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AOS Improvement Leader

Kinston, NC💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-27 → 2026-09-26

Core

Drive operational performance and continuous improvement within manufacturing teams to support Airbus industrial strategy and efficiency goals.

Role type

Senior IC operations improvement leader (Lean/AOS)

Builds

Sustainable operational performance improvements and standardized ways of working within aerospace manufacturing teams

Domain

Aerospace manufacturing / Lean operations

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Lean/continuous improvement principles, operational business knowledge, shop-floor experience, project management, coaching and mentoring, strategic planning, change management, stakeholder influence, industrial maturity assessment

Preferred skills

Six Sigma/Lean Black Belt, APICS certification, Kepner Tregoe, Hoshin Kanri, Value Stream Mapping (VSM), Gembas facilitation

Technologies

Airbus Operating System (AOS), Lean tools, VSM, Hoshin Kanri

Responsibilities

Define and deploy ways of working within operational teams; advise stakeholders on business priorities and standards; design and deploy business improvement roadmaps; facilitate workshops on Lean topics; run Gembas and shop floor exercises; lead industrial task forces for diagnosis and implementation; coach senior management; identify competence gaps; promote internal good practices and external benchmarking

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with strategic influence

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