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.

How we care for you:*

*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

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 International expectation

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