Project Head - A380/A350-316T

Date Posted:

2025-06-27

Country:

Canada

Location:

LOC13049 1400 South Service Road West,Oakville,Ontario,L6L 5Y7,Canada

Position Role Type:

Unspecified

Collins Aerospace is looking for a Project Engineering Lead who will be integral in ensuring continued success of important programs in the eyes of our most strategically important customers. You will be responsible for executing engineering and administrative aspects of our commercial Landing Gear programs, providing strong technical and administrative leadership, interacting directly with the customer in supporting the project engineering team.

In this position you will be reporting to the Associate Director Project Engineering. As the Project Engineer lead for Airbus A380-800 WLG and BLG programs, you will be the primary focal and responsible for the configuration management for landing gear parts and assemblies for the Airbus programs.

This position works onsite in Oakville site - ON

Relocation assistance will not be provided

What You Will Do

Provide strong technical leadership for all aspects of the programs assigned while working with the following entities:

• Value Stream Leader to ensure that projects are properly managed to achieve project delivery in accordance with project plans (including schedule and cost)

• Integrated Product Team (IPT) to ensure Engineering integration into overall program requirements

• Divisional Engineering teams to ensure that Engineering integrity is achieved, Engineering procedures are complied, lessons learned are addressed and a robust trouble-free product is developed

• Managing and developing engineering team

                                                     

Manage program Engineering activities including the following:

• Ensure the highest level of integrity while performing duties

• Develop and take accountability for Engineering activities (including schedule and cost) and harmonize priorities and objectives with Engineering, Original Equipment (OE) and Aftermarket Value Streams, Operations and Supply Chain

• Foster strong customer relationships through accountability, transparency and credibility

• Set Engineering team priorities and objectives with a strong drive to meet expectations

• Liaise with internal and external customers and suppliers for all program related issues

• Communicate progress and roadblocks with the Integrated Product Team (IPT) and Engineering Management

• Provide Engineering support to all functional group on an as-needed basis within the company

• Support customer requests such as redesigns/product improvements based on life cycle data (wear issues, failures, cost reduction, product improvements, etc.)

• Ensure timely and satisfactory resolution of problems

• Utilize Collins Management System (CMS) and Customer Oriented Results and Excellence (CORE) operating system to facilitate program execution and continuous improvement

• Proactively participate in and support Engineering Corrective Action Board (eCAB), Product Safety Integrity Committee (PSIC), Product Safety Board (PSB) and internal/customer audits

• Initiate product review and changes as required by developing and maintaining the product to customer requirements, coordinate activities internally and externally

• Review customer generated documents and coordinate with the customer, as necessary, to make corrections

• Review change requests for producibility issues, drawing clarifications, and cost reduction

• Support the change board function to ensure proper and timely change incorporation

• Support the customer and/or government representatives as needed

• Review contracts for technical content and ensure adherence to contractual requirements

• Submit technical data to the customer for approval/acceptance per contractual requirements

• Perform/lead/facilitates Engineering investigations into failures and leads/participates in Root Cause and Corrective Action

• Supports the change board function to ensure proper and timely change incorporation

• Supports the customer and/or government representatives as needed

Leading people:

• Develop indirect reports and support development of their individual/career development plans

• Provide performance feedback reviews & provide recommendations for compensation/merit

• Provide guidance to the engineering team relative to overall program schedule and budget

Compliance: