VIE - PROJECT LEADER (LONG RANGE)

Job description

Airbus, an Airbus Group Company headquartered in Toulouse, France, is a leading aircraft manufacturer with the most modern and comprehensive family of airliners on the market, ranging in capacity from 100 to more than 500 seats. We have a constant requirement for professional Engineers at all levels within the disciplines of Design, Analysis and Integration both at Systems and Component level. We would invite you to visit our website: www.airbus.com/work.
Airbus in the UK is responsible for the design, manufacture and assembly of all wings for the Airbus family of aircraft. Airbus in the UK has a workforce of around 10,000 people based at two sites; Broughton in Flintshire, North Wales and Filton in Bristol. Broughton has 6,000 employees
and at Filton there are 4,000. More than 400 UK companies supply to Airbus and 100,000 jobs in the UK are secured by Airbus work.
Airbus group is a global leader in aerospace, defence and related services. In 2013, the Group
- comprising Airbus, Airbus Defence and Space and Airbus Helicopters – generated revenues of € 59.3 billion and employed a workforce of around 144,000. (The legal name change from European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS N.V. ("EADS N.V.") to Airbus Group N.V. is subject to the approval of the Annual General Meeting).
The Volunteer for International Experience (VIE) programme is an international program sponsored by the French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Employment, open to Airbus to offer young professionals the opportunity to have valuable paid work experience abroad in a technical or business function. We are looking for highly motivated graduates who are citizens of the European Union (all E.U. nationals, plus Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein).
For graduates who would be interested in a career with Airbus, this could be the start of a rewarding future in a dynamic and forward-thinking sector. The VIE is a specific contract, under UBIFRANCE's eligibility criteria. Please make sure you read further information on the requirements of the VIE on the following websites www.civiweb.com (in French) and from http://www.civiweb.com/international/default.html (in English, German, Italian and Spanish)
VIE Main Requirements:
- European Union citizens, graduates up to 28 years old
- Have fulfilled military obligations for their country.
- Have a previous experience working abroad.
- Fluent in English
A vacancy for a VIE Project Leader has arisen within Airbus UK in Filton. As the successful applicant you will join the A330/A340 Programme Team, and will report directly to the Landing Gear Major Projects Manager in providing assistance to the ATA32 (Landing Gear) Continuous Product Development (CPD) activities. Principally you will support a Work Package Leader to deliver high-profile, major project developments (such as A330 NEO) aimed at enhancing the Airbus fleet offering to our Customers. You will support process enhancement to support project efficiencies and development, as well as taking responsibility for a key work package and further developing a wide range of Program and Project Management skills. You will work closely with the Multi
- functional team (including Chief Engineer's team, Engineering, Procurement, Configuration Management, Airworthiness, Customer Services functions) as well as external suppliers to ensure a mature improvement/change/ solution is available to cost & within the committed programme timescales.
As the successful candidate you have a good understanding of supplier
- customer
- stakeholder management and knowledge of KPI management. You will be given the opportunity to take responsibility for key work packages, while further developing a wide range of programme and project management skills.
Your main tasks and responsibilities will include:
- Project Management Support to Work Package Leader for all Major Projects
- Project baseline recording and monitoring
- Communication & reporting
- Validation and Verification
- Tracking of Programme vs Financial performance
- Lessons learnt management
- Leadership for other smaller Continuous Product Development (CPD) tasks as appropriate
- Project Management
- Integration and management of stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of tasks
- Management of and interface to the Multi-functional team in particular the engineering function
- Risk and Opportunity Management Execution
You will be expected to provide regular progress reporting and quickly escalate issues that need to be resolved by senior management.
As the successful candidate you will be able to demonstrate some or all of the following skills and competencies:
- Experience using Project management tools and processes.
- Experience facilitating, co-ordinating and directing meetings.
- Technical knowledge of specification, design, build & test processes.
- VBA / SQL skills would be desirable.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Flexible to travel.
- Negotiation level English, both written and spoken.