Site Infrastructure & EHS Leader

GE Aerospace•Arkansas City, KS

About The Position

The Site Infrastructure & EHS Leader – Strother is the senior leader accountable for creating and sustaining a safe, compliant, and highly reliable operating environment for the entire facility. This role integrates EHS, Maintenance, Security, and overall site infrastructure under one leadership umbrella to ensure the site can meet current production needs and future growth objectives. The Site Infrastructure & EHS Leader – Strother is the senior leader accountable for creating and sustaining a safe, compliant, and highly reliable operating environment for the entire facility. This role integrates EHS, Maintenance, Security, and overall site infrastructure under one leadership umbrella to ensure the site can meet current production needs and future growth objectives. This leader owns the majority of the Strother capital budget and is responsible for planning, prioritizing, and executing large, complex infrastructure and facilities projects. These projects may include building modifications, utility system upgrades, capacity expansions, and major equipment installations that are critical to enabling the site’s operational strategy. The role requires strong financial acumen to manage multi-year capital plans and to balance risk, compliance, and return on investment. The position directly leads a professional EHS staff that includes contracted health services, two safety engineers, and an environmental specialist, as well as the site’s Maintenance and Security organizations. The leader sets direction, provides coaching, and ensures these teams are aligned around a common set of priorities: preventing injuries, eliminating environmental incidents, maintaining asset health and uptime, and protecting people, property, and information. Beyond functional expertise, this role is a key member of the site leadership team, expected to shape long-term site strategy, anticipate infrastructure and EHS needs, and represent Strother in interactions with regulators, auditors, corporate functions, and external partners. The Site Infrastructure & EHS Leader will champion a safety-first, compliance-focused, and continuous improvement culture, using data and structured problem-solving to drive improvements in Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost while ensuring the site remains resilient, secure, and ready for the future.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college in environmental health and safety, engineering, facilities management, or a related technical field OR Equivalent professional experience, typically 10+ years in maintenance, facilities, EHS, or operations leadership roles in a manufacturing, industrial, or military environment
Minimum 8 years of relevant professional experience in EHS, facilities/infrastructure management, maintenance leadership, or operations within a manufacturing, industrial, military, or other highly regulated environment
Minimum 3 years of people leadership experience, including leading salaried professionals, craft/technical teams, and/or multi-disciplinary teams
Demonstrated experience supporting or leading safety and environmental programs and ensuring compliance with applicable federal, state, and local regulations.
Demonstrated experience managing facilities or infrastructure projects, including capital planning, budgeting, and execution of large or complex projects
Experience using data and metrics to drive decision-making, prioritize risk, and improve performance in Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost
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)).

Nice To Haves

Prior experience as the senior EHS or Facilities leader at a manufacturing or industrial site, with responsibility for both compliance and infrastructure reliability
Experience leading and integrating multiple functions such as EHS, Maintenance, Facilities/Infrastructure, and Security under a common strategy
Demonstrated success developing and executing multi-year capital plans, including justification, prioritization, and delivery of high-value projects
Strong financial acumen, including experience managing capital and operating budgets, evaluating return on investment, and balancing compliance, risk, and cost
Proven track record building and sustaining a safety-first and compliance-focused culture, including employee engagement, training, and accountability mechanisms
Experience representing a site with external regulators, auditors, and corporate EHS/facilities functions, including successful navigation of audits, inspections, and permitting
Experience using structured problem-solving and continuous improvement methodologies (e.g., lean, root cause analysis, risk assessments) to drive sustained improvements in Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost
Strong communication and influence skills, with the ability to work effectively as part of a site leadership team and to align diverse stakeholders around common priorities

Benefits

GE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation.
GE Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
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).
Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

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