Material Support Technician

Spirit AeroSystems • Wichita, KS

6d • Onsite

About The Position

The Material Support Technician performs a wide variety of material support activities to ensure timely delivery of high-quality products to the customer. The role supports Spirit AeroSystems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, and Spirit Commercial, which designs and builds commercial aerostructures. Work includes product conveyance, operating material-handling equipment and support machinery, and clerical or record-keeping activities related to the flow of goods and parts. The Company provides appropriate assistance in job training. The position is located in Wichita, Kansas, and is union-represented. Employees must be willing and able to work any shift.

The role handles receiving, locating, issuing, kitting, preparing, and moving materials and goods, including raw materials, tools, parts, equipment, supplies, surplus property, and hazardous materials. It also involves checking incoming materials, maintaining inventory accuracy and records, packaging and preparing shipments, operating motive-power vehicles and other equipment, and communicating with employees, management, vendors, and shipping personnel. Certain Level C tasks include kitting and repackaging chemicals and materials, tool and respirator maintenance, and preparing and labeling hazardous-material shipments in accordance with applicable rules.

Requirements

• Must be willing and able to work any shift.
• Must have a valid driver's license.

Nice To Haves

• Shipping and receiving experience.
• Stocking and inventory experience.
• Experience with pallet jacks or forklifts.
• Experience with RF scanners.
• Experience with SAP, hazardous materials (Hazmat), or Crib-master.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Receive, locate, issue, kit, prepare, and move materials and goods, including raw materials, tools, parts, drawings, equipment, supplies, surplus property, and hazardous materials.
• Support production and other functions, including maintaining inventory record accuracy.
• Use hand- or power-operated tools and equipment; inspect hardware and tools for visible damage and route damaged, worn, or obsolete items for disposition.
• Open containers, identify the weight and count of contents, and verify the quality of incoming hardware.
• Operate information systems required for assigned tasks.
• Protect parts, equipment, and structures using appropriate equipment and devices, and load and unload air cargo as required.
• Check material-handling equipment before and after operation, perform routine maintenance such as topping off fluids and checking or adjusting tire pressure, report major malfunctions or unsafe equipment, and refuel equipment.
• Verify part numbers, counts, and similar information for in-process materials.
• Communicate effectively with management, support functions, employees, vendors, and outside shipping personnel.
• Train other employees in the same job classification when requested or required.
• At Level C, kit paints, lubricants, adhesives, solvents, or other materials and chemicals using scales, sight-lines, or a solvent bottle filling machine for repackaging.
• Order, receive, kit, maintain records for, store, check, issue, inventory, ship, and release goods.
• Record, post, file, coordinate changes, gather and furnish information, and release and route orders.
• Produce and maintain visibility; inspect and clear tool-box contents and issue hold-out notices as required.
• Clean and recondition respirators; 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 materials as required.
• Set up and operate a box-making machine to alter fiberboard materials or fillers and fabricate standard or nonstandard boxes; stamp and store boxes.
• Operate motive-power vehicles such as rider/stackers to move, position, and stage parts, equipment, tools, and materials.

Benefits

• Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
• Eligible employees may enroll in health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and programs providing 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