Product Definition & Change Planning Specialist

Airbus is committed to providing reasonable accommodations as an Equal Opportunity Employer to applicants with disabilities. If you require assistance or an accommodation to complete your application, please contact us at [email protected] Notice: Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal Notice: Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination   (English) Aviso: Transparencia en el Pago No Discriminación  (Spanish) Job Description: Airbus Aerosystems Kinston is looking for a Product Definition & Change Planning Specialist  to join our team based in Kinston, NC. You will be part of a team developing and guiding projects and configuration management activities necessary to incorporate new products or product changes, in accordance with contractual, customer, program, and regulatory requirements.   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 programmes; and both national and international mobility. Your Challenges: Integrated   scheduling      50 %   Interfaces with program management, product design, contracts, tooling, manufacturing engineering, quality assurance, component suppliers, assemblers, and product support, in order to develop and maintain configuration incorporation plans and integrated schedules via application of project & configuration management.   Develops and guides project and configuration management activities necessary to incorporate new products or product changes, in accordance with contractual, customer, program, and regulatory requirements.   Schedule Negotiation         10 %   Has knowledge of the production system (e.g., supply, engineering, manufacturing, support, etc.), reviews and analyzes configuration data to control product changes, and negotiates between organizations to develop incorporation plans and integrated schedules.   Monitoring and ensuring compliance      40 %   Monitors and ensures compliance with the plans and schedules and reports on status.   Ability to monitor and analyze the incorporation plan and to resolve plan deviations with the value chain.   Additional Responsibilities:   Other duties as assigned:          Ability to interpret technical work statements, manufacturing plans and program level plans.   Your Boarding Pass:  Minimal to No domestic and international travel   US citizen (work on site in Kinston)   Good computer skills (Google workplace   and/or   Microsoft office)   Emotional intelligence in a complex evolving environment   Demonstrates Transparency, Collaboration, and Inspiration   in their daily work.    Proficiency   in English (Spoken and Written)   Google workplace and/or Microsoft office   Willingness to learn!   Preferred   3-5 years manufacturing experience   Undergraduate   degree    ( bachelor or associate   degree)   SAP experience   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.   Yes   but Engineering drawings   no   needed.     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.   Yes to all.     Speaking:  able to speak in conversations and meetings, deliver information and   participate   in communications.   Yes to all   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.   Yes   to all   Carrying: able to carry documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 30lbs/14kgs.   Not required.     Lifting:  able to lift documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 30lbs/14kgs.   Not   required   Pushing / Pulling:  able to push and pull small office furniture and some equipment and tools.   Not   required   Sitting :  able   to sit for   long periods   of time in meetings, working on   computer .   Yes   to all   Squatting / Kneeling :  able   to squat or kneel to retrieve or replace items stored on low shelving.   Not required   Standing: able to stand for discussions in offices or on   production   floor.   Yes   to all   Travel :  able   to travel independently and at short notice.   Not required   Walking ( include   ro