Aircraft Maintenance Programs Engineer - Contract

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Job Description:

Airbus Commercial Aircraft is looking for an Aircraft Maintenance Programs Engineer (Contract) to join our Engineering department based in Mobile, AL.

The Aircraft Maintenance Programs Engineer works within a group of maintenance programs engineers on assigned cabin and cargo, structures, and zonal tasks with the purpose to develop, challenge, identify, and select necessary Instructions for Continued Airworthiness, airworthiness limitations, and maintenance requirements for Airbus commercial programs. The Maintenance Programs Engineer supports America's regional customer airlines and also participates in Maintenance Review Board and Type Certification exercises.

Meet the Team:

Our Engineers have the privilege of working on complex, highly engineered machines and are involved at all stages of the aircraft life cycle, from product development to manufacturing and direct support to our airline customers. If you're interested in designing, creating, and testing the present and future of Airbus products across the globe, join our mission to connect the world.

Your Working Environment:

The Engineering Center in Mobile, Alabama houses hundreds of Airbus engineers who assist in the design and development of Airbus commercial aircraft cabins, including aftermarket upgrades, reconfigurations and services of all product types across the globe.

Your Challenges:

• Develop the maintenance program for Airbus aircraft through common industry standards and the associated company processes and engineering tools

• Represent Airbus in operator meetings, technical conferences, international industry conferences and working groups

• Provide high-quality responses and assist with regular airline queries within a given target date

• Support Customer Airlines maintenance specific needs as they arise in the Americas region i.e. maintenance planning, optimizations, etc.

• Collaborate with other Airbus aircraft maintenance teams/departments to support the Customer Airlines and maintenance engineering activities

• Review aircraft modifications, vendor manuals, and industry directives; understanding the impacts to the specific aircraft systems and structures within the frame of maintenance programs engineering

• Support operator maintenance deviation requests via MSG-3 Analysis, in-service data, and engineering judgement

• Ensure transfer of in-service experience to design offices ensuring continuous improvement of in-service fleets and for new aircraft programs

• Improve the product reliability, maturity, and residual value of Airbus aircraft

• Keep a close relationship with Airworthiness Authorities and the maintenance engineering departments at the other Airbus sites

• Provide maintenance engineering advisement to other Customer Services divisions, as well as to other Airbus directorates (sales, marketing, certification)

Your Boarding Pass:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering. (Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical or Civil Engineering)

• ~1+ year experience in an engineering classification.

• 10% travel (Domestic and International) involved

• US Person under ITAR definition (U.S. Citizen, green card holder or person covered under our existing ITAR license), Authorized to work in the US.

• Proficiency with G Suite.

• Team oriented - ability to work as a member of a team with other departments locally and internationally.

• Ability to read/write/speak English.

• Ability to communicate effectively (written and verbal) with both internal and external customers in a professional manner.

• Demonstrates a high level of listening and speaking capabilities with all levels of management, internal and external.

• Demonstrates a refined approach to communication that resolves problems, facilitates consensus, and focuses on objectives.

• Displays model writing skills for others to emulate

• Demonstrates simple and effective ways to communicate.

• Able to represent Engineering in presentations at Airbus related activities.

• Basic technical knowledge on overall Service Bulletin process

Preferred:

• Master's Degree in an Engineering discipline

• Minor in Computer Science

• Experience in the aircraft customer service field (Airline experience, MRO experience, Maintenance experience, etc.)

• Airbus experience with various Airbus programs (A380, A350, LR, SA, WB)

• Data analysis

Physical Requirements:

• Onsite or remote: 100% onsite.

• Vision: able to see and read computer screen and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents, reports and engineering drawings - part of daily job

• Hearing: able to hear to participate in conversations in person and via teleconference or phone and to hear sounds on production floor including safety warnings or alarms - part of daily job

• Speaking: able to speak in conversations and meetings, deliver information and participate in communications.- part of daily job

• 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 to operate most office and personal electronic equipment - part of daily job

• Carrying: able to carry documents, drawings, electronic equipment up to 30lbs/14kgs. - part of daily job

• Lifting: able to lift documents, drawings, electronic equipment up to 30lbs/14kgs. - part of daily job

• Sitting: able to sit for long periods of time in meetings, working on the computer. - part of daily job

• Standing: able to stand for discussions in offices - part of daily job

• Travel: able to travel independently and at short notice. - as required based on job needs

• Walking (include routine walking such as to a shared printer to retrieve documents): able to walk through office areas including uneven surfaces. - part of daily job

This role requires US Person status under ITAR definition (U.S. Citizen, green card holder or person covered under our existing ITAR license)

This position is a temporary (contract) position with no specific time period but could be extended or shortened as needed. Contractors are employed by a 3rd party vendor and placed on assignment to Airbus in America.

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