. Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace; and the Employee Assistance Program, which provides 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan, a 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness. ​

GE Aerospace (General Electric Company or the Company) and its affiliates each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a “Sponsor”). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsor’s welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, for applicants who are not asylees, refugees, lawful permanent residents or U.S. Citizens (i.e., not a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), otherwise known as a U.S. Person), final offers will be contingent on the ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

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