Airbus China Limited 香港招聘

Flight Hour Services (FHS) Reliability Improvement Committee (RIC) Engineer

Accountabilities

The jobholder is responsible for:

  • Supporting  setup and performance of engineering related processes,

  • The setup, oversight, delivery and performance of the RIC deliverables and their coordination, including:

    • The scheduling and management of the RIC monthly meeting and RIC Management Meetings (yearly),

    • The gathering and follow-up of all actions identified as part of the RIC,

    • The implementation of  the necessary process and its regular update according business needs,

    • The definition/update/support of a dashboard/Visual Management Platform and any other reporting tool dedicated to the activity,

    • Continuous improvement of RIC process through regular exchanges with worldwide RIC network jobholders

  • The management of the different engineering stakeholders:

    • The follow-up of actions implementation with Customer/FHS local & central teams in regards with FHS components,

    • The collection of data not available in FHS engineering, through Customer, to:

      • Assess importance of an LRU in terms of financial and/or aircraft performance,

      • Perform in depth technical investigations in order to define short and long-term position,

  • Airline Engineering demands related to:

    • FHS TRM organization (every 6 months), including the definition of agenda and the organization of on-site technical reviews with AIRBUS staff and suppliers,

    • Process mapping update,

    • The support and coordination with Airbus internal stakeholders of forced/monitored retrofit campaigns

    • FHS MISdata update,

    • Benefiting from his footprint in HKG to manage TRM or any other customer deliverables outside his RIC perimeter in customer premises

Dimensions

Operating Budget: significant impact on FHS/TSP components reliability through analysis & deliverable which impact AIRBUS FHS Investments and Direct repair costs. Other budgets:

Other dimensions relevant to the position: 

Direct interface with:

  • Customer (CPA & PAL)

  • Suppliers (OEM/ MRO / Warehouse),

  • Local & Central FHS teams,

  • Airbus Support & Services organization in TLS ,

    • In Service Engineering

    • Program Support (local and central)

    • Supplier Management & Procurement

    • Marketing & sales

Main activities

ENGINEERING PROCESSES

  • Ensure adequate implementation and continuous enhancement of engineering processes between Customer, 1SYR and FHS for the following processes:

    • Manage Reliability Control Programme (RCP)

    • Manage Component Reliability,

    • Manage Rogue Unit,

    • Manage Reliability Improvement Committee (RIC),

    • Manage Component Modification,

    • Manage Component Data Approval,

    • Manage On-board Data Security Management,

    • Manage Aircraft Maintenance Schedule update,

    • Manage TCI (Time Controlled Items),

  • Represent AIRBUS FHS in necessary meetings hosted by Customer as necessary:

    • Daily operational meeting,

    • AOG coordination meeting,

    • Weekly line maintenance pre-input meeting,

    • ….

RIC PROCESS DEFINITION AND FOLLOW-UP

  • Collect data from the field on in service events and components in order to gather the items impacting the customer A350 fleet performance or operations,

  • Perform first level analysis considering operational/financial criticality in order to allow correct prioritization of the items,

  • From first level analysis, identify top critical items and ensure their trend monitoring,

  • Define/update the dedicated reporting tools in order to provide the customer & AIRBUS with the same level of information/visibility on top items and resolution of in service events

  • Allocate the topics to the different stakeholders and give the priority level

  • Coordinate with the customer, FHS Operations, Airline Engineering, In Service Engineering and Programme and OEMs, the organization of dedicated technical reviews for specific topics as required

  • As required escalate top items which need to be fast tracked through AIRBUS dedicated processes or to top management (either through the flow-up/flow down process or through SCS/SBx management),

  • Organize and manage the RIC meetings and RIC Management meetings with aim of presenting advancement of technical topics to Customer whilst protecting the main interests of AIRBUS: Customer satisfaction and contract financial efficiency.

  • Support preparation and participate to the customer A350 Technical Review Meeting organized by AIRBUS Support Programme (yearly),

  • Be part of the worldwide RIC Network with strong connections & exchanges with the other RIC jobholders to improve RIC process & efficiency, and be the back-up of other RIC job holder in the region

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS & INVESTIGATIONS

  • With the support of Airline Engineering and field service representatives, perform technical analysis of component behavior, performance, Time Since installation… on A/C to support detailed components analysis performed by Airline Engineering

  • In coordination with Airline Engineering, identify/propose soft time/health checks program recommendations to Customer and coordinate action relative to the implementation of those programs once validated,

  • Make sure that the technical recommendation provided by the Airline Engineering team or through the flow-up/flow-down process or from In Service Engineering are implemented into operational tasks by the Customer team.

  • Through active participation to the RCP (Reliability Control Programme)/MOR (Mandatory Occurrence Report), present to the customer the identified root cause and  related actions to be implemented by FHS/Customer to limit impact of a reliability issue .

  • Provide relevant technical information to enable commercial analysis of reliability improvement measures (e.g. modification, soft-time program, health checks recommendations) as basis for validation from joint technical & financial perspectives and coordinate implementation of those programs once validated

TECHNICAL COORDINATION

  • Collect data as required by the various teams (1SYR in Toulouse, 1SY, SBx, SCY,…) on components and monitor trends with the support from Airline Engineering TLS,

  • Help collecting the data required to build claim dossier for Procurement to claim as per Supplier Support Condition clauses,

  • As required, organize/participate in dedicated on-site reviews with AIRBUS people and suppliers. Organize technical reviews with OEMs when necessary.

  • Support Airline Engineering demands on FHS MIS data update such as but not limited to creation of interchangeabilities, new P/N, update/creation of kardex positions, hard-time constraints.

Main Skills/knowledge

Graduation and technical skills:

  • Educated to a 5-year degree level (or equivalent) specialized in aeronautical engineering or maintenance engineering,

  • 3 to 5 years’ experience in aircraft maintenance and/or airline operations,

  • Good knowledge of maintenance operations, configuration management and aircraft systems (Avionics, power plant, flight controls, Air management, Landing Gear,)

  • Reliability management principles: MTBUR computation, root cause analysis and investigations, statistical method (Weibull)

  • Good knowledge of AIRBUS Technical publications: AMM/MPD/IPC/TSM/MMEL/ FCOM/SBs/TFU/VSB/SIL,

  • Good knowledge of AIRBUS Support and Services organization and related processes,

  • IT systems and tools: FHS IS/MCA/MS Excel/MS PowerPoint/MS Visio/Google Suite

Soft skills and behavioral skills:

  • Language: English (Fluent),

  • Good communication & presentation skills:  daily interface with Customers  and Suppliers,

  • Ability to work in multicultural teams,

  • Good analytical skills (ability to manipulate figures) and synthesis skills (ability to summarize complex technical situations into simple recommendations),

  • Strong negotiation skills (resistance to pressure  and sense of urgency),

  • Ability to manage multiple task and projects,

  • High level of autonomy (managed remotely from Toulouse),

  • Strong proactivity and customer satisfaction mindset

Financial and contractual skills:

  • Knowledge of FHS obligations and liabilities,

  • Overall understanding of AIRBUS Supplier Support Conditions,

  • General understanding of financial aspects: return on investment, Business case,…