Tooling Specialist / Spécialiste Outillage (m/f)

Location

Toulouse, France. The role is based at the St‑Eloi site.

Job Overview

Airbus Commercial Aircraft is looking for a Tooling Specialist (f/m) to join the Tooling team at the St‑Eloi site. The specialist will design, manage, and validate tooling solutions essential for the production and assembly of engine pylons.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze the needs of industrialization stakeholders, including plan analysis, production chain pathways, and non‑conformity analysis.
• Present and validate cost, cycle time and technical solution estimates before any financial commitment.
• Consolidate and structure input data to make it actionable for tooling suppliers.
• Draft technical specifications, perform supplier pre‑selection, and negotiate offers.
• Collaborate with procurement to evaluate and select suppliers for tooling studies and manufacturing.
• Track project milestones, validate progress, and report status to customers and partners.
• Analyze tooling studies and recommend improvements considering production processes, environment and resources.
• Update the integrated business tool in SAP in real‑time.
• Identify risks, communicate issues, and negotiate industrial impacts such as cost and schedule.
• Ensure successful industrialization, client satisfaction and functional/documentary compliance.
• Close the case fully and settle financial transactions.
• Capitalize knowledge and transfer tooling competencies for series production.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of tooling experience in an aerospace industrial environment, preferably at St‑Eloi.
• Proficient in CATIA V5, MS Office, SAP and functional dimensioning and tolerancing.
• Strong understanding of ergonomics, safety standards and manufacturing methods (sheet metal, machining, assembly).
• Project management experience (minimum 5 years).
• Excellent communication, service orientation, proactivity, and teamwork.
• Intermediate English proficiency.
• Awareness of compliance risks and commitment to integrity.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, participation and incentive schemes, salary savings plan, and voluntary share‑holding.
• Additional vacation days for special occasions, transfer options and company‑run socio‑cultural and sporting activities.
• Comprehensive health and protection coverage, on‑site health services, concierge, gym and car‑pool app.
• Career development: access to over 10 000 e‑learning courses, certification programs, accelerated development, expert tracks, national and international mobility.

Employment Type

Permanent, Full‑time (Classe F11, France).

Company & Diversity Statement

Airbus Operations SAS. Airbus is committed to workforce diversity and an inclusive work environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief. Airbus never asks for any monetary exchange; please report any impersonation to

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