Job Description

✈ MOVING ON UP! SHAPING AVIATION MEANS TEAMWORK! ✈

Temporary external:  Permanent
Program Engineer Conversion & MRO (f/m/d)
Department (external):  Program Management Conversion & MRO
Working hours (Posting):  Full-time, 38h/week
Preferred Startdate (external):  asap

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Support the Program Manager Conversion & MRO in executing program objectives (budget responsibility, turnaround time, cost, quality) and shaping contractual frameworks
  • Contribute to product strategies for the program and maintain product data for the respective aircraft model/product
  • Create work packages based on inputs from external departments, suppliers and partners, ensuring adherence to the budget
  • Prepare reports on program performance
  • Draft statements of work for special projects, including quantity estimates and schedules for offers and contracts, covering all internal and external service providers and overseeing technical responsibility during the contract phase
  • Assist the Program Manager Conversion & MRO in initiating and managing contracts with suppliers and partners
  • Provide support and maintenance services to customers after product launc
  • Plan, control and monitor project budgets for technology, industrialisation and improvement projects; identify variances, analyse them and trigger corrective actions
  • Continuously review and improve product and process performance; ensure project‑management execution for technology, industrialisation and improvement initiatives, including coordination of internal and external work packages and development of project‑execution standards
  • Ensure compliance with all relevant legal and regulatory requirements

MUST-HAVES

  • Completed 4‑year university degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering with a focus on aerospace, lightweight structures, manufacturing technology, or economics
  • Airbus Aircraft‑Familiarisation Course Level 1 (General Familiarisation)
  • Project‑management training (e.g., CAPM)
  • Airbus‑specific additional courses on programme management and processes (development, maintenance, certification, configuration management, etc.) according to QSA 21‑004
  • Professional experience in aerospace programme/project management
  • Experience leading project teams
  • Experience working in international project teams

Technical competence

  • Ability to manage and negotiate in written and spoken English and German
  • Good knowledge of MS Office applications and SAP
  • Knowledge of contract law and aviation law

Social competence

  • Strong assertiveness
  • Team‑player attitude
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Negotiation skills

Personal competence

  • High engagement
  • Willingness to travel/mobility
  • Self‑motivation

Method competence

  • Strong argumentation skills
  • Solution‑oriented approach
  • Project‑management expertise
  • Excellent organisational abilities
  • Ability to transfer knowledge and skills across contexts


  • Willingness to travel
  • Proven ability to handle confidential documents
  • Valid reliability check (ZÜP) according to § 7 Luftsicherheitsgesetz (LuftSiG) and eligibility for an extended security clearance (Ü2). If not already held, the checks will be arranged together with the recruitment process.

You do not meet all the requirements? No need to worry! We will support you in your personal development and prepare you well for your new role.

People matter to us! EFW is committed to diversity and an inclusive corporate culture. That's why we welcome all applications regardless of ethnic origin, age, gender, disability, sexual identity, ideology or religion.

WE WANT TO SUPPORT YOU!

Retirement capital-forming benefits
Education & training
Company doctor & Health actions
Family-friendly company
Company cell phone & Laptop
Flexible working hours
Good transport connections
Employee events
Employee discounts
Remote work
Parking lot & electric charging stations
Special conditions for occupational disability insurance
Sport & fitness courses
Subsidy for public transport ticket & job bike
Subsidy for cafeteria

INTERESTED?

HR contact

EFW Recruiter

recruiting@efw.aero