Chef(fe) de l'ingénierie - Ingénierie de Conception aérostructure/ Engineering Manager - Airframe Design Engineering

About

The A220 commercial aircraft Programme is looking for an Design Engineering Manager to join our Airframe team based in Mirabel (Québec, Canada), where you will report directly to the Airbus Canada Head of Airframe Engineering.

You will be part of the Design Engineering team responsible for fuselage sections, flight deck, doors, wing to belly fairing (WTBF), insulation, center wing box, and tailcone. The team organization is established to promote cross-collaboration autonomously, supporting each other and learning collectively.

Your role as Engineering Manager will be to lead a high-performing multifunctional team, shape excellence through innovation, and support the integration of the A220 into the Airbus family.

Your Working Environment

The A220 commercial aircraft Programme is headquartered in Mirabel, in the greater Montreal area, where the vibrant city of Montreal is just a stone's throw away. Known for its peaceful and safe environment, the region offers a high quality of life for younger or experienced professionals and families, perfectly balancing career opportunities and outdoor activities that makes it a truly special place to call home.

How We Care For You

• Financial rewards: Attractive salary, annual bonus, group insurance plan, pension plan and share purchase plan.
• Work / Life Balance: A hybrid working policy, on-site cafeterias and a highly competitive holiday policy.
• Wellbeing/Health: Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Discount Program and on-site Medical Service.
• Individual development: Great upskilling opportunities and development prospects with unlimited access to +10.000 e-learning courses to develop your employability, certifications, accelerated development programmes, national and international mobility.

Your Challenges

• Shape Excellence: Cultivate an environment that champions innovation, continuous improvement and empowers your employees to continuously strive for improvement.
• Drive Resolution: Proactively engage with engineering and non-engineering teams to resolve emerging issues and ensure teams are focused on timely resolution.
• Optimize Performance: Leverage Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and continuous improvement tools to improve department's performance and meet or exceed program requirements. Identify gaps in performance and implement corrective actions to ensure achievement of objectives.
• Pioneer Change: Act as a change agent, enabling collaboration between the Mirabel site and other Airbus sites. You will support the integration of the A220 program in the Airbus family and work in collaboration with Airbus on various initiatives: cost reduction opportunities, design improvements to ensure ramp up rates achievement, eradication of non quality issues impacting units assembly, deployment of technical solutions meeting certification authorities as well as operator requests.
• Nurture Talent: Complete performance assessments, fostering development of team members, creating a forum for growth and development. You are able to listen, coach and guide employees.
• Strategic Resource Management: Work with Finance, Program Office and Human Resources, and be responsible for financial, material and personnel resource management. You are familiar with financial activities and are able to support the definition of yearly budget and means to ensure its respect.
• Identify Growth Opportunities: Identify new business opportunities with outsourcing of recurring and repetitive engineering activities. You are familiar with engineering offload activities, seeking cost reduction.

Your Profile

• An engineering degree, or equivalent compelling experience.
• A minimum of 15 years of relevant experience.
• Strong interpersonal, planning, and organizational skills, with the agility to manage multiple priorities, excel under pressure, and align team members towards meeting priorities and critical deadlines.
• Resourcefulness and the ability to find creative ways to achieve desired outcomes, adapting to changing situations and emerging obstacles.
• The ability to deploy continuous improvement initiatives.
• Autonomy, requiring limited supervision in order to achieve desired results.
• Initiative, a strong sense of responsibility and good engineering judgment.
• Fluency in both spoken and written English and French, with the ability to distill complex issues and clearly articulate risks, key actions, and next steps.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team composed of individuals with various backgrounds and different cultures.
• The ability to develop relationships with internal stakeholders, influence external stakeholders and to leverage your network to meet commitments.
• A humble approach, celebrating collective achievements and embracing continuous learning from others.
• A multidisciplinary way of thinking, allowing you to connect various aspects of engineering and other functions.

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.

Not a 100% match? No worries! Airbus supports your personal growth with customized development solutions.

Take your career to a new level and apply online now!