A400M FL/DC Quality Aircraft Manager (Temp Agency)

2164 Airbus Defence and Space SAU; Sevilla; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation days plus additional days off

Attractive salary

Collective transport service

On-site facilities

CSR initiatives

Upskilling opportunities

Job summary

Airbus Defence and Space SAU is seeking a Quality Aircraft Manager (QAM) for the A400M program at Flight Line and Delivery Center. You will lead the quality assurance activities from production to delivery, coordinating inspections, non-conformities, and corrective actions to ensure on-quality, on-time, and on-cost performance.

The role requires guiding an outsourced quality team, addressing technical issues, and interfacing with Airworthiness Authorities and delivery stakeholders to achieve a

Qualifications

• Engineering degree or equivalent.
• At least 3 years in QUALITY / Inspection & Conformity.
• Experience in team leading would be desired.
• Experience in Flight Line or FAL would be a plus.
• Fluency in English and Spanish required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and optimize an outsourced Quality Team for inspections and attestation of work orders.
• Manage non-conformities, concessions, or DQN when applicable.
• Coordinate stop points and respond quickly to quality issues, escalating as needed.
• Assure maintenance planning, weight and balance control, and airworthiness requirements.
• Provide coaching and root-cause analysis on quality issues for multifunctional teams.

Skills

Quality management

Team leadership

Negotiation skills

Proactive attitude

Teamwork

English & Spanish

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Job description

Job Description

A Quality Aircraft Manager (QAM) at Flight Line and Delivery Center is assigned to a dedicated A400M aircraft. Is the responsible role for assuring Quality standards since the aircraft starts to operate to its delivery. By coordinating the inspection activities, a QAM manage the Non-Conformities reporting, providing the necessary support for their resolution to the production team. This function guarantees the implementation of the required actions to deliver the aircraft on-quality, on-time and on cost; contributing to Customer Satisfaction.

Main Activities and Responsibilities

To lead, coordinate and optimize an outsourced Quality Team for Inspections as per defined standards, final check and attestation of work orders; providing support to technical issues, create non-conformities, concessions or DQN when applicable. Manage Stop Points and provide fast response to quality issues on out of sequence work, including critical activities (when not delegated). Escalate recurrent issues and request support from MAP, ME or any function with a role in the support of the production process (if it is not possible to manage it at level2). Assure the Aircraft maintenance and equipment life limit tasks planning, as well as Weight and Balance Control follow‑up (including certification to perform A400M Weighings), scheduled maintenance activities or the achievement of maintenance contractual limitations with the nations. To inspect, attest and conduct surveillances, providing feedback and coaching to Operations & Support Functions on Quality issues and observations from Operational Surveillance. To conduct PPS and prevent FOD culture, managing Non conformities as appropriate; being the “go‑to person” supporting the shop floor providing expertise in Q issues. To carry out Improvement, Prediction and Coaching as appropriate. Investigations and root cause analysis into reported quality / quality technical issues from the business team and customer, to ensure appropriate containment and archiving, corrective and curative action is taken by the accountable function through multifunctional teams. Most critical problems that arises regularly Support the capacity management: Anticipate fluctuations in capacity to cover the workload and increase the skills of the involved teams to reduce the impact on the lead time process. Assure completeness of manufacturing dossier in order to secure configuration, conformity and airworthiness requirements. Manage the quality activities, adapting and merging it with the tactical plan of the aircraft in order to assure the achievement of major milestones. More important decissions The QAM role manage, lead and guide the processes involved in to obtain the major milestones on the production and Delivery phases; being the mainly interlocutor with Airworthiness Authorities, leading the hand over to Delivery Center process or the final inspections and validations of the customer for Transfer of Title achievement. Main dimensions A QAM has direct responsibilities operationally and functionally with an outsourced Team for Operative Quality, integrated by 30 QLS distributed on triple shift. The QAM is the mainly focal point for all quality issues during PATM and Delivery phases until ToT, including technical, operatives, documental and conformity ones. Therefore, the scope and stakeholders of a QAM is quite wide: ME, MAP, Conformity Managers, Airworthiness Authorities (DGAM), Customer Acceptance Teams, Delivery Managers, Aircraft Managers, Cross-Plant Managers, Configuration Control department, Crew, Design Office, etc.

Remarks

To work at FL&DC supposes to do it under a high pressure and demanding environment due to the need of reduction and to minimize the accumulated delays in the overall production process; which supposes important cost claims by nations. There are also important responsibilities components related with the safety and airworthiness; which can even to mean legal, civil and criminal liabilities and consequences. At FL&DC is attested and validated the completeness of all requirements for secure flight operations. Quality Team is one of the most important functions during this process because it attest the final acceptance prior the ground and flight operations.

Required Skills

• Engineering Degree or equivalent
• At least 3 years of experience in QUALITY / Inspection & Conformity
• Experience in team leading would be desired
• Experience in Flight Line or FAL would be a plus
• Influence and negotiation skills
• Proactive behaviour
• Teamwork and results oriented
• Negotiation level of English and Spanish is required

Benefits

• Vacation days plus additional days‑off along the year.
• Attractive salary.
• Collective transport service in some sites.
• On‑site facilities (among others): free canteen, kindergarten, medical office.
• Possibility to collaborate in different social and corporate social responsibility initiatives.
• Excellent upskilling opportunities and great development prospects in a multicultural environment.

Company Information

WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT US? #AirbusDiversity Airbus is a leader in designing, manufacturing and delivering aerospace products, services and solutions to customers on a worldwide scale, pioneering sustainable aerospace for a safe and united world. With around 130,000 employees and as the largest aeronautics and space company in Europe and a worldwide leader, Airbus is at the forefront of the aviation industry, connecting people and places via air and space. At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking. 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. Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief. Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment.

Company: Airbus Defence and Space SAU Employment Type: Agency / Temporary Experience Level: Professional Job Family: Quality Inspection

Airbus pioneers sustainable aerospace for a safe and united world. The Company constantly innovates to provide efficient and technologically‑advanced solutions in aerospace, defence, and connected services. In commercial aircraft, Airbus offers modern and fuel‑efficient airliners and associated services. Airbus is also a European leader in defence and security and one of the world’s leading space businesses. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient civil and military rotorcraft solutions and services worldwide.

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