CONTEXT OF THE POSITION

Airbus has decided to transfer under a service contract part of the rate of the SA system installation currently performed in Montoir and Hamburg to XAT located in Tianjin China. You will work within the Airbus Front office located in the supplier premises. The job holder will be in charge of quality conformance topics for both rear section transferred from plant Hamburg and front section transferred from Plant Montoir.

ACCOUNTABILITY

• Act as Airbus Plant Quality representative in Tianjin site.
• Manage Operational Surveillance as QCM, Key User of the DeMAT tool and AOS brick owner.
• Manage staff qualification as unit quality manager, QA administrator and PDR administrator. Support the qualification of the Airbus front office team: check the profiles versus QA requirements, be instrumental in building training paths if needed and grant the qualifications in the tool.
• Manage stamps as stamp administrator.
• Manage QSR (Quality Survey Report) as QSR POM Rep, QSR Originator and QSR Focal Point.
• Manage NC (Non-Conformity) process as NC POM Rep.
• Identify and review quality topics for improvements on the FWD & AFT and ensure proper communication and improvement actions. With plants QCM organization in place, guarantee a follow up of action to ensure containment, root cause analysis, corrective action for eradication of structural and supplier’s discrepancies detected in China.  Be the focal point for plants on quality topics. 
• Manage Events on the FWD & AFT section as Event Operator, Event Manager and Action Plan Leader.
• Manage SARI (SAfety Related Item) on the FWD & AFT section as Safety Item Manager, SMS (Safety Management System) Safety Representative and Action Plan Leader.
• Support Problem Solving application as AOS brick owner and SME (Subject Matter Expert) and lead problem solving as Solving Leader as needed.
• Manage CPB (Customer Protection Board) activities as CPB Originator and CPB Key User.
• Define and prepare quality KPIs on a regular basis, where relevant.
• Prepare, organize, participate in and follow-up of external audits.
• Manage internal audits as a qualified auditor, Quality Audit Manager and Audit Team Leader.
• Lead the Control Plan feedback loop MFT.
• Liaise with procurement for monitoring and update of QAP, SLA, CADL and CARL to ensure that Airbus requirements are correctly cascaded to the supplier.
• Provide Quality training where relevant.
• Support Quality projects where relevant.
• Support the creation and maintenance of Quality-related documentation.
• Be part of the Knowledge transfer initiative as a Receiver, and as a Giver for future newcomers.

EDUCATION: with bachelor degree, in Engineering/Aeronautics major or equivalent.

EXPERIENCE: 5 year experience in Engineering/Aviation domain.

CERTIFICATION: NA

LANGUAGE: Fluent English both in written and oral speaking is mandatory. French and/or German and/or Chinese knowledge would be a plus.

KNOWLEDGE / TECHNICAL SKILLS: 

Very good technical understanding needed: quality, process, technical aircraft related.

Aircraft processes & tools such as SAP, ACPnG, DEMAT, CAPRI, AIRINA... 

Fair understanding of configuration management and related tools (CAIR…)

The job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity.

ABILITIES:

Ability to work in an international team, with MFT and people from various cultural backgrounds, and across organizational borders,

Customer minded with good communication & well developed negotiation skills. 

Experience on practical problem solving and continuous improvement and general knowledge on corrective tools Reliability: proactive thinking & acting. 

Ability to deep dive on issues and be an autonomous problem solver.

Ability to deal with conflicts