Tool Administrator (Repairables)

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Job Description:

Airbus Helicopters is looking for a Tool Administrator to join our team based in Grand Prairie, TX.

You will be responsible for coordination and conditioning of the commercial rental tool pool.  You will coordinate with customer support and technical experts to create optimal tool kits for rental to external customers.  You will be responsible to transact all returns of rental tools to include ensuring inspections are complete and tool is reconditioned and returned to the shelf ready for issue to the next customer. 

Meet the team:

From 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.

Your working environment:

A 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.

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

How we care for you:

• Financial 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”)

• Work/Life Balance: Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program.

• Health & 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. 

• Individual 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.

Your challenges:

• Work with technical and customer service experts to identify logical groupings of tools designed to accomplish specific maintenance tasks

• Develop specific packaging to group tools and facilitate simple inspection processes

• Ensuring tooling is maintained and packaged in a manner that would project a best in class image to the customer

• Perform receiving function as tools are returned after rental

• Work with technical experts and quality to develop efficient tool inspection strategies that ensure tools are in serviceable condition and are ready for issue in the most expeditious manner possible

Your boarding pass:

• High School education or equivalent

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a warehousing environment (preferable to have at least 1-year familiarity with tooling or tool crib operations)

• Effective communication skills needed, both written and verbal

• Must be able to read, write, and speak English

Physical Requirements: 

• Onsite or remote:  95% 

• Vision: able to see and read computer screens and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents, reports and engineering drawings.  Daily

• Hearing: able to part