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Job Description:

Airbus Helicopters is looking for a Staging/Kitting Specialist (Contract) to join our team based in Columbus, MS.

Perform activities associated with the ordering, shipping, and movement of materials and tools required to support maintenance aircraft activities, in accordance with contractual customers’ request.  Perform activities associated with planning and reporting of resources (material availability, shortages, statuses, deliveries, etc.) and communicate with other supporting departments to ensure internal and external material logistic demands are satisfied.

This is a Contract Position

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:

• Individual Development: Upskilling and development opportunities through our global Leadership University, including unlimited access to 10,000&43; 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.

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

Your challenges:

Primary Responsibilities:

1.       Operational Logistics:  40

• Prepare and submit material request in CAMMS/LMMS to responsible contact.

• Enter material receipts, material returns, and issue materials in CAMMS/LMMS to appropriate contact.

• Issue materials from AHI warehouse as required.

• Receive parts from warehouse and verify quantities and documentation.

• Create delivery notes for outbound shipments.

• Research and troubleshoot incoming and outgoing material logistic issues.

 2.   Configuration and Control:  40

• Control and maintain Government owned inventory/property for materials removed from aircraft.

• Control and maintain CLS owned inventory and coordinate with LUH Programs on reorder points.

• Control, inventory, and maintain maintenance material delivered with the aircraft (loose equipment, S.B. kits, etc.)

• Coordinate and track material deliveries to the maintenance floor.

• Meet core material return metrics and provide material list as required.

• Control and execution of all outbound material shipments including tools, cores, inspections and testing.

 3.       Organizing and Reporting:   20

• Coordination and communication, with supporting departments, to meet customer schedule.

• Creation and maintenance of data base for reporting material status, shortages, and KPI’s.

• Ensure maintenance boards are updated to reflect material statuses and visibility to Industry.

• Attend all assigned meetings for maintenance activities and report statuses as required.

 Additional Responsibilities:

 Other duties as assigned:       

Your boarding pass:

Education:

Required:

• High School Diploma or equivalent    

Preferred:

• Associates Degree

Experience:

Required:

• A minimum of 2 years’ experience operating within an integrated manufacturing system, such as SAP.

Preferred:

• Experience operating in a heavy aircraft customization or production environment.

• Knowledge of aircraft parts, documentation, and logistics.

Licensure/Certifications:

Required:

• None

Preferred:

• None

 Travel Required:

• 0 Domestic and International

Citizenship:

•   US Person under ITAR definition (U.S. Citizen, green card holder or person covered under our existing ITAR license)

Clearance:

• None

Qualified Skills: 

 Knowledge, Skills, Demonstrated Capabilities:

Required:

•  Knowledge with material requirements planning systems, such as SAP.

• Prepare reports and maintain data records, in an organized and accurate manner.

• Recognition and understanding of internal customers and their requirements, and demonstrated ability to support accordingly to maximize customer satisfaction.

Preferred:

• None

Communication Skills:

Required:

  Ability to communicate effectively in verbal and written form in English

Preferred:

• None

 Technical Systems Proficiency:

Required:

  Ability to use computers, and associated hardware and software (MS Office – Excel, Word, PP, Outlook).

Preferred:

• None

 Complexity of the Role:

 Level of Decision Making:

• Create material demands through SAP, LMMS, or CAMMS, initiating purchase requisitions for any value material.

• Independently make decisions pertaining to the storage and tracking of Government and/or CLS owned material and equipment.

 Organizational information:

• This position will report directly to the Supervisor of Industry Planning and Configuration Control.

 Direct Reports:

Is this a people manager?          

of Exempt Reports:  0    

           of Non-exempt Reports:  0    

 Job Dimensions:

• This position is the key interface and contact for all operational logistic requirements for LUH Maintenance Aircraft.

• Ensures all applicable material and certification is available to Industry, to ensure aircraft remains on schedule, per customers’ requirements.

• Responsible for securing and tracking all Government owned material that may come loose with, or be removed from the aircraft, for maintenance.  This also includes the tracking of material removed, that may be shipped to the OEM for modification or repair.

• Responsible for controlling and coordinating the reordering of CLS owned material, being installed on Government Aircraft, which are undergoing maintenance.

Nature of Contacts:

•   Involved Communication on a daily Basis with internal and external parties

 Physical Requirements:  

 Onsite or remote:  100 Onsite

Physical Requirements:  

• Onsite: Daily

• Vision: able to see and read computer screen and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents, reports and engineering drawings Daily

• 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 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 computer. Daily

• Squatting / Kneeling: able to squat or kneel to retrieve or replace items stored on low shelving. Daily

• Standing: able to stand for discussions in offices or on production floor. Daily

• Travel:  NA

• 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 Daily

This is a contract position

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Equal Opportunity:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or other legally protected status

As a leader in our field, Airbus Helicopters, Inc. provides relocation assistance for qualified positions and a comprehensive compensation and benefits package.  

As a matter of policy, Airbus Helicopters, Inc. does not sponsor visas for US positions unless specified. Only applicants with current work authorization will be considered.

Airbus Helicopters, Inc. does not offer tenured or guaranteed employment. Employment with Airbus is at will, meaning either the company or the employee can terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice.

NOTE:  Airbus Helicopters, Inc. reserves the right to revise or change job duties and responsibilities as the need arises.  This position description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.

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.

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Job Posting End Date: 06.20.2025

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