Job Description Summary

Job Description

Peebles Control Console Technician

About GE Aerospace: 

Are you ready to see your future take flight? At GE Aerospace, 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.  Most importantly, you’ll share in our pride and purpose that affects the lives of millions around the world! 

Working at our Peebles Site:

Opened in 1954 for rocket engine testing, Peebles has spent more than 70 years evolving into a critical part of GE Aerospace’s engine journey serving as the final stop before engines go on the wing of an airplane. Located in scenic Adams County, Ohio, our 7,000-acre campus includes 450,000 square feet across 69 structures and supports a wide range of impactful work. Our teams contribute across production operations, maintenance, repair and overhaul, production test, development test, and defense & systems. Peebles is proud to be the first GE Aerospace site to achieve OSHA VPP certification, reflecting our deep commitment to safety, excellence, and our people. We perform new make OEM acceptance testing while also helping advance the technologies that will define the future of flight. With a proud workforce of 525 employees and growing, Peebles offers the opportunity to be part of a team where your work matters supporting today’s engines and helping build what’s next.

Role Overview:

As a Peebles Control Console Tech, you will provide support in areas of engine and test cell hardware / software configuration under the leadership of appropriate staff or project personnel.

• Ensure that control room display of data and safety limit annunciation is correct and in accordance with test requirements
• Participate in test planning efforts and support test in areas of the console, Fadec Monitoring System (FMS), Display Adjustment Panel (DAP) and Portable Data Loader (PDL) operation
• Maintain required test cell and engine hardware / software documentation
• Maintain effective communications with customers, support organizations, and team members
• Investigate, diagnose and correct instrumentation and system malfunctions
• Assist maintenance and engineering organizations in the maintenance and repair of test facilities

The Ideal Candidate:

• Some experience with hardware / software of control consoles and associated equipment (i.e. Ladder Logic)
• Basic software programming experience
• Some knowledge of engine test facilities and associated equipment
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to troubleshoot faulty circuits and/or instrumentation
• Demonstrated ability to identify, analyze, and solve problems
• Team Player
• Humble: respectful, receptive, agile, eager to learn
• Transparent: shares critical information, speaks with candor, contributes constructively
• Focused: quick learner, strategically prioritizes work, committed
• Leadership ability: strong communicator, decision-maker, collaborative
• Problem solver: analytical-minded, challenges existing processes, critical thinker

Required Qualifications:

• Associate's degree in Technical Discipline from an accredited school or institution (Or High School Diploma / GED with a minimum of 2 years' experience in manufacturing or equivalent quality training)
• Shift flexibility and availability for all available shifts. (outlined below) Shifts are subject to change according to business needs
• Ability and willingness to work a reasonable expectation of overtime
• This role may encounter high risk or hazardous operations and/or include working shifts beyond a standard workweek. As such, a requirement of the role is to be at least 18 years of age by the time of joining.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Some experience with hardware / software of control consoles and associated equipment (i.e. Ladder Logic)
• Basic software programming experience
• Some knowledge of engine test facilities and associated equipment
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to troubleshoot faulty circuits and/or instrumentation

Additional Information:

• Wages $36.29/hr + 5% differential for 2nd shift or 10% differential for Weekend Shifts
• 4 x 10 1st shift Tuesday - Friday, 5am-3:30pm
• 3 x 12 1st shift Saturday - Monday, 3am-3:30pm
• 4 x 10 2nd shift Tuesday - Friday, 3pm-1:30am
• 3 x 12 2nd shift Saturday - Monday, 3pm-3:30am
• Must be able to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds on occasion. 

Closing: 

We strive to keep a fun and enjoyable shop atmosphere while maintaining the highest level of quality work output. We work together to make the impossible happen and we are looking for people like YOU to join us! We’re looking for team-oriented individuals with the ability to share ideas and make recommendations with peers and leadership. 

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)).

Additional Information

GE Aerospace will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable). Employees may also be subject to random and reasonable-suspicion drug and alcohol testing.