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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 Helicopters in Grand Prairie, TX is seeking a Lead Aircraft Quality Inspector to provide source leadership, guidance and accountability to Airbus Core Values. This position reports activities and milestone achievements to Quality Management and provides assistance, training and technical guidance to quality inspectors. This position requires aptitude and ability to inspect articles to determine their airworthiness status after completion of alterations, preventative maintenance, modification, or repair/rework to design specifications.\nMeet the team:\nFrom 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.\nYour working environment:\nA suburb just outside the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area is home to Airbus Helicopters U.S. regional headquarters, where we have more than 1,000 employees. Check out one of the seven professional sports teams that also call Dallas home - you may even see a special, custom Airbus helicopter dedicated to the Dallas Cowboys flying during home games.\nHow we care for you:\nFinancial 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”)\nWork/Life Balance: Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program.\nHealth & 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. \nYour Challenges:\nInspection: 30%\nPerform applicable incoming/receiving inspections for approval or rejection of incoming material, aircraft structures, aircraft sub-components and detection and/or reporting suspected unapproved parts. \nPerform detailed in-process or dimensional inspections for electrical backshops, manufacturing, functional test, composites and paint to determine serviceability or rejection status. \nPerform inspections of Aircraft Composite panels and/or Aluminum structures; to include but not limited to in-process “Clearance-to-close”, dimensional checks, acoustic tap testing or repair inspection of cracks, cell ruptures, contamination, punctures and scratches. \nInspection/Evaluation for proper shimming and joining of structures with rivets and/or other hardware in accordance with design drawings, engineering dispositions and other approved data. \nInspection/Evaluation for hidden damage during inspections of airframe structures and sub-assemblies that could occur during shipping, receiving, or manufacturing \nInspection/Evaluation for aircraft system wiring harnesses manufacturing, use of connectors and electrical terminations per design drawings \nSupport physically and systematically of quarantining non-conforming components, assemblies or articles identified during inspection. \nSupport monitoring use of Measuring and/or Test Equipment to verify equipment is properly maintained and current to relative calibration cycle \nSupport stock inspections and/or purges of possible non-conforming, expired or suspected unapproved material \nPerform product sampling using appropriate methods, measuring devices, operationally testing and/or comparing to design specifications, approved drawings and/or manuals to validate conformity of articles \nPerform first article inspections (FAI), in-process and final inspections for maintenance, repair, modification, rework and overhauled articles, components and aircraft sub-assemblies for the purpose of returning to service \nPerform conformity inspections for Supplemental Type Certificated (STC) development projects, parts manufacturer approval (PMA) parts, structural and electrical components \nValidate disposition of parts or repaired parts routed to shop floor in accordance with approved data, transferred from warehouse, internal Backshops and/or suppliers for conformity and serviceability \nValidate aircraft compliance with all applicable calendar/hourly inspections, life limited or cycle limited components, airworthiness directives and alert service bulletins \nSupport observation and validation of electrical instrument connections, instrument functional/operational tests, aircraft radio adjustments, navigational system checks and flight control systems to verify they meet required specifications \nSupport validation testing of emergency locator transmitters (ELT), Transponders, Altimeters, Airspeed Indicators and Air Data Computers in accordance with Federal Regulations under Title 14 CFR Parts 91, 135 and 43 \nLeadership: 25%\nProvide support for offsite repair station activities to ensure compliance with Airbus policies, procedures and FAA regulations \nUtilize active listening and observation skills to identify behaviors, events and points of agreement/disagreement to correctly clarify the source of conflicts in order to develop and prioritize plans for conflict resolution in regards to schedule and personnel \nUtilize Airbus Core Values to create an environment for success, lead by example, uphold Airbus standards, welcome challenges with integrity, commitment, confidence, teamwork, customer focus, respect and reliability \nDemonstrate situational awareness skills by critically analysing complex situations to create balance between the needs of the customer, regulatory requirements and company objectives \nEvaluate performance of team members to assist in the assignment of duties as required or directed by management and to recommend annual goals \nTrack schedule status of aircraft and components to ensure that they are on schedule and defined milestones are met \nProvide technical guidance and training to team members in regards to proper execution of documentation, inspection processes and procedures \nRecommend updates to training plan for new hires and recurrent training as required to further develop team members in inspection methods, regulatory requirements and company policies/procedures \nQuality Department Support/Continuous Improvement: 25%\nSupport and collaborate with supervisors and upper management to overcome challenges and complete company objectives \nReview quality procedures, processes, documents and forms used during daily activities for accuracy and completeness \nFocal point to support company policies, procedures and FAA Regulations \nAttend and Support Company events, departmental meetings, special projects and team meetings \nSupport, implement and participate in the internal audit program to maintain the Quality Management System and external audit readiness \nUtilize processes and metrics such as, but not limited to SQCDP, key performance indicators, practical problem solving, plan do check act, root cause 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