Job Description Summary

The Military DoD SkillBridge program is an opportunity for Service members to gain valuable civilian work experience through specific industry training, apprenticeships, or internships during the last 180 days of service. SkillBridge connects Service members with industry partners in real-world job experiences under Dept. of Defense Instruction 1322.29. Separating Service members can be granted up to 180 days of permissive duty to focus solely on training full-time with approved industry partners after unit commander (first O-4/Field Grade commander in chain of command) provides written authorization and approval. GE Aerospace as a SkillBridge partner offers real-world training and work experience in in-demand fields of work while having the opportunity to evaluate the Service member’s suitability for the work. Military DoD SkillBridge participants are not eligible for compensation from GE Aerospace, as they continue to receive military compensation and benefits as active-duty service members.

Job Description

The Maintenance Cadence Leader is responsible for designing, leading, and continuously improving the end‑to‑end maintenance planning and execution rhythm for the site. This role ensures that preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities are planned, scheduled, executed, and reviewed in a disciplined cadence that supports Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost (SQDC). Work closely with Maintenance Supervisors, Technicians, Operators, EHS, and Production Leaders to align priorities and constraints.

Qualifications / Requirements:

• Active Military Personnel during the last 180 days of Military Service

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Maintenance, Operations Management, or related field preferred; equivalent experience considered.

• 5+ years in maintenance, reliability, or operations roles in an industrial/manufacturing environment; experience leading cross-functional routines or cadences is strongly preferred.

• Experience with lean principles, standard work, visual management, and problem-solving methodologies (e.g., 5-Why, fishbone, A3).

• Strong facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management; ability to influence without direct authority; comfort working across functions and levels.

Key Competencies:

• Structured facilitation: Able to run focused, productive daily/weekly maintenance and operations meetings.
• Analytical thinking: Uses data to drive decisions, prioritization, and improvement actions.
• Results orientation: Balances long-term reliability improvement with short-term delivery commitments.
• Collaboration: Builds strong working relationships with production, maintenance, engineering, and EHS.
• Continuous improvement mindset: Challenges the status quo and leads structured improvement efforts.

• Individuals selected for this internship will have the responsibility and authority to carry out all assigned tasks

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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