Calibration Coordinator

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Job Description:

Airbus Aerosystems Kinston is looking for a Calibration Coordinator to join our facility management and real estate team based in Kinston, North Carolina.

Meet the Team:

Our team at Airbus Aerosystems Kinston manufactures crucial aircraft components. On the shop floor you’ll be surrounded by individuals who are passionate about aviation and skilled in areas like electrical, structure and quality. Join our team and help build the next generation of aircraft.

Your Working Environment:

The Airbus Aerosystems Kinston facility sits at the forefront of aerospace manufacturing, specializing in the production of large, advanced composite aerostructures. Our team builds critical components for the state-of-the-art Airbus A350 XWB, including the composite center fuselage and wing spar.

How We Care for You:

• Financial Rewards: Competitive pay, 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 paid parental leave program.
• Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical, 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:

• Monthly Tracking: Compile and generate the master tracking spreadsheet from Gauge Suite identifying all tooling and gauges due for calibration; distribute this data to production managers, team leads, and shop floor stakeholders to facilitate component location. 
• Daily Reconciliation: Update the active gauge tracking spreadsheet daily, removing tools that have been returned or reporting missing assets through the formal Lost Tool Report workflow (requiring Department Manager and Quality sign-offs).
• Cross Co Vendor Logistics: Execute the primary weekly calibration cycle every Wednesday. Pack and manifest outbound gauges using Gauge Suite-generated packing slips, verify incoming inventory against vendor documents, and route passing tools to their respective area owners.
• Vendor Logistics: Execute the primary weekly calibration cycle every Wednesday. Pack and manifest outbound gauges using Software-generated packing slips, verify incoming inventory against vendor documents, and route passing tools to their respective area owners.
• Certificate Auditing: Conduct meticulous reviews and approvals of calibration certificates provided by third-party vendors to ensure they conform to aerospace metrics.
• Failure Protocol Containment: Identify and isolate gauges that fail calibration thresholds; immediately communicate certificate copies and tool usage details to Quality Engineering to assess potential manufacturing or product risks.
• Specialized Outside Vendors: Coordinate with off-site specialty vendors for specialized calibration. Manage price quote acquisition, input Service Tracking System (STS) actions for Purchase Order (PO) creation, and handle final logistics/shipping forms.
• NDI Compliance Integration: Ensure all Non-Destructive Inspection (NDI) gauges are accompanied by completed Calibration Requirements Forms when requesting vendor quotes.
• Database Management: Keep software records up to date with precise tool ownership transfers, physical storage changes, and descriptive lifecycle notes.
• Regulatory Compliance Readiness: Ensure all certification records are preserved for audit pathways; serve as a primary support resource for extracting history lineages during annual internal and external facility quality audits.

The Company will provide appropriate assistance in job training to enable employees to perform all necessary job functions including the following:

• Obtain and deliver material and equipment necessary to support plant maintenance and repair.

• Work from diagrams, prints, specifications or verbal orders.
• Use hand tools, powered tools and shop equipment.
• Perform disassembly and assembling operations necessary to accomplish assignment.
• Enter and retrieve data from the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) and order parts required to accomplish the tasks (except as relates to inventory, store, record, issue and any other duties related to material support technician.)

Additional Responsibilities: 

• Other duties as assigned.

Your Boarding Pass:

• Experience: Minimum of 2+ years of professional experience in tool shop management, tracking databases, inventory logistics, calibration coordination, or quality control inside a production facility.
• Technical Skills: Strong proficiency utilizing specialized inventory databases (such as Gauge Suite) and intermediate to advanced skills with Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets. Familiarity with Enterprise Resource Planning platforms like SAP is highly preferred.
• Quality Standards Awareness: Demonstrated knowledge of industrial safety policies, quality metrics, and tool compliance tracking mechanisms.
• Physical Demands: Ability to stand, walk, and navigate a large aerospace shop floor daily; capacity to lift and handle inventory weights up to 30 lbs while wearing required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) including steel-toed boots. 

Education: 

Required

• High School Diploma/GED or WorkKeys Assessment completion
• The ability to successfully complete the following training provided by Airbus after recruitment:
  • Health & Safety
  • General aircraft familiarization
  • Quality Training

Preferred

• Training from a vocational school or previous employer in the use of equipment maintenance skills and practices 

Citizenship: 

• Authorized to work in the U.S.

Clearance:

• N/A

Qualified Skills:  

Knowledge, Skills, Demonstrated Capabilities:

Required

• Knowledge of station safety, quality (clean as you go / Foreign Object Debris) and OSHA regulations
• Must have basic skills of using a variety of tools 

Organizational information:

Communication Skills: 

Required

• Good verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Ability to articulate complex issues to others. 
• Ability to maintain confidentiality in all matters is essential.
• Demonstrated effectiveness in interpersonal skills.

Preferred

Technical Systems Proficiency:

• Able to enter, generate and retrieve information using a computer (SAP and Excel knowledge required)

Complexity of the Role: 

Level of Decision Making: 

Direct Reports: 

Is this a people manager?

• No

Job Dimensions: 

Nature of Contacts: 

• Moderate communication on a regular basis with internal and external parties at all levels

Physical Requirements: 

• Onsite: 100 % 
• Vision: Daily able to see and read computer screens and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents, reports and engineering drawings.
• Hearing: Daily able to participate in conversations in person and via teleconference or phone and to hear sounds on production floor including safety warnings or alarms. 
• Speaking: Daily able to speak in conversations and meetings, deliver information and participate in communications.
• Equipment Operation (personal computer, telephone, copies, fax machine, and related office equipment and using electronic identification card to enter building floors and internal doors): Able to operate most office and personal electronic equipment and some tools including production tools such as hydraulic lifts.
• Carrying: Weekly able to carry documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 30lbs/14kgs. 
• Lifting: Weekly able to lift documents, tools, drawings, and electronic equipment up to 30lbs/14kgs. 
• Pushing / Pulling: Weekly able to push and pull small office furniture and some equipment and tools. 
• Sitting: Daily able to sit for long periods of time in meetings, working on the computer. 
• Squatting / Kneeling: Weekly able to squat or kneel to retrieve or replace items stored on low shelving. 
• Standing: Daily able to stand for discussions in offices or on the production floor. 
• Travel: 5% able to travel independently and at short notice. 
• Walking (include routine walking such as to a shared printer to retrieve documents): Daily able to walk through office and production areas including uneven surfaces. 
• Personal Protective Equipment required: Required PPE includes, but is not limited to, Safety Shoes, Safety Glasses, Hearing Protection, Respirators/Masks, and/or Protective Gloves as required by site and/or customer site.
• Must not be afraid of heights and can work on elevated platforms as high as 40 feet in the air.
• PPE required: Safety glasses, bump caps and safety-toed shoes must be worn on manufacturing floor

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.

Company:

Airbus Aerosystems Kinston, Inc

Employment Type:

US - Direct Hire

Experience Level:

Professional

Remote Type:

Full remote

Job Family:

Facility Management and Real Estate <JF-CG-SM>

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