Process Performance Engineer

Airbus•Mobile, AL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Airbus is seeking a Process Performance Engineer to join its Mobile Manufacturing Team. The role monitors manufacturing performance and develops improvements to help meet production goals at Airbus’s U.S. commercial-aircraft manufacturing facility in Mobile, Alabama. The facility produces A320 Family aircraft and A220 aircraft on separate production lines. The engineer supports manufacturing planning and performance control by developing and maintaining Gantt charts and Standard Line Balancing (SLB), enabling Production Pace Control (PPC), analyzing performance gaps, and identifying and reducing efficiency losses. The role also improves process and serial allocated time through value-added/non-value-added analysis and shop-floor observation, translates industrial requirements to design and supply chain, and evaluates the industrial impact of modifications. Depending on the assigned scope, the position may also involve maintaining the Standard Time Value (STV) database and related processes, checking adherence to STV rules, defining and updating methods, processes, and AOS bricks related to STV/SLB, maintaining digital tools, ensuring users and stakeholders have appropriate competencies, coaching end users, and supporting industrial setup evolution analysis. The role requires effective communication, collaboration within an international team, problem-solving, deadline management, interpersonal and negotiation skills, and relationship-building with internal and external customers.

Requirements

Degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Aerospace Engineering, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Fluency in written and spoken English.
Ability to function effectively as a member of an international team, with flexibility and initiative.
Proven problem-solving skills.
A record of meeting deadlines and completing tasks on time, on budget, and at an acceptable level of quality.
Good interpersonal skills and the ability to negotiate and manage conflicts of interest.
Experience establishing and cultivating relationships with internal and external customers.
Commitment to act with integrity and awareness of potential compliance risks.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of the SAP system.
Knowledge of MS Office.

Responsibilities

Create and maintain Gantt charts.
Create and maintain Standard Line Balancing (SLB) to enable Production Pace Control (PPC).
Monitor manufacturing performance and propose improvements based on gap analysis.
Identify, analyze, and reduce efficiency losses through white-space/red-space analysis.
Improve process and serial allocated time through value-added/non-value-added analysis and shop-floor process observation.
Translate industrial requirements to design and supply chain.
Evaluate the industrial impacts of modifications.
Depending on scope, maintain the Standard Time Value (STV) database, including the Non Conformities process.
Check adherence to STV golden rules.
Define and update methods, processes, and AOS bricks related to STV/SLB.
Define and maintain digital tools for STV/SLB.
Ensure users and stakeholders have the appropriate level of competence in STV/SLB.
Assess and coach end users in STV/SLB usage.
Support the Industrial Architect in analyzing industrial setup evolution.
Act with integrity and remain aware of potential compliance risks.

Benefits

Competitive base salary and incentive compensation, which may include profit-sharing schemes.
Retirement savings plan.
Ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).
Paid time off, including personal time and holidays.
Paid parental leave.
Medical insurance, including traditional and high-deductible health plans.
Prescription coverage.
Dental insurance.
Vision insurance.
Life insurance.
Disability coverage.
Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) and other supplemental benefit coverages.
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