Cost Engineer (Cost Models & Tools) (m/f), Toulouse

Airbus is a global leader in aeronautics, space and related services. In 2015, it generated revenues of €64.5 billion and employed a workforce of around 136,600. Airbus offers the most comprehensive range of passenger airliners from 100 to more than 600 seats. Airbus is also a European leader providing tanker, combat, transport and mission aircraft, as well as Europe’s number one space enterprise and the world’s second largest space business. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient civiland military rotorcraft solutions worldwide.

Tasks & accountabilities

Your main tasks and responsibilities will include:

• Collating, modelling and estimating cost for studies, proposals and future projects.
• Coordinating the analytic cost estimate with internal technical team and procurement team for suppliers.
• Identifying and implementing areas for cost reduction opportunities. Contributeing to Design To Cost / Make or buy analysis and subcontractors cost analysis.
• Contributing to risk analysis of proposals and define technical and financial provisions for risk.
• Supporting the price elaboration of proposals including internal/suppliers cost consolidation, provision, financial margins and analysis…
• Coordinating the costing process and reviews until final validation by management.
• Leading the parametric estimating process in France in liaison with parametric experts within ENS Cost Engineering team.

Required skills

We are looking for candidates with the following skills and experience:

• Educated to Finance or Business Administration degree or a related discipline.
• At least 2 years of experience in Cost Engineering, Project Control or Business development.
• Experience within the engineering or manufacturing environment, preferably within the Aerospace industry.
• Good command of Excel.
• Experience in the use of parametric estimating tools (e.g. PRICE, ACES) would be an advantage.
• Negotiation level of French.
• At least an advanced level of English.
• An intermediate level of German/Spanish would be an asset.
• Ability to work within an international team.
• Very good communication skills.