Fabrication Material Handler

Spirit AeroSystems • Wichita, KS

19d • 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 designs and builds commercial aerostructures, including fuselages, pylons, nacelles, and wing components. The Fabrication Material Handler performs a wide variety of material support activities to ensure timely delivery of high-quality products. The work includes conveying products, multitasking, operating material-handling equipment and support machinery, and performing clerical and recordkeeping activities related to the flow of goods and parts.

The position is located in Wichita, Kansas. The Company will provide appropriate assistance in job training. Employees must be willing and able to work any shift, train on first shift, and then move to second shift. This is a union-represented position. Pay is $21.39 per hour, with potential to earn up to $35.50 per hour under the applicable collective bargaining agreement. Eligible employees may also qualify for a Kansas aviation tax credit of $5,000 for up to five years.

Requirements

• Must be willing and able to work any shift; training is on first shift before moving to second shift.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Basic math skills.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.

Nice To Haves

• Three years of warehousing experience.
• Two to five years of forklift experience.

Responsibilities

• Receive, locate, issue, kit, prepare, and move materials—including raw materials, tools and tooling, parts, drawings, equipment, supplies, surplus property, and hazardous materials—to support production and other functions, including inventory record accuracy.
• Use power- or hand-operated tools and equipment; inspect hardware and tools for visible damage; route broken, worn, or obsolete items for disposition; open containers; identify contents’ weight and count; and verify incoming hardware quality.
• Operate information systems required for assigned tasks.
• Use appropriate equipment and devices to protect parts, equipment, and structures; load and unload air cargo as required.
• Check material-handling equipment before and after use, perform routine maintenance such as topping off fluids and checking or adjusting tire pressure, report major malfunctions and unsafe equipment, and refuel equipment.
• Verify part numbers, counts, and similar information for in-process material.
• Communicate with management, support functions, coworkers, vendors, and outside shipping personnel.
• Train employees in the same job classification when requested or required.
• At Level C, kit paints, lubricants, adhesives, solvents, and other materials or chemicals using weight scales, sight-lines, or a solvent bottle filling machine for repackaging.
• Order, receive, kit, maintain records for, store, inspect, issue, inventory, ship, and release goods.
• Record, post, file, coordinate changes, gather and furnish information, and release and route orders.
• Maintain visibility; inspect and clear tool boxes; and issue hold-out notices as required.
• Dress tool grinder wheels and cut off drills and reamers as required.
• Build containers; package goods; prepare container overpacks; and complete associated documentation and system updates.
• Handle and package hazardous materials according to applicable domestic and international rules, regulations, and mandates.
• Operate equipment to prepare parts and materials for disposition.
• Cut, seal, tag, measure, wrap, stencil, tape, and label material as required.
• Set up and operate a box-making machine to alter fiberboard material or fillers and fabricate standard or nonstandard boxes; stamp and store boxes as required.
• Operate motive-power vehicles, such as rider/stackers and similar equipment, to move, position, and stage parts, equipment, tools, and materials.

Benefits

• Eligible employees may enroll in benefit programs generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance, and paid and unpaid time away from work.
• Potential eligibility for a $5,000 Kansas aviation tax credit for up to five years.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed