Job Description Summary

Lead the daily operations of the Hot Gas Path Cell at the Jebel Ali Service Center to ensure safe, reliable, efficient, and high-quality execution. This role oversees production planning, cross-functional coordination, and operational excellence across Hot Gas Path repair operations. While primarily execution focused, the role has autonomy in decision-making and plays a critical part in driving continuous improvement, capacity expansion, and team development, covered by standard functional practices and procedures with guidance.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• In-depth understanding of key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work. In-depth understanding of how work of own team integrates with other teams and contributes to the area.
• Own and deliver on fulfillment metrics (SQDCC) through effective leadership of the Hot Gas Path Cell's daily operations.
• Lead a cross-functional team of operations leaders, method engineers, and quality engineers.
• Lead the cell's expansion, capability development, and transformation roadmap.
• Onboard and develop talent by providing clear direction, coaching, and continuous leadership to ensure team capability, engagement, and alignment with business goals.
• Mentor and coach teams on Lean principles, problem solving, and continuous improvement culture.
• Maintain and optimize cell capacity, manpower planning, equipment utilization, and scheduling to meet customer demands.
• Own and drive the cell roadmap in alignment with the Plant Leader.
• Govern variable cost expenditure to ensure financial metrics are met and aligned with business objectives.
• Partner to deliver yearly budget planning and preparation for the plant roadmap.
• Manage customer relationships and technical queries in partnership with engineering, services, and project management teams.
• Facilitate and lead Kaizen events focused on cost-out, lead time reduction, safety, quality, productivity, and process flow improvements.
• Lead Daily Management System (DMS) implementation across functions and monitor adherence and effectiveness.
• Support NPI, process qualification, equipment qualification, and CAPEX planning related to Hot Gas Path repair capabilities.
• Maintain the CI ideas pipeline, track progress, and report savings including PCO and CoPQ reduction.
• Act as the interface with the fulfillment & materials team to ensure production loading and material availability meet customer requirements.
• Drive repair flow optimization, constraint management, and capacity improvements across Hot Gas Path processes to support fulfillment and growth requirements.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited university or college
• Minimum 4 years of experience in gas turbine repairs or manufacturing operations.
• Proven experience managing frontline teams and delivering on operational KPIs.
• Strong command of Lean tools (Kaizen, DMS, VSM, standard work, etc.) with a track record of implementation.
• Strong communication skills in English, both written and verbal

Desired Characteristics

• Technical understanding of Hot Gas Path gas turbine component repair processes and equipment, including relevant inspection, machining, coating, and repair technologies.
• Experience leading teams in various Kaizen events.
• Experience supporting capacity expansion, NPI, process qualifications, and CAPEX projects.
• Ability to influence and lead change in dynamic, fast-paced environments.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills across functions and levels.
• Strong problem-solving skills.

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