Tool Management Specialist - Lead

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Job Description:

Airbus Helicopters is looking for a Tool Management Specialist - Lead to join our Team in Columbus, MS

In this leadership role, you will be responsible for creating and deploying the master tool inventory system, and analyzing, tracking, monitoring, and recording the calibration of Inspection, Measuring and Test Equipment (IMTE) to comply with company processes and procedures. You will also establish contracts with suppliers and schedule calibration services for all requirements, and will manage the onsite calibration of tooling where possible. In addition, you will also be responsible in ensuring all tool processes and procedures are in compliance with Airbus and regulatory requirements.

Meet The Team:

From building to servicing the next generation of aerospace, our team focuses on quality, productivity and efficiency. We ensure the highest quality of care and safety is built into each aircraft we assemble and maintain. Our team members make it happen.

Your Working Environment:

On the eastern border of Mississippi you'll find Columbus, home to our Helicopter manufacturing and assembly lines and Center of Excellence for the entire North America region. It's here that we produce the UH-72A Lakota Helicopters for the U.S. Army in addition to the H-125 aircraft for civil and commercial customers.

• Financial Rewards: Competitive base salary, 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 generous paid parental leave program.

• Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans), 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:

Tool Calibration: 30%

* Performs a monthly review of calibration due dates for all tools

* Coordinates the tool movements for monthly calibrations

* Manage the environmental controls for internal calibration per ISO/IEC - 17025

* Ensure calibrated IMTE is permanently identified and labelled with the required information

* Create system purchase requisitions for external calibration

* Create shipping paperwork and facilitate the shipment of IMTE to calibration vendors

* Liaison between internal customers and quality personnel to address potential product concerns related to maintenance, calibration, or tooling issues

* Provide quarterly training for calibration back-up(s)

Tool Control and Management: 25%

* Responsible for creating and maintaining the system inventory of all active and inactive tools and toolboxes.

* Analyzes and manages the physical inventory of all inactive tools and toolboxes

* Enters all new tools in the calibration system and ensures new tools comply with company procedures

* Monitors and tracks the permanent transfer of tools between department

* Analyze and make recommendations for improvement to manuals, procedures, work instructions, and forms related to the Tool and Calibration processes

Department Lead for Tool Rooms: 25%.

* Assist with assigning work schedules for all tool rooms.

* Be adaptable, flexible and assertive when required.

* Conflict Management - support and manage differences of opinion.

* Assists with internal and external audits as required.

* Provides support dealing with personnel and disciplinary issues

* Assists with training for new hires

Reporting, Records Administration, and Continuous Improvement: 20%

* Provide monthly status reports for upcoming calibrations and identify past due equipment/tools.

* Create and update SAP Tool Control records to retain historical records and provide current status when IMTE is due for calibration

* Scan and electronically store historical calibration records. Implements and maintains document storage and retention systems. Manage electronic documentation system for future retrieval

* Review the calibration history of IMTE and adjust the calibration sampling period based on usage, statistical patterns, and reliability

* Assist with research and training to determine the required requirements to perform onsite calibration for tool categories. Ability to escalate issues to management team when required.

* Problem Solving & Decision Making - identify and solve problems, develop innovative solutions, act decisively and display good judgment.

Your Boarding Pass:

* Possess BS in Production Management / Industrial Technology or equivalent experience.

* A minimum of five (5) years in tool management, calibration, kitting, warehousing database management.

* Prior SAP or database experience

* Familiar with inspection tools, aids, and devices used in determining tolerances and specification limits

* Google Suite software

* SAP

* 5% Domestic and Internationalexpectation

* Must be a US Person under ITAR definition (a U.S. Citizen, green card holder or person covered under our existing ITAR license)

Preferred Education/Skills:

* Experience with calibrated tools and equipment

* Experience with any of the following: AS9100, EASA, FAA & CASE standards

* Experience with NIST measurement standards

* Quality certification for tool calibration

* Smartsheet

Physical Requirements:

* Onsite or remote: 100% Onsite

* Vision: able to see and read computer screens and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents, reports and engineering drawings. Daily

* Hearing: able to participate in conversations in person and via teleconference or phone and to hear sounds on the production floor including safety warnings or alarms. Daily

* Speaking: able to speak in conversations and meetings, deliver information and participate in communications. Daily

* 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 and some tools including production tools such as hydraulic lifts. Daily

* Carrying: able to carry documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 30lbs/14kgs. Daily

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

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

* Sitting: able to sit for long periods of time in meetings, working on the computer. Daily

* Squatting / Kneeling: able to squat or kneel to retrieve or replace items stored on low shelving.

* Standing: able to stand for discussions in offices or on the production floor. Daily

* Travel: able to travel independently and at short notice. 5% per year

* Walking (include routine walking such as to a shared printer to retrieve documents): able to walk through office and production areas including uneven surfaces. Daily

* Personal Protective Equipment required: 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 PPE required: Steel-toed shoes are required for all shop floor visits, appropriate hearing/eye protection may also be required when visiting the shop floor.

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