GE Aerospace
Central Plant Facilitator – GE Aerospace Research Center
$98K–$163K
Niskayuna · Full-time · Posted Sep 17, 2026
- Experience
- 3 years with applicable bachelor’s degree; alternatively, 5 years with qualifying military technical service; or 10 years with high school diploma/GED.
- Education
- Applicable bachelor’s degree in a listed or other applicable program; alternatively, high school diploma/GED for the 10-year experience path. The military technical-service path is also stated.
- Visa sponsorship
- Requires U.S. citizenship as a prerequisite for maintaining a U.S. Government Security Clearance. Export-controlled access requires U.S. Person status: U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. citizen, or granted asylee or refugee status. Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
About the job
Supervise continuous-duty operators and oversee utility plant operations supporting critical research programs, including wastewater treatment, HVAC, steam, chilled water, and compressed air systems.
What you'll do
- Monitor plant operations and equipment; evaluate trends, alarms, and upsets, and coordinate maintenance and outage response.
- Supervise, train, evaluate, and schedule operators and union trades employees while maintaining safe, reliable operations.
- Manage compliance records, service contracts, work scopes, procedures, and critical spare-parts inventory.
What they ask for
- One of the stated qualification paths: applicable bachelor’s degree plus 3 years of wastewater treatment or boiler operations experience; military technical service in facilities-related electro-mechanical controls plus 5 years of that experience; or high school diploma/GED plus 10 years of that experience.
- Strong technical understanding and experience in utility-scale plant operations.
- Ability to maintain a U.S. Government Security Clearance; U.S. citizenship is a prerequisite for clearance.
- Must meet the stated U.S. Person status requirement for access to export-controlled information.
Nice to have
- Direct facilities infrastructure maintenance or operations support experience in a manufacturing plant, hospital, educational campus, or military installation.
- Collaborative problem-solving, communication, flexible scheduling, and comfort working indoors and outdoors across seasons.
Pay
$98,000 - $163,000 USD Annually (base pay)
Tools
Industrial Wastewater Treatment, HVAC, Steam, Chilled Water, Compressed Air, Industrial Gases, power boilers, mechanical chillers
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