SMS Leader

Job Description Summary

The SMS Focal will coordinate with the site Plant Leader and site Product Safety & Quality Leader in the development, implementation, and maintenance of a Product Safety Management System (SMS) for the Wilmington site. This role involves promoting a positive product safety culture, coordinating product safety initiatives, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. The SMS focal will work closely with cross‑functional teams to identify, assess, and mitigate product safety risks while driving continuous improvement in product safety performance.

This role is critical in demonstrating the GE Aerospace commitment to the evolving regulatory requirements and oversight of SMS. This role will be transformational in moving our business from reactive to proactive then moving to predictive in managing product safety risk. It also presents an exciting opportunity to contribute from the onset of a shift in adopting a business‑wide SMS with potential for growth as the new regulatory environment develops and matures.

Note:

This role is specific to Product Safety and is separate from the EH&S domain. The role is designed as a function within the Quality Organization.

• Safety Risk Management (SRM) – Facilitate risk identification, analysis, and mitigation through collaboration with site product Safety Action Team (SAT)/Groups and product Safety Review Boards (SRB).
• Incident Investigation and Reporting – Prepare and submit product safety performance reports to the Accountable SMS Delegate, safety review board, and enterprise SMS team as required.
• Compliance and Auditing (Safety Assurance) – Monitor site‑level compliance with applicable enterprise SMS policies. Conduct regular product safety audits and inspections to ensure adherence to SMS requirements.
• Management of Change (Assurance) – Support product Safety Risk Management within change management initiatives.
• Training and Awareness (Product Safety Promotion) – Collaborate with the local training team or focal point to provide SMS and Human Factors training to employees across all levels of the site. Promote product safety awareness and a culture of continuous improvement.
• Collaboration and Communication (Product Safety Promotion) – Facilitate the distribution of product safety information. Drive initiatives to enhance product safety performance and reduce risks. Act as the liaison between the site‑level operations and enterprise SMS team on matters pertaining to product safety. Collaborate with other sites to share lessons learned and address systemic issues or concerns. Facilitate communication and collaboration across all levels of the GE Aerospace enterprise (e.g. other MRO shops, other Part 21 shops, etc.)
  
  to ensure alignment with SMS objectives.
• Performance Monitoring and Improvement – Track and analyze product safety performance metrics to identify trends (drive proactive approach to SRM) and areas for improvement. Facilitate the independent review of investigations and just culture. Support customer and regulatory audits.
• FLIGHT DECK – Implement FLIGHT DECK standards such as daily management, standard work, and problem‑solving tools like APPS and PSRs. Make this the standard for how you work across the teams to enable performance and support the business operating system. Standardization of processes, tools and performance management system.

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university + Minimum of 5 years of manufacturing or aerospace environment experience
• Or a high school diploma and at least 10 years of quality assurance experience in a manufacturing or aerospace environment.

• Computer literacy is essential to the position
• Experience in using problem‑solving root cause analysis tools
• Audit experience
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.
• Effective communication skills, both written and spoken and the ability to interact at all levels – including leadership, regulatory representatives, and customer / operator…