Engineering Senior Manager

Spirit AeroSystems•Wichita, KS

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This role is at Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, supporting Spirit’s Commercial Business Units (“Spirit Commercial”). Spirit Commercial designs and builds commercial aerostructures, including for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, one of Boeing’s three business units and the premier manufacturer of commercial jetliners for decades. Spirit Commercial’s core products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles and wing components, with a focus on innovative composite and aluminium manufacturing solutions.

Requirements

This position is for 2nd Shift.
Bachelor’s degree in engineering, or other related course of study obtained from an ABET accredited engineering program or equivalent international accreditation
10+ years of relevant engineering experience
Excellent written and oral communication skills; strong presentation skills
Strong emotional intelligence skills and professional presence to be able to work with company executives

Nice To Haves

Master's or Doctor of Science degree from an accredited course of study, science, engineering, or other related course of study obtained from an ABET accredited engineering program or equivalent international accreditation
Experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams
Experience with new programs
Network across the aerospace and defense industry
Experience in collaborating with executive-level managers and managing complex engineering designs
Experience with Program Management Best Practices (Risk, Issue, and Opportunity Management, Enterprise Standard Gated Process, Baseline Management, etc.)

Responsibilities

Lead and manage the 2nd Shift Engineering team, responsible for providing real-time engineering support to manufactuing, assembly, quality, and operations across the entire site
Provide strategic and technical leadership for the evaluation and disposition of nonconforming conditions, production issues, and engineering deviations while ensuring compliance with engineering requirements, regulatory standards, and company procedures
Establish priorities and allocate engineering resources to support production, schedules, recovery activities, emergent manufacturing issues, and critcal program milestones
Partner with Manufacturing, Quality, Design Engineering, Stress Engineering, Materials & Processes, Supply Chain, and Program leadership to develop technically sound and producible solutions to complex manufacturing challenges
Drive timely engineering response and decision-making to minimize production disruption, traveled work, recurring defects, and schedule impacts