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If you require assistance or an accommodation to complete your application, please contact us at \nNotice: Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal\n Notice: Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination (English)\n Aviso: Transparencia en el Pago No Discriminación (Spanish)\nJob Description:\nAirbus Aerosystems Kinston is looking for a Calibration Coordinator to join our facility management and real estate team based in Kinston, North Carolina.\nMeet the Team:\nOur 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.\nYour Working Environment:\nThe 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.\nHow We Care for You:\nFinancial 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”)\nWork/Life Balance: Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a paid parental leave program.\nHealth & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”) and other supplemental benefit coverages. \nIndividual 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.\nYour Challenges:\nMonthly Tracking: Compile and generate the master tracking spreadsheet from Gauge Suite identifying all tooling and gauges due for calibration; distribute this data to production managers, team leads, and shop floor stakeholders to facilitate component location. \nDaily Reconciliation: Update the active gauge tracking spreadsheet daily, removing tools that have been returned or reporting missing assets through the formal Lost Tool Report workflow (requiring Department Manager and Quality sign-offs).\nCross Co Vendor Logistics: Execute the primary weekly calibration cycle every Wednesday. Pack and manifest outbound gauges using Gauge Suite-generated packing slips, verify incoming inventory against vendor documents, and route passing tools to their respective area owners.\nVendor Logistics: Execute the primary weekly calibration cycle every Wednesday. Pack and manifest outbound gauges using Software-generated packing slips, verify incoming inventory against vendor documents, and route passing tools to their respective area owners.\nCertificate Auditing: Conduct meticulous reviews and approvals of calibration certificates provided by third-party vendors to ensure they conform to aerospace metrics.\nFailure Protocol Containment: Identify and isolate gauges that fail calibration thresholds; immediately communicate certificate copies and tool usage details to Quality Engineering to assess potential manufacturing or product risks.\nSpecialized Outside Vendors: Coordinate with off-site specialty vendors for specialized calibration. Manage price quote acquisition, input Service Tracking System (STS) actions for Purchase Order (PO) creation, and handle final logistics/shipping forms.\nNDI Compliance Integration: Ensure all Non-Destructive Inspection (NDI) gauges are accompanied by completed Calibration Requirements Forms when requesting vendor quotes.\nDatabase Management: Keep software records up to date with precise tool ownership transfers, physical storage changes, and descriptive lifecycle notes.\nRegulatory Compliance Readiness: Ensure all certification records are preserved for audit pathways; serve as a primary support resource for extracting history lineages during annual internal and external facility quality audits.\nThe Company will provide appropriate assistance in job training to enable employees to perform all necessary job functions including the following:\nObtain and deliver material and equipment necessary to support plant maintenance and repair.\nWork from diagrams, prints, specifications or verbal orders.\nUse hand tools, powered tools and shop equipment.\nPerform disassembly and assembling operations necessary to accomplish assignment.\nEnter and retrieve data from the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) and order parts required to accomplish the tasks (except as relates to inventory, store, record, issue and any other duties related to material support technician.)\nAdditional Responsibilities:\nOther duties as assigned.\nYour Boarding Pass:\nExperience: Minimum of 2+ years of professional experience in tool shop management, tracking databases, inventory logistics, calibration coordination, or quality control inside a production facility.\nTechnical Skills: Strong proficiency utilizing specialized inventory databases (such as Gauge Suite) and intermediate to advanced skills with Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets. Familiarity with Enterprise Resource Planning platforms like SAP is highly preferred.\nQuality Standards Awareness: Demonstrated knowledge of industrial safety policies, quality metrics, and tool compliance tracking mechanisms.\nPhysical Demands: Ability to stand, walk, and navigate a large aerospace shop floor daily; capacity to lift and handle inventory weights up to 30 lbs while wearing required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) including steel-toed boots. \nEducation:\nRequired\nHigh School Diploma/GED or WorkKeys Assessment completion\nThe ability to successfully complete the following training provided by Airbus after recruitment:Health & Safety\nGeneral aircraft familiarization\nQuality Training\n\nPreferred\nTraining from a vocational school or previous employer in the use of equipment maintenance skills and practices \nCitizenship:\nAuthorized to work in the U.S.\nClearance:\nN/A\nQualified Skills:\nKnowledge, Skills, Demonstrated Capabilities:\nRequired\nKnowledge of station safety, quality (clean as you go / Foreign Object Debris) and OSHA regulations\nMust have basic skills of using a variety of tools \nOrganizational information:\nCommunication Skills:\nRequired\nGood verbal and written communication skills in English.\nAbility to articulate complex issues to others. \nAbility to maintain confidentiality in all matters is essential.\nDemonstrated effectiveness in interpersonal skills.\nPreferred\nTechnical Systems Proficiency:\nAble to enter, generate and retrieve information using a computer (SAP and Excel knowledge required)\nComplexity of the Role:\nLevel of Decision Making:\nDirect Reports:\nIs this a people manager?\nNo\nJob Dimensions:\nNature of Contacts:\nModerate communication on a regular basis with internal and external parties at all levels\nPhysical Requirements:\nOnsite: 100 % \nVision: Daily able to see and read computer screens and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents, reports and engineering drawings.\nHearing: Daily able to participate in conversations in person and via teleconference or phone and to hear sounds on production floor including safety warnings or alarms. \nSpeaking: Daily able to speak in conversations and meetings, deliver information and participate in communications.\nEquipment 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.\nCarrying: Weekly able to carry documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 30lbs/14kgs. \nLifting: Weekly able to lift documents, tools, drawings, and electronic equipment up to 30lbs/14kgs. \nPushing / Pulling: Weekly able to push and pull small office furniture and some equipment and tools. \nSitting: Daily able to sit for long periods of time in meetings, working on the computer. \nSquatting / Kneeling: Weekly able to squat or kneel to retrieve or replace items stored on low shelving. \nStanding: Daily able to stand for discussions in offices or on the production floor. \nTravel: 5% able to travel independently and at short notice. \nWalking (include routine walking such as to a shared printer to retrieve documents): Daily able to walk through office and production areas including uneven surfaces. \nPersonal 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.\nMust not be afraid of heights and can work on elevated platforms as high as 40 feet in the air.\nPPE required: Safety glasses, bump caps and safety-toed shoes must be worn on manufacturing floor\nThis 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.\nCompany:\nAirbus Aerosystems Kinston, IncEmployment Type:\nUS - Direct HireExperience Level:\nProfessionalRemote Type:\nFull remoteJob Family:\nFacility Management and Real Estate ------\n------\nAirbus provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetics, pregnancy, marital status, veteran status or other legally protected status. In addition to federal law requirements, Airbus complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, demotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, benefits and training. Airbus expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetics, pregnancy, marital status, veteran status or other legally protected status. As a matter of policy, Airbus does not sponsor visas for US positions unless specified. Only applicants with current work authorization will be considered. Airbus 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. Airbus 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.By submitting your CV or application you are consenting to Airbus using and storing information about you for monitoring purposes relating to your application or future employment. This information will only be used by Airbus.\nAirbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.\nAirbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. 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