Date Posted:
2024-10-03
Country:
United States of America
Location:
HNC32: US096-Winston-Salem (Oak Plaza 190 Oak Plaza Boulevard , Winston-Salem, NC, 27105 USA
Position Role Type:
Onsite
As a Flammability Lab Manager in our testing operations, you will oversee and enhance the scheduling of test coupons, streamline material flow, and coordinate manufacturing, procurement, shipping, and testing processes. Your expertise will ensure that our flammability testing initiatives meet the highest standards of quality and efficiency.
What You Will Do:
- Team Leadership: Manage and inspire a dedicated team of technicians, handling all people-management responsibilities to foster a high-performing work environment.
- Cross-Department Coordination: Collaborate seamlessly with the Flammability Engineering group, EDL Purchasing, EDL Conformity, EDL Management, and external suppliers to orchestrate all flammability testing activities, ensuring alignment with program objectives.
- Project Scheduling: Work closely with the Flammability Engineering group to effectively schedule and prioritize upcoming A, C, and D-burn projects, optimizing resource allocation and project timelines.
- Visual Management: Develop and maintain visual management tools and standard operating procedures for flammability projects, enhancing transparency and operational efficiency.
- Material Procurement: Liaise with EDL Purchasing to guarantee timely procurement and delivery of essential materials for burn projects, aligning with critical program deadlines.
- Inventory Management: Maintain a well-organized inventory of materials necessary for the creation of flammability test coupons, ensuring readiness for all testing phases.
- Manufacturing Coordination: Oversee the kitting of materials for flammability coupon production, create work orders and inspection documents, and execute manufacturing functions with precision.
- In-House Testing: Conduct rigorous in-house tests on flammability coupons to validate performance and compliance with established standards.
- Shipping Logistics: Organize the kitting of completed flammability coupons for efficient shipment to external test laboratories, ensuring smooth logistics and timely delivery.
- Work Assignments & Oversight: Delegate work assignments, manage schedules, and review ongoing projects to maintain high standards of quality and efficiency.
- Process Improvement: Identify and recommend modifications to standard procedures, driving continuous improvement in testing protocols and documentation.
- Documentation & Reporting: Ensure thorough documentation, reporting, and storage of test results, maintaining compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Flotation Testing Oversight: Extend your expertise to manage similar duties for flotation test coupons, ensuring comprehensive support across testing domains.
- Equipment Maintenance: Oversee the maintenance and calibration of test equipment, ensuring optimal performance and reliability.
- Safety Coordination: Work in partnership with Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) teams to address safety-related items, fostering a safe testing environment.
- Material Management: Implement effective date-of-expiration materials kitting and management processes for EDL.
- Certification Maintenance: Obtain and maintain Flam Lab Qualifications with industry leaders such as FAA, Airbus, and Boeing, ensuring our compliance with the highest standards in aviation safety.
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Qualifications You Must Have:
- Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) unless prohibited by local laws/regulations and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 12 years of relevant experience
Qualification We Prefer:
- Experience working in a laboratory environment.
- Experience in the Aircraft Industry.
What We Offer:
Some of our competitive benefits package includes:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
- Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Student Loan Repayment Program
- Life insurance and disability coverage
- Optional coverages you can buy: pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
- Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
- Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
- Adoption Assistance
- Autism Benefit
- Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
- Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
- Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
- Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
- Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
- And more!
- This position is eligible for relocation
Nothing matters more to Collins Aerospace than our strong ethical and safety commitments. As such, all U.S. positions require a background check, which may include a drug screen.
Note:
- Background check and drug screen required (every external new hire in the U.S.)
- Drug Screen only performed on re-hires who have been gone for more than 1 year
At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form - with our customers and with each other -- propel us all higher, again and again.
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Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers' toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.
At Collins Aerospace, our Interiors team is focused on innovation, safety and cost efficiency. But we don't just get people from point A to point B. We're committed to making air travel more comfortable, connected and secure. As a leader in aviation interior products and services, we're helping airlines and original equipment manufacturers create a positive experience for their customers. With offices and manufacturing facilities in more than 12 states across the U.S. and more than 10 countries around the globe, we're changing the game of aircraft interiors. Are you ready to join our team?
Collins Aerospace Diversity & Inclusion Statement:
Diversity drives innovation; inclusion drives success. We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce, workplace, and customers. We are committed to fostering a culture where all employees can share their passions and ideas so we can tackle the toughest challenges in our industry and pave new paths to limitless possibility.
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This role is also eligible for the Re-Empower Program. The Re-Empower Program helps support talented and committed professionals as they rebuild their capabilities, enhance leadership skills, and continue their professional journey. Over the course of the 14-week program, experienced professionals will gain paid, on-the-job experience, have an opportunity to participate in sessions with leadership, develop personalized plans for success and receive coaching to guide their return-to-work experience. Upon completion of the program, based on performance and contributions participants will be eligible for a career at RTX.
Minimum Program Qualifications:
- Be on a career break of one or more year at time of application
- Have prior experience in functional area of interest
- Have interest in returning in either a full-time or part-time position
WE ARE REDEFINING AEROSPACE.
* Please consider the following role type definitions as you apply for this role.
Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.
Regardless of your role type, collaboration and innovation are critical to our business and all employees will have access to digital tools so they can work with colleagues around the world - and access to Collins sites when their work requires in-person meetings.
The salary range for this role is 96,000 USD - 200,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.
Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.
Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company's performance.
This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.
RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.
RTX is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.
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