Product Definition & Change Planning Specialist

Airbus•Kinston, NC

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Airbus Aerosystems Kinston is looking for a Product Definition & Change Planning Specialist to join their team. This role involves developing and guiding projects and configuration management activities necessary to incorporate new products or product changes, in accordance with contractual, customer, program, and regulatory requirements. The team manufactures crucial aircraft components, and the specialist will be part of a passionate group skilled in areas like electrical, structure, and quality, helping to build the next generation of aircraft.

Requirements

Minimal to No domestic and international travel
US citizen (work on site in Kinston)
Good computer skills (Google workplace and/or Microsoft office)
Emotional intelligence in a complex evolving environment
Demonstrates Transparency, Collaboration, and Inspiration in their daily work.
Proficiency in English (Spoken and Written)
Google workplace and/or Microsoft office
Willingness to learn!

Nice To Haves

3-5 years manufacturing experience
Undergraduate degree (bachelor or associate degree)
SAP experience

Responsibilities

Integrated scheduling (50%): Interfaces with program management, product design, contracts, tooling, manufacturing engineering, quality assurance, component suppliers, assemblers, and product support, in order to develop and maintain configuration incorporation plans and integrated schedules via application of project & configuration management.
Develops and guides project and configuration management activities necessary to incorporate new products or product changes, in accordance with contractual, customer, program, and regulatory requirements.
Schedule Negotiation (10%): Has knowledge of the production system (e.g., supply, engineering, manufacturing, support, etc.), reviews and analyzes configuration data to control product changes, and negotiates between organizations to develop incorporation plans and integrated schedules.
Monitoring and ensuring compliance (40%): Monitors and ensures compliance with the plans and schedules and reports on status. Ability to monitor and analyze the incorporation plan and to resolve plan deviations with the value chain.
Other duties as assigned: Ability to interpret technical work statements, manufacturing plans and program level plans.

Benefits

Competitive pay
Incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes
Retirement savings plan
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”)
Paid time off including personal time
Holidays
Paid parental leave program
Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, disability
Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”)
Other supplemental benefit coverages
Upskilling and development opportunities through our global Leadership University
Unlimited access to 10,000+ e-learning courses
Opportunity to participate in accelerated development programmes
National and international mobility