Industrial Leader, Securing Major Components

You have experience in Industrial Project Management, have you worked in Aerostructures / Supplier Management, and are you looking to grow and develop new skills? Then this job is for you!

Team Description: The A220 Commercial Aircraft Program is looking for an Industrial Leader – Major Components Securitization (MCA) to join our "Chief Industrial Office" team based in Mirabel (Quebec, Canada), working jointly with Airbus Atlantique and Airbus Belfast teams.

You will be part of the team responsible for major component industrialization, driving internal supplier performance, managing industrial projects, and steering operational strategy and governance. Our team structure promotes autonomous cross-functional collaboration, mutual support, and collective learning.

Your role will be to drive the industrialization, performance, and production ramp-up of internal aerostructure suppliers for the A220 program. You will manage production transfer projects, ensure compliance and quality, and act as a key industrial interface and technical expert within multi-functional teams.

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 (based on operational needs), on-site cafeterias and a highly competitive holiday policy.

• Wellbeing/Health: Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Discount Program, on-site Medical Service, access to a public shuttle service between Laval (Montmorency metro station) and Mirabel, and a carpooling application.

• 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:

• Drive work transfers, production ramp-up, operational performance, and deliveries from internal major component suppliers.

• Develop industrial capacity and foster continuous improvement and innovation among internal suppliers.

• Represent the industrial voice within Aerostructure Multi-Functional Teams (MFTs), including bid evaluations and feasibility studies.

• Address and mitigate supplier non-conformities and quality issues.

• Act as the main industrial interface between A220 program functions and major component suppliers.

• Provide technical expertise in industrial systems design, modeling, and performance evaluation.

• Monitor critical development activities and tooling oversight for internal suppliers.

• Support technical problem-solving on critical purchased components.

• Assess production ramp-up capacity (readiness reviews) for the A220 aircraft family.

• Manage work transfer projects involving design changes or redesigns.

Your Boarding pass:

• You hold a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or an equivalent credential.

• You have more than 10 years of experience in manufacturing, industrialization, quality operations, and tooling.

• You have at least 5 years of specialized experience in aerostructures.

• You have proven experience in project management and/or supplier management.

• You possess negotiation-level fluency in both English and French.

• You are skilled at coordinating teams, influencing stakeholders, and driving results.

• You are equipped with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• You are highly autonomous and comfortable working within an international team environment.

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.

Take your career to a new level and apply now!

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.

At Airbus, we help you work, connect and collaborate more easily and more flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

About us

A commercial aircraft manufacturer, with the Space and Defence and Helicopters divisions, Airbus is the largest aeronautical and space company in Europe and a world leader.

Airbus has built on its strong European heritage to become truly international, with some 148,000 employees at 180 sites worldwide. The company has final assembly lines for aircraft and helicopters in Asia, Europe and the Americas.

In Canada, over 4,500 people work at Airbus's ten sites and offices and its subsidiaries, including over 4,000 in Quebec.

The main production sites are the headquarters of the A220 commercial aircraft program and Airbus Atlantique Canada, both located in Mirabel, Quebec. Other Airbus sites and subsidiaries are located in Ontario – Airbus Helicopters Canada in Fort Erie and NAVBLUE in Waterloo – Nova Scotia and Quebec.

A member of the Airbus family for over five years, the A220, designed and assembled in Quebec and renowned for its exceptional performance and versatility, has become a preferred choice for airlines.