Airbus
Head Of Methods Engineering - VSM (A220)
Mobile Area, AL
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Computer VisionSAPSupply ChainLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration
About the role
- Airbus is committed to providing reasonable accommodations as an Equal Opportunity Employer to applicants with disabilities.
- As a key member of our leadership team, you will serve as the primary subject matter expert on-site and act as the designated backup to the Director of Manufacturing Engineering.
- Join our team and watch our aircraft come to life.
Responsibilities
- Task and Team Management Strategic People Leadership: In line with the Airbus leadership model, directly manage, engage, and motivate a team of 10 to 30 manufacturing engineers.
- Utilize established HR processes and development tools to build a trustful, inclusive, and high-performing shop floor support team.
- Operational Deliverables & Milestone Execution: Direct day-to-day Technical Shop Floor Support (TSFS) operations to ensure all engineering deliverables meet time, cost, and quality standards.
- Technical Escalation & Shop Floor Support: Serve as the final technical escalation point for production teams within the Autonomous Production Teams (APTs), providing rapid resolution to urgent, complex issues.
- Maintain a facts-driven, "out of silos" communication loop with Production, Quality, and Logistics.
- Recurrent Non-Conformity Eradication: Partner cross-functionally with Quality to analyze recurrent non-conformities, architecting long-term corrective and preventive methods to secure customer satisfaction.
- Transnational Collaboration: Regularly interface and collaborate with European manufacturing sites and engineering colleagues to gain guidance, share operational benchmarks, and standardize methods for complex, repeating technical challenges.
- Head of Methods Engineering & Value Stream Management (VSM) will lead our Technical Shop Floor Support (TSFS) department for the A220 Final Assembly Line (FAL).
- Join our team and help build the next generation of aircraft.
Requirements
- Resource & Tooling Availability: Oversee and manage the critical availability of replacement parts, jigs, and production tools required to sustain uninterrupted line operations.
- Required Education Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, or Industrial Engineering (or equivalent combination of education and experience).
- International business exposure; fluency in German or French is a strong plus.
Nice to have
- Required Experience 6+ years of manufacturing engineering experience Preferred Experience Prior leadership experience within a fast-paced aerospace manufacturing environment (similar to the Airbus Mobile site).
- Deep knowledge of supply chain, quality management systems, aircraft structure installation, and SAP/R3 tools.
- International business exposure
- fluency in German or French is a strong plus.
- Knowledge, Skills, Demonstrated Capabilities: Required: Knowledge of the principles, practices, methods, and tools used in manufacturing engineering.
Skills
- Required: Knowledge of the principles, practices, methods, and tools used in manufacturing engineering.
- Knowledge of supply chain management and quality system management.
- Knowledge about non-conformities and design query notes.
- Preferred Technical Systems Proficiency Knowledge of Airbus Industries mechanical process & methods.
- Knowledge of Airbus IT-Tools (Zamiz, TAKSY, DocMaster, ECM).
- Knowledge of common applications such as SAP/R3 (Module PP/PM).
- Knowledge about aircraft structure installation.
- Knowledge of rules for aircraft design and manufacturing.
- Knowledge of health, safety and environmental regulations and practice
Compensation
- How we care for you: Financial Rewards: Competitive base salary, incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan ("ESOP") Work/Life Balance: Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program.
- Performance Architecture: Drive absolute accountability for the department's performance by defining, improving, and tracking daily, weekly, monthly, and annual KPIs (including SQCDP/PPC metrics).
Benefits
- Competitive base salary, incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan ("ESOP")
- Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program.
- Vision: able to see and read computer screen and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents, reports and engineering drawings.
Company info
- Airbus Americas, Inc.
- In addition to federal law requirements, Airbus complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.
- This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, demotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, benefits and training.
- Airbus expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetics, pregnancy, marital status, veteran status or other legally protected status.
- As a matter of policy, Airbus does not sponsor visas for US positions unless specified.
- Only applicants with current work authorization will be considered.
- Airbus does not offer tenured or guaranteed employment.
- Employment with Airbus is at will, meaning either the company or the employee can terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice.
- Airbus reserves the right to revise or change job duties and responsibilities as the need arises.
- This position description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.
- By submitting your CV or application you are consenting to Airbus using and storing information about you for monitoring purposes relating to your application or future employment.
- This information will only be used by Airbus.
- Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment.
Equal opportunity
- Equal Opportunity Employer to applicants with disabilities.
- If you require assistance or an accommodation to complete your application, please contact us at USCareers@airbus.com
Visa & Work Authorization
- As a matter of policy, Airbus does not sponsor visas for US positions unless specified.
- Only applicants with current work authorization will be considered.
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