Structure Supply Engineer

Airbus • Herndon, VA

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Airbus Commercial Aircraft is looking for a Structure Supply Engineer to join our Fleet Efficiency & Customer Engineering Team based in Herndon, VA. As a part of the Supply Engineering organization, this position is responsible to provide technical support to key stakeholders of the Customer Care Center in resolution of topics related to Daily Repairs, Major Incident Repairs (MIR), and SATAIR by delivering End-to-End Supply engineering solutions across all programs for Routine & Critical priorities in order to maintain in service aircraft availability and reduce AOG Occurrence. In this role you will contribute as a key stakeholder in the resolution of supply related topics (A/C structural parts, systems, tooling) to better support, satisfy, and retain our Customers. This can be a challenging role requiring cross-programme and cross-natco support working in a sometimes quickly evolving environment giving technical expertise and advice to enable the best possible supply solution to the customer.

Requirements

• Graduated from a program in engineering, aeronautical studies or aircraft systems
• About 4 years minimum experience in airline maintenance & engineering activities.
• Minimum 1 year minimum experience in line maintenance operation on Airbus Aircraft (preferably on A320 or A330 or A340 family)
• Knowledge of airline engineering
• Knowledge about airlines’ organization and operation
• Good knowledge of customer needs in terms of maintenance & engineering operational activities
• Strong technical understanding of engineering specifications, drawings, and processes.
• Knowledge of SATAIR and Repair organization as well as logistic flows and sales orders process.
• Capable of strongly defending Airbus Customer Services and customers' interests in front of third parties
• Proven high motivation and flexibility skills to work in a high-demanding environment
• Excellent coordination and people skills to deal with customers and industry partners
• Ability to prepare and present issue resolution to internal and external customers
• Autonomous, ability to take initiative, customer focused
• Works well in a collaborative team environment
• Present a professional appearance as generally accepted in the business and aerospace environment
• Mature interpersonal skills, strong, polished communication abilities
• Excellent presentation skills
• Fluent in English, written and spoken.
• Up to 25% Domestic and International Travel involved
• Authorized to Work in the US without current, or future, need of visa sponsorship

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree
• Knowledge of FAA/EASA Regulation (minimum JAR121, JAR145 and JAR66) is a plus.
• Experience in Customer Services business and Supply/logistics is a plus
• Knowledge of Spanish is a plus

Responsibilities

• Providing a spares solution
• Assisting our external suppliers with technical knowledge and data supply
• Answering technical queries in support of the SATAIR (spares logistics department) procurement teams
• Providing identification of alternative part numbers
• Assisting with obsolete material / material issues
• Providing suppliers with required design data (DEX)
• Providing technical support to suppliers
• Facilitating master data creation/update in local SAP tools
• Providing information about production/FAL stocks for the triggering of the Production Parts Rob process
• Providing information about SATAIR stock
• Triggering the Leasing and Exchange processes with SATAIR Proprietary Repair Team (IRSS)
• Identifying suppliers when unknown to ASO/PMR organizations
• Performing Stock Check: SATAIR, FAL , and Supplier directly or indirectly (design office support)
• Providing data for Customs Airbus warehouse (technical information)
• Developing technical abilities to gain Signatory rights for RTE1 (Repair Technical Engineer) for creating spares interchangeability documentation (RDTS/RDAF) not covered in Airbus manuals
• Serving as the focal point for regional support to the SATAIR Customer Resolution Services (CRS) teams including the AOG desk
• Providing support to MIR projects as project focal or backup for technical spares issues

Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes
• Retirement savings plan
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”)
• Paid time off including personal time
• Holidays
• Generous paid parental leave program
• Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans)
• Prescription coverage
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• 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
• Accelerated development programmes
• National and international mobility

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed