GE Aerospace is a leader in the aerospace industry, seeking a Senior MTO Engineering Training Specialist. This role focuses on standardizing and improving technical training across the component repair business to enhance safety, quality, delivery, and cost efficiency.
Responsibilities:
- Oversee the standardization and execution of SPO technical training across the component repair network
- Improve SPO competency levels using stakeholder feedback (SPOs, ME, quality, leadership) to define targets and close gaps
- Create and maintain a sustainable process to evaluate SPO competencies and align training resources and content
- Develop along with SSPO team 101-level digital training for all core processes (e.g., equipment fundamentals, tooling, fixturing, special processes)
- Work with vendors and internal experts to create, record, and publish training content in a consistent format
- Build and manage a catalogue of training courses, ensuring content is current, accessible, and aligned to SPO roles and progression
- Standardize and roll out SPO training programs across MRO sites, leveraging existing best practices
- Establish baseline competency assessments for SPOs and implement actions to improve competence against defined targets
- Implement a repeatable evaluation process to measure SPO competencies and tie results to specific training actions
- Design and deploy digital 101-level training modules for all key processes
- Partner with vendors and SMEs to create, record, and publish core training modules
- Partner in SPO onboarding, ensuring new hires follow a structured training and development pathway
- Continuously identify, design, and execute ongoing training programs for SPOs to reinforce skills and introduce new technologies
- Maintain and enhance the training catalogue, updating content based on feedback, audit findings, and technology changes
- Support the MRO Value Engineering effort to eliminate rework by embedding 'best known way' practices and lessons learned into training
- Ensure training reinforces quality standards and that SPOs are capable of operating qualified, capable processes
- Use sound judgment to solve moderately complex issues in operations, manufacturing, training, and engineering
- Leverage technical expertise and data analysis to support recommendations and drive decisions
- Act as a resource and coach for less-experienced colleagues; lead small cross-functional training projects
- Build consensus and alignment across stakeholders; continue to develop persuasion and influencing skills
- Communicate effectively with leadership on training strategy, technical content, and resource needs
- Collaborate within a diverse, global, distributed environment, aligning training efforts across multiple MRO sites
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college, experience in an MRO manufacturing environment
- Knowledge of overhaul and component repair processes
- Fluent in English, written and verbal
- Ability to travel up to 25% to international destinations, including (but not limited to) USA, Brazil, United Kingdom, Hungary, Poland, Italy, Malaysia, Singapore, and Taiwan
- Highly motivated, self-starting, and passionate about developing others
- Experience working in a GE Aerospace MRO facility
- Background in technical training deployment
- Demonstrated team leadership, collaboration, and facilitation skills
- Strong technical communication skills and willingness to continually improve communication and influencing skills
- Flexible and friendly approach to working in teams
- Keen listener with an innate drive to succeed and help others succeed