Senior Materials Specialist

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Job Description:

Airbus Helicopters is looking for a Sr Material Specialist to join our Logistics team based in Grand Prairie, TX.

Duties include coordinating logistical support for the Grand Prairie facility, to facilitate movements for material coming in for repair/overhaul to the various MRO shops. Tasks to coordinate include receiving, verifying and inducting items in the MRO shops in a timely manner to support MRO-TAT, record keeping, movement of materials as well as providing customer support to both internal and external customers. This position will report to the Supervisor, Repairables Logistics  

 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.

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.

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.

Your challenges:

Daily Activity:  50%

• Receive and verify all inbound material and components to be inducted to shops. 

• Trouble shoot issues and coordinate with both internal and external customers as needed.

• Ensure component log and log for parts sent to DFW for repairables is maintained.

• Coordinate with blade shop for weekly consolidation of export shipment

• Coordinate and help in the physical movement of materials, blades and components as required 

• Ensure proper packaging and preparation of shipments departing the Grand Prairie location.

Training and Support:  25%

• Administer safety training as required

• Ensure compliance with all workplace safety requirements

• Seek continuous improvement opportunities

• Conduct remedial tra