SMS Assurance Lead

RTX • East Hartford, CT

3d • $86,800 - $165,200 • Onsite

About The Position

Pratt & Whitney (P&W) is seeking a Safety Assurance Lead under the Enterprise SMS Program Office in East Hartford, CT. This position will be responsible for leading the enterprise-wide Product Safety Assurance program, and leading other initiatives aimed at advancing P&W's Safety Management System. Candidate must be a strong communicator, work well in dynamic cross-functional teams, and have a strong passion for improving culture and product safety.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Air Transportation Management, Aerospace Science, or related field
• 10+ years of experience in Aerospace or 7+ years with an Advanced Degree.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen. This position may require access to systems/tools that are restricted to individuals who possess US citizenship.

Nice To Haves

• Strong understanding of SMS principles and ability to communicate these principles to broad audiences.
• Demonstrated skill in leading cross-functional teams.
• Excellent communication skills and experience articulating vision and strategy at senior leadership level.
• Familiarity with Engineering, Quality, and Operations organizations and/or processes with a background working with safety data, within a SMS framework
• Skilled working with Excel, SharePoint, PowerPoint, and information systems.
• Experience in using CORE tools for continuous process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mature P&W's safety assurance strategy, including identifying robust and reliable data sources, enhancing KPIs for critical processes, and working the SMS Steering Group on best methods for reviewing data with SMS Leadership.
• Engages Product Safety Ambassadors on best methods for tracking product safety metrics and KPIs at the domain level, including targeted strategies across different organization types.
• Works with cross-functional leaders on developing, monitoring, and responding to proactive measures for identifying hazards within the system, and escalated to senior company leaders.
• Responsible for leading efforts to integrating SMS into the CORE Operating System, aimed at consistent continuous improvement of P&W's SMS.
• Works with SMS Program Manager and Product Safety Officer in developing annual objectives and supporting tasks, aimed at continuous improvement and maturation of the SMS
• Create metrics and trend data to articulate overall assurance process health to SMS leadership.

Benefits

• Relocation Package
• medical
• dental
• vision
• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior