Product Definition & Change Planning Specialist

Airbus Aerosystems Kinston is looking for a Product Definition & Change Planning Specialistto join our team based in Kinston, NC.

You will be part of a team 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.

Meet the Team:
Our team at Airbus Aerosystems Kinston manufactures crucial aircraft components. On the shop floor you'll be surrounded by individuals who are passionate about aviation and skilled in areas like electrical, structure and quality. Join our team and help build the next generation of aircraft.

Your Working Environment:
The Airbus Aerosystems Kinston facility sits at the forefront of aerospace manufacturing, specializing in the production of large, advanced composite aerostructures. Our team builds critical components for the state-of-the-art Airbus A350 XWB, including the composite center fuselage and wing spar.

How We Care for You:

• Financial Rewards: Competitive pay, 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 paid parental leave program.
• Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical, 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.

Your Challenges:

Integratedscheduling50%

• 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 Negotiation10%

• 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 compliance40%

• 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.

Additional Responsibilities:

Other duties as assigned:

• Ability to interpret technical work statements, manufacturing plans and program level plans.

Your Boarding Pass:

• Minimal to No domestic and international travel

• US citizen (work on site in Kinston)

Preferred

• 3-5 years manufacturing experience

• Undergraduatedegree(bachelor or associatedegree)

• SAP experience

Physical Requirements:

• Onsite or remote:100%onsite

• Vision: able to see and read computerscreenand other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents,reportsand engineering drawings.Yesbut Engineering drawingsnoneeded.

• Hearing: able to hear toparticipatein conversations in person and via teleconference or phone and to hear sounds on production floor including safety warnings or alarms.Yes to all.

• Speaking: able to speak in conversations and meetings, deliver information andparticipatein communications.Yes to all

• Equipment Operation (personal computer, telephone, copies, fax machine, and related office equipment and using electronic identification card to enter building floors and internal doors): able tooperatemost office and personal electronic equipment and some tools including production tools such as hydraulic lifts.Yesto all

• Carrying: able to carry documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 30lbs/14kgs.Not required.

• Lifting: able to lift documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 30lbs/14kgs.Notrequired

• Pushing / Pulling: able to push and pull small office furniture and some equipment and tools.Notrequired

• Sitting: ableto sit forlong periodsof time in meetings, working oncomputer.Yesto all

• Squatting / Kneeling: ableto squat or kneel to retrieve or replace items stored on low shelving.Not required

• Standing: able to stand for discussions in offices or onproductionfloor.Yesto all

• Travel: ableto travel independently and at short notice.Not required

• Walking (includeroutine walking suchas toa shared printer to retrieve documents): ableto walk through office and production areas including uneven surfaces.Yes to all

• Personal Protective Equipmentrequired: Required PPE includes, but is not limited to, Safety Shoes, Safety Glasses, Hearing Protection, Respirators/Masks, and/or Protective Gloves as required by site and/or customer site

• Administrative position only PPErequired: Steel-toed shoes arerequiredfor all shop floorvisit,appropriate hearing/eyeprotection may also berequiredwhen visiting the shop floor.Yes

Equal Opportunity:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or other legally protected status