Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership: Inspire, lead, and develop a high-performing team of training professionals, ensuring their efforts align with the site’s Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost (SQDC) priorities.
• Training Strategy Development: Craft and implement innovative, future-focused training programmes that address employee development, business objectives, and regulatory requirements, while embedding FLIGHT DECK principles.
• Leadership & People development: Design and implement comprehensive leadership and people development programmes tailored to meet the evolving needs of the business. These programmes will focus on building leadership capabilities, enhancing employee development, and fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement. Collaborate with stakeholders to identify skill gaps, create succession planning strategies, and ensure the organisation is equipped to meet future challenges.
• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure all training initiatives meet the highest standards of compliance with aerospace industry regulations and requirements.
• Driving Continuous Improvement: Champion a culture of innovation and operational excellence by leveraging lean methodologies to enhance training processes and outcomes.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Build strong partnerships with site leadership, HR, and other key stakeholders to ensure training initiatives are aligned with broader business priorities and objectives.
• Resource Optimisation: Strategically manage budgets and resources to deliver impactful and cost-effective training solutions.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Proven leadership experience in training, learning, and development, ideally within aerospace, manufacturing, or similarly complex industries.
• Expertise in designing and delivering training programmes that meet business, employee, and regulatory requirements.
• Demonstrated success in managing teams and overseeing early careers programmes, with a focus on talent development and succession planning.
• Strong knowledge of lean principles; familiarity with GE Aerospace’s FLIGHT DECK methodology is highly desirable.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across all levels of the organisation.
• Strategic mindset with outstanding organisational and resource management capabilities.

FLIGHT DECK Leadership Requirements:

• Respect for People: Foster an inclusive and collaborative environment that values diversity and empowers individuals to thrive.
• Continuous Improvement: Drive innovation and efficiency in training delivery, ensuring programmes evolve to meet the changing needs of the business and industry.
• Customer-Driven: Align training initiatives with the strategic priorities of employees, the business, and regulatory bodies to deliver measurable impact.
• Unyielding Integrity: Uphold the highest standards of ethical conduct and compliance in all aspects of training and development.

Flexible Working

GE supports and encourages flexible working arrangements, where possible, and recognises the benefits to employees of having a positive work-life balance.

Total Reward

At GE Aerospace we understand the importance of Total Reward.  Our flexible benefits plan, called FlexChoice, gives you freedom, choice and flexibility in the way you receive your benefits, as well as giving you the opportunity to make savings where possible.

As a new joiner to GE we are pleased to be able to offer you the following as default in your benefit fund, which you then can tailor to meet your individual needs;

• Non-contributory Pension   
• Performance related bonus   
• Car Allowance    
• Life Assurance
• Group income protection            
• Private medical cover    
• Holiday Hourly equivalent of 26 days + public holidays, with flexible option to buy or sell

Equal Opportunities

GE Aerospace Wales is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or other characteristics protected by law.

GE Aerospace Wales is a Disability Confident Committed employer, and welcomes applications from disabled candidates. We are dedicated to ensuring our recruitment processes are accessible to all. Should you require any adjustments to our recruitment processes or would like to ask us a question please contact HR.Walesgeaerospace.com

Security Clearance

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance is required and must be maintained for this role. Please note that in the event that BPSS clearance cannot be obtained, you may not be eligible for the role and/or any offer of employment may be withdrawn on grounds of national security. Please see the link below for further details regarding the requirements for BPSS clearance: BPSS

Right to Work

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, under the applicable UK immigration rules as may be in place from time to time, it may be that candidates who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be appointed to a post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled candidate who does not require sponsorship is available to take up the post. For further information please visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

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