Associate Production Engineering Specialist

Airbus • Columbus, MS

9d • Onsite

About The Position

Airbus Helicopters is seeking an experienced Associate Production Engineering Specialist to join the Manufacturing team in Columbus, MS. This critical role is responsible for translating Engineering design data, for all technical aspects, into work instructions for fabrication, assembly, and installation of sheet metal, composite, and electrical parts. Position is responsible for assisting the Production Engineering Specialist (PES) team in creating and maintaining released/approved data structures, within the dedicated MRP system, to ensure conformity to design, configuration management, quality assurance, and material planning/schedule requirements. Help/Assist team to analyze manufacturing process flows for enhancements and reductions of cycle time, cost, and material consumption.

Requirements

• Associate degree or equivalent experience/Bachelor’s degree is preferred
• Minimum 1 year of experience in a manufacturing or customization environment.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Ability to understand and mentor principles within assigned discipline.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical aircraft topics.
• Excellent communication, coordination, and organization skills.
• Ability to inter-relate with and motivate diverse teams.
• Authorized to work in the US.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge with material requirements planning systems, such as SAP (Preferred)
• Experience with FAA Part 21 and Part 145 production environments (Preferred)

Responsibilities

• Work Preparation: Audit technical work instructions and provide feedback to the PES team for potential updates. This includes all design data required to describe the complete process required to manufacture, assemble, test, process, and deliver the products of the company.
• Evaluate current sequence tasks to ensure manufacturing, assembly, and installation requirements are implemented to improve efficiency, and provide recommendations to the PES team.
• Assist to confirm that tasks are in coordination with industrial schedules, back shops, production lines, and retrofit, as required.
• Input engineering design data requirements into the MRP system, including but not limited to, routing instructions, bill of materials (BOM), design and special process references, production resource tools (PRT), and standard times, as required by the PES team.
• Coordination: Coordinate with the PES team on creating and auditing existing work instructions to enhance internal products and ensure that work orders contain more detailed information to add more value for internal customers.
• Coordinate with PES, Data Management Group (DMG), Planning, Procurement, Engineering, Quality, and Industrial teams to ensure accurate communication of design requirements, in order to facilitate the manufacturing and installation for serial production, retrofit, and new helicopter completion (NHC) activities.
• Coordinate any material and operational instruction updates to the PES team to ensure new and existing design data is made available to applicable team(s).
• Collaborate within a team environment to develop creative ideas and solutions and facilitate continuous improvements.
• Configuration: Possess basic knowledge of Configuration Management in order to administer the design implementation and evolution of all products of the company, related to Parts 21 and 145.
• Execute design data updates and implement affected changes into serial production, retrofit, and NHC, to maintain configuration control of all parts, assemblies, and aircraft as required by the PES team.

Benefits

• 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.
• Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans), prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”) and other supplemental benefit coverages.
• Individual Development: Upskilling and development opportunities through our global Leadership University, including unlimited access to 10,000+ e-learning courses focusing on ways to develop your employability, certifications, career path as well as the opportunity to participate in accelerated development programmes and both national and international mobility.
• At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and accessibly. Wherever possible, we support flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree