Overview
Spirit AeroSystems designs and builds aerostructures for both commercial and defense customers. With headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, Spirit operates sites in the U.S., U.K., France and Malaysia. The companys core products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles and wing components for the worlds premier aircraft. Spirit AeroSystems focuses on affordable, innovative composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions to support customers around the globe.
Responsibilities
Key Accountabilities:
- Implements fabrication, assembly, or installation manufacturing plans by coordinating with suppliers, engineering, and manufacturing teams.
- Has the ability to demonstrate configuration control of the hardware, within the manufacturing build plan.
- Understanding the application of principles, concepts, practices, and standards of industry practices.
- Knowledge to develop tooling, interchangeability, replacement, and functional test plans.
- Using the established manufacturing process flow, defines sequences of events, develops text and graphics work instructions, manufacturing datasets, tooling requirements, and manufacturing bills of material.
- Communicates with engineering teams to influence and clarify design concepts. Coordinates change incorporation, optimizes processes, addresses producibility issues, production & post production problems.
- Coordinates with a variety of other organizations.
- Ability to apply process knowledge in one or more of the following areas; Composite non-metallic, Machining, Sheet metal, and Structures.
- Some experience with CATIA V5, SAP, Right Hemisphere or equivalent.
- Must be willing to work in the manufacturing environment.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Minimum of 5+ years of Manufacturing Engineering/planning experience or drafting.
- Strong to excellent general computing skills.
- This individual needs to be a self-starter who can eventually take a project from start to finish and has a willingness to work with all disciplines to accomplish a goal.
- High School Diploma or GED
Preferred Skills:
- Strong to excellent SAP knowledge
- Computer skills: MS Office suite, SAP, Catia
- Experience with manufacturing engineering
- Aircraft knowledge and manufacturing experience
- Ability to read and understand engineering drawings, PL’s and Specifications
- Blueprint interpretation
- Experience with Catia programs
- Bachelors degree is preferred but not required
Spirit AeroSystems is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.
Kansas Tax Credit: Join Spirit AeroSystems’ Kansas team and you may be eligible for a $5,000 state of Kansas Aviation tax credit for up to five years. Click here for more information on the tax credit.
