Boeing Aerostructures Australia
Michael Burns currently serves as the Industrial Engineering and Planning Manager at Boeing Aerostructures Australia, leading a team of 18 engineers while driving functional excellence and continuous improvement initiatives. Key achievements include implementing champion time data reporting for annual cost improvements, developing a recovery planning tool that significantly reduces planning time, and automating reporting scorecards to enhance operational visibility. Prior to this role, Michael held various positions at Boeing and General Motors Holden, including Senior Site Lead Industrial Engineer and Manufacturing Manager, where significant contributions included workforce development, financial forecasting alignment with lean methodologies, and optimizing manufacturing processes. Michael holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management from Monash University.
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Boeing Aerostructures Australia
Nowhere is Boeing’s story of innovation and technological advances in Australia quite as obvious as at Boeing Aerostructures Australia, the country’s only designer and manufacturer of advanced composite aerostructure components for commercial aircraft. Based at Melbourne’s Fishermans Bend, the company has a long heritage in Australian aviation that began with its legacy companies in 1927 and has included the manufacture of aircraft which served in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War Two.