General Manager, Advanced Coating Technologies (ACT) (Onsite)
About The Position
Pratt & Whitney Advanced Coatings Technologies (ACT), located in Middletown, New York, is a business unit within the Pratt & Whitney Operations Hot Section Module Center. ACT provides coating applications for turbine blades, vanes, and other hot-section components to major turbine engine manufacturers. The General Manager provides strategic, operational, and cultural leadership to drive performance, organizational excellence, and profitable growth across ACT’s multi-building manufacturing footprint. The role leads ACT’s business performance and continuous improvement, ensuring organizational standard work supports a rapid-growth environment. The General Manager oversees ACT’s three-building operating footprint, maintains required FAA and EASA repair certifications, and leads the coatings center of excellence in innovation and the development of highly engineered coating processes. The position is onsite in Middletown, NY, with periodic travel between Connecticut and New York.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and 12 or more years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree and 10 or more years of relevant experience.
- Demonstrated success in operations management, program management, engineering, and customer support functions in the aerospace industry.
- U.S. citizenship is required because only U.S. citizens are authorized to access certain necessary systems.
Nice To Haves
- Collaboration skills and demonstrated experience working effectively with all levels of leadership, employees, and customers.
- Experience in cost reduction, project management, process improvement, marketing and sales, and business analysis.
Responsibilities
- Provide overall leadership for ACT and ensure the design, deployment, and continuous improvement of organizational standard work.
- Lead business performance, including EH&S, CORE, OEE, OLE, Lean Manufacturing and Kaizen, quality, cost productivity, on-time delivery, customer satisfaction, employee development, and site-level performance measures.
- Ensure compliance with state, county, local, and internal RTX and P&W regulatory requirements while maintaining a culture of safety, integrity, and operational discipline.
- Maintain FAA and EASA repair certifications and ensure processes, documentation, and quality systems meet regulatory and customer standards.
- Lead ACT as the coatings center of excellence, driving innovation, development of highly engineered coating processes, and industry-leading quality, yield, and competitive cost structures.
- Oversee ACT’s three-building operating footprint, optimizing capacity planning, layout, material flow, and capital investment strategy to meet current and future program demand.
- Travel periodically between Connecticut and New York.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- 401(k) match
- Flexible spending accounts
- Flexible work schedules
- Employee assistance program
- Employee Scholar Program
- Parental leave
- Paid time off
- Holidays
- Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be available, depending on position level and collective-bargaining coverage.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
