Reliability Engineer

About the role

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About the role

Airbus Aerosystems is looking for a Reliability Engineer to join our Engineering department based in Kinston, NC.

The Industrial Maintenance organization provides corrective and preventative maintenance across a broad range of installed assets and hand tools within the Kinston Plant. The assets include mechanical and electrical CNC machinery, conventional production machinery, Jigs and Tools, industrial autoclaves and automated guided vehicles. Asset age ranges from new equipment, up to 15 years old. The Industrial Maintenance strategy requires enhanced technical support to develop the internal competence to deliver comprehensive asset care.

Reporting to the Ho J&T, Robotics, Des, Acq & Maint, the Reliability Engineer will be responsible for ensuring legislative compliance and for leading improvements in asset safety, reliability and availability.

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 programs; and both national and international mobility.

Your Challenges

• Define the maintenance strategy for the new technologies within the new Airbus Aerostructures in the Kinston Plant
• Create a spare parts strategy for our most critical assets within the Airbus Aerostructures in the Kinston Plant
• Protect the safety of maintenance personnel and asset users.
• Support in deploying maintenance strategies and tactics to deliver cost effective asset safety and reliability aligned to customer needs.
• Manage effective asset performance measurement.
• Support engagement through involvement, improvement, communication and development within the Industrial Maintenance team.
• Provide effective communications with customers and key stakeholders.
• Develop and deploy the maintenance plan for new and existing asset introduction.

Main Activities

• Ensure 'best in class' safety systems and legislative compliance are realized and fundamental to all plans.
• Maintain a 'safety first' culture in the maintenance engineering team and be a 'champion for safety'.
• Provide safe assets through proactive maintenance and adoption of latest, suitable best practice technologies.
• Contribute to the management of change utilizing the best available and appropriate technology whilst ensuring legislative compliance.
• Maintain compliance with Airbus procedures and practices e.g. Maintenance Procedure (FU.IN.07), Airbus Operating System, Ethics and Compliance and Shape.
• Support in developing, deploying and maintaining the Maintenance Plan for all assets in scope.
• Lead Total Cost of Ownership at the earliest stage of asset change or acquisition to provide sufficient maintenance budget.
• Support cost savings through employee engagement and technical input into improvement ideas.
• Develop cost of maintenance reduction projects balanced with asset reliability and safety.
• Prepare business cases to support improvement projects and risk reduction projects.
• Develop and produce effective and timely asset performance metrics.
• Develop tailored improvement plans for each asset group to deliver improved reliability and availability.
• Project manage simple, low cost refurbishment projects.
• Provide technical maintenance support for large refurbishment projects, asset acquisition projects and asset change projects.
• Seek technological improvements to transition from a reactive to a proactive maintenance provision.
• Contribute to the development of robust predictive instruments and proactive maintenance practices.
• Support management component obsolescence to ensure asset availability.
• Maintain the standard of Asset Care Plans including criticality and risk identification.
• Working with the commercial team, supporting the technical aspects of contracted maintenance services.
• Support significant and or complex asset recovery plans. Lead technical problem solving and lessons learned activity. Embed and maintain a culture of structured root cause analysis to minimize the re-occurrence of breakdowns.
• Deploy maintenance tools and methodologies to maximize reliability (e.g. Condition Based Maintenance, Preventative Maintenance, Reliability Centered Maintenance, and Autonomous Maintenance).
• Be the champion for Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
• Contribute actively to the overall management of the Industrial Maintenance business.

Outputs

• Compliance to FU.IN.07 process
• Asset reliability meets required Technical Availability
• Successful implementation of strategy and improvement projects.
• Customer satisfaction and service level achieved.
• Proactive way of working via governance, controls and continuous improvement.

Education: Required

• Five or more years of experience with a Bachelor's degree OR
• Two or more years of relevant experience with a Master's Degree

Travel Required

• 5% Domestic and International

Citizenship

• US Person under ITAR definition

Or

• Eligible to work in the USA

Clearance

• None Required

Physical Requirements

• Onsite: 100%
• Vision: able to see and read computer screen and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents, reports and engineering drawings.
• 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.
• Speaking: able to speak in conversations and meetings, deliver information and participate in communications. 100%, 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. 100%
• Carrying: able to carry documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 30lbs/14kgs.
• Lifting: able to lift documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 30lbs/14kgs.
• Pushing / Pulling: able to push and pull small office furniture and some equipment and tools.
• Sitting: able to sit for long periods of time in meetings, working on computer.
• 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 production floor.
• Travel: able to travel independently and at short notice.
• Walking (include routine walking such as to a shared printer to retrieve documents): able to walk through office and production areas including uneven surfaces.
• 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

Job Family

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