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Airbus • Marseille, France

Monitoring of Design Supplier for Airbus Helicopters (H/F)

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Job Description

Job Description:

Airbus Helicopters is looking for a Monitoring of Design Supplier (H/F) to join our Design Office based in Marignane, France.

Your working environment:

Major economic hub with Marseille-Provence Airport, Marignane is a dynamic city in the southeast of France. It is located near the cities of Aix-en-Provence and Marseille, which host a rich cultural and tourist offer. Close to the beaches of the Côte Bleue, it offers many options for water sports activities.

How we care for you:

  • Financial rewards: Attractive salary, agreements on success and profit sharing schemes, employee savings plan abounded by Airbus and employee stock purchase plan on a voluntary basis.
  • Work / Life Balance: Extra days-off for special occasions, holiday transfer option, a Staff council offering many social, cultural and sport activities and other services.
  • Wellbeing / Health: Complementary health insurance coverage (disability, invalidity, death). Depending on the site: health services center, concierge services, gym, carpooling application.
  • Individual development: Great upskilling opportunities and development prospects with unlimited access to +10.000 e-learning courses to develop your employability, certifications, expert career path, accelerated development programmes, national and international mobility.

Context

As a manufacturer of helicopters, Airbus Helicopters has to be compliant with regulations and especially regulations for Design Organization such as Part21J.

Airbus Helicopters subcontracts the design and the manufacturing of a lot of products to suppliers.

In this context, the team ‘Design Supplier Monitoring’ which takes part of the Engineering Quality team is in charge of monitoring those suppliers.

Elevator pitch

Quality is at the core of our company and is a foundation for a more sustainable business.

Quality assurance role at the design phase is a key enabler for success of the development of our products.

As a Quality Assurance Engineer for Suppliers your responsibilities are:

  • to ensure that the Equipment developed by our Suppliers is robust from the very start, and meets quality standards of safety and reliability.
  • to ensure suppliers are compliant with the Design Organization regulations


What type of work will you be doing?

In this role, you will:

  • Cascade the requirements from authority to suppliers through Requirements Applicable to Supplier's Design Organization" (so called RASDO)
  • Monitor the compliance with RASDO
  • Follow the development of equipment done by suppliers for civil and military helicopters
    • ensure that suppliers adhere to standard
    • help the supplier to solve issue
    • secure risk mitigation are in place
  • Improve the process continuously in order to be more resilient


In this role you will follow the development of civil and military helicopters and systems with stakeholders, bringing communication between Supplier and Airbus different departments and external authorities. You will directly interact and collaborate with our Suppliers and with internal departments such as Engineering, Innovation, Quality, Manufacturing.

Main tasks:

  • Preparation and performance of compliance audits at suppliers
  • Follow-up of corrective actions request with suppliers
  • Preparation and participation of Design Review with Engineering function and the supplier and ensure process adherence
  • Secure quality of the Supplier deliverables Propose and implement continuous improvement initiatives in order to improve efficiency
  • Collaborate and interact with various departments and organizations, in particular with Engineer, Procurement, Helicopter Projects and Programs, and certification teams.
  • Monitoring the supplier with the Engineering function


Your profile :

  • At least 5 years of general experience in the aeronautical field
  • Skills in DO or PO Audit on EN9100 & part21
  • Good knowledge of EN 9100 & EASA Part21J
  • Proven work experience as a Quality Assurance Engineer or similar role and experience in Supplier monitoring
  • Good project management and experience in design reviews
  • Good knowledge in system development processes (V model, functional analysis)
  • Knowledge of configuration management principle
  • Good stakeholder management and communication skills and ability to work in international context with strong networking skills
  • Knowledge about Lean management is a plus
  • English: Negotiation level
  • Studies: Engineering degree


This position requires a security clearance or will require being eligible for clearance by the recognized authorities.

Not a 100% match? No worries! Airbus supports your personal growth with customized development solutions.

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Watch our video to get an overview of the Marignane site:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndrf44kIVUI

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company:
Airbus Helicopters SAS

Employment Type:
Permanent
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Classe Emploi (France): Classe G14

Experience Level:
Professional

Job Family:
Quality Assurance

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Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.

Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to emsom@airbus.com .

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

Company benefits

Open to part-time employees
Open to job sharing
Annual bonus
Enhanced maternity leave
Open to compressed hours
Accrued annual leave
Sabbaticals
Enhanced sick pay
Adoption leave
Health insurance
Enhanced paternity leave
Family health insurance
Complimentary Medical Services
Referral bonus
Bike parking
Cycle to work scheme
On-site gym
Teambuilding days
In house training
Employee discounts

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