Job Description Summary

Job Overview:
Maintains production, facility support equipment, and building/premises to planned production and quality specifications. Responsibility includes electronic, pneumatic, hydraulic, mechanical, utility systems, and facility equipment components. Responsible for the preservation, condition, and functionality of premises.

Job Description

About GE Aerospace
Are you ready to elevate your future? You’ll be warmly welcomed at GE Aerospace where we are advancing aviation technologies for today and tomorrow. Your work will contribute to the production of advanced jet engines, components, and integrated systems that power commercial and military aircraft. You’ll be part of a team that embraces your drive, your
curiosity, and your unique ideas and perspectives. You’ll learn and achieve as part of an on- going LEAN transformation. And, most importantly, you’ll share in our pride and purpose that affects the lives of millions around the world.

Working at our Asheville Facilities
Our Asheville campus is the career home for people who share a commitment to learning, achieving and collaboration. The campus includes a facility for production of highly complex rotating parts engineered for commercial and military aircraft engines. In addition, our Ceramic Matrix Composites facility produces high-tech, more efficient components to power the worlds
aircraft engines of tomorrow. With a product mix including shafts, seals, retainers, and discs, we’re bringing quality to enhance commercial, military, marine and industrial engine performance.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities:

• Maintain, repair, install, adjust, and modify equipment as necessary.
• Basic carpentry, electrical, plumbing, and building management.
• Maintain and repair the facility infrastructure and utility equipment to provide a reliable and safe working environment.
• Read, interpret, and follow basic blueprints, schematics, and instruction manuals as they apply to the facility and support equipment.
• Dependable – volunteers for overtime on holidays and weekends to support maintenance initiatives.
• Requires minimal follow up and completes work as scheduled. Takes initiative to complete tasks of normal responsibility.
• Utilize Maximo (CMMS) to obtain and complete work orders, in-order to keep accurate documentation of work and machine history.
• Must utilize required documentation practices as described in site quality procedures.
• Responsible for performing preventive maintenance on all facility equipment. Update documentation as required. 
• Performs duties and tasks conforming to all safety regulations and procedures, such as LOTO, confined space, Fall Protection/Arrest, hot work permits, and NFPA 70e. Keep facilities, materials, and work areas clean and orderly, exercise good housekeeping practices (5S). 
• Maintain a positive attitude that encompasses a team environment.
• Use of ladders, powered hand tools, fork trucks, scissor lifts and other equipment to perform maintenance duties.
• Active participation in daily team meetings and activities, cooperates and relates well with others, practices direct professional communication with team members, be open to new ideas from team members.

Basic Qualifications/Requirements:

• High School Diploma, or GED equivalent
• 1-2 years of maintenance experience
• Basic computer and keyboarding skills

Desired Qualifications:

• Associates degree in technical field of trade school certificate desired
• Knowledge and understanding of logic and complex systems (PLC’s, robotics, etc.)
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to train other technicians, engineers, operators, or support personnel.
• MS Office knowledge
• Heavy lifting (up to 50lbs), pushing, pulling, climbing, crawling, bending, and/or squatting/stooping or working in tight places or above shoulder height.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, employment will be contingent upon the ability to prove that you meet the status of a U.S. Person as one of the following: U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. Citizen, have been granted asylee or refugee status (i.e., a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).

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