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Safran Technical Engineer (Mechanical/Process) in Grand Prairie, Texas
Technical Engineer (Mechanical/Process)
Company : Safran Helicopter Engines
Job field : Industrial Engineering
Location : Grand Prairie , Texas , United States
Contract type : Permanent
Contract duration : Full-time
Required degree : Bachelor's Degree
Required experience : More than 3 years
Salary range : TBD
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Job Description
Responsible for managing the repair of Safran Helicopter Engines USA (Pool) assets, works with Repair centers to identify production cost reduction opportunities and with customer support to reduce the overall cost of the repair, responsible for evaluating the technical documents and develops solutions to optimize the overall value of the pool inventory, participates in the company TAT initiatives and meets the objectives for Safran pool team, drives the customer satisfaction (internally with other departments and with operators repairing materials that will meet their needs).
Job Duties:
Technical Aspects
• Review the customer's requests in order to define the appropriate way to support them
• Assist Fleet Asset Management Specialist with customized requests to meet customer's technical criteria and budget
• Validate the level of repair, the scope of repair and the associated repair center to be considered, considering a cost optimization and an engine availability analysis. This process could involve communication with the Field Representative to review the technical documents available (FOW…)
• Coordinate the repair of Pool materials with our different Safran Repair sites and our subcontractors
• Analyze, challenge and approve the work scope provided by the shop, confirm the Pool Protocol is applied and drive our cost reduction objective
• Analyze, challenge and approve the technical report by :
• Arranging scrap reviews as necessary with the shop
• Preparing the quote
• Optimizing the repair cost (which could lead to an update of the work scope: repair to overhaul, overhaul to scrap…), exchanges of modules or the use of repaired parts instead of new
• By using and maintaining the internal Pool Cost Tool which supports the cost reduction initiative
• Support any projects in the company to monitor and follow the pool costs
• Track and report repairs costs in order to justify the repair cost when above the objectives
• Approve work scope, and technical report as per the TAT goals
• Minimize the number of work scope revisions implementing an anticipation process of decision
• Facilitate and lead meetings with Safran repair shop and any other teams to determine progress of work to meet the TAT goals
• Update the pool database to reflect the status of the engine in our stock
• Propose additional invoices to Front Office linked to missing parts or unusual wear based on facts collected through the technical report.
• Review inventory in stock for any applicable Alert Service Bulletins.
• Update appropriately Safran IT system (CSA, OPX, TOOLS…)
• Prepare Work order if needed
• Be the focal point for technical purposes within Safran
Project Management
• Lead projects helping to reduce TAT or costs
• Lead initiatives to improve the efficiency within the POOL team
• Propose improvement projects
• Coordinate with the Corporate the implementation of containment related to Safran stock
Complementary Description
Scopes and Accountabilities:
• No supervisory or budget responsibilities; and employee would hold confidential and sensitive information and divulging information would lead to invasion of privacy; however, would cause low risk of damage to organization if an error was to occur within the position.
Job Requirements
Requirements:
• Bachelor's degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university or minimum of 5 years of experience in aviation mechanical, engineering or technical position
• Mechanical/technical /interpersonal-Advanced- Skills must be adapted to the unique requirements of the organization.
• Advanced - Microsoft Office: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, sharePoint preferred
• 3+ years of advanced spreadsheets skills (pivot tables, charts/graphs, excel formulas, etc…) preferred
• Experience in delivering results under pressure and take decisions
• Experience in working across cultures and being sensitive to local sensitivities
• Lean sigma or project management certification would be an asset
• Able to multitasks, autonomous and proactive
Physical Requirements:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions while performing the duties of this job:
• Regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear.
• Frequently required to reach with hands and arms.
• Occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.
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