Material Support Technician- Shipping

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. The position performs a wide variety of material support activities to assure timely delivery of high-quality products to customers. Work includes product conveyance and multitasking; operating material-handling equipment and material-support machinery; and clerical or record activities involving the flow of goods and parts. The company will provide appropriate assistance in job training to enable employees to perform necessary job functions.

The role handles receiving, locating, issuing, kitting, preparing, and moving raw materials, tools and tooling, parts, drawings, equipment, supplies, surplus property, and hazardous materials to support production and other functions, including inventory record accuracy. It also involves checking hardware and tools, verifying incoming materials, using information systems, protecting and moving parts and equipment, loading and unloading air cargo, maintaining equipment, and communicating with management, employees, vendors, and shipping personnel.

At Level C, duties include kitting and repackaging materials and chemicals; ordering, receiving, storing, issuing, inventorying, shipping, and releasing goods; maintaining records and processing orders; inspecting and clearing toolboxes; cleaning and reconditioning respirators; preparing and packaging goods, including hazardous materials in accordance with applicable rules; and operating equipment and motive-power vehicles to move and stage materials. The position is union-represented and located in Wichita, Kansas. Applicants must be willing and able to work any shift and hold a valid driver’s license. Must be able to lift 50 pounds.

Requirements

• Must be willing and able to work any shift.
• Must have a valid driver’s license.
• Must be able to lift 50 pounds.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with shipping and receiving.
• Experience with stocking and inventory.
• Experience with pallet jacks and forklifts.
• SAP experience (described as very helpful).
• Overhead crane experience.

Responsibilities

• Receive, locate, issue, kit, prepare, and move materials, tools, parts, drawings, equipment, supplies, surplus property, and hazardous materials, including maintaining inventory record accuracy.
• Use power- or hand-operated tools and equipment; check hardware and tools for visible damage; route damaged, worn, or obsolete items for disposition; open containers; identify weights and counts; and verify the quality of incoming hardware.
• 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 operation; 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 related information for in-process material.
• Communicate with management, support functions, other employees, 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 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, and file information; coordinate changes; gather and furnish information; and release and route orders.
• Produce and maintain visibility; inspect and clear toolboxes; 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 in accordance with established 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 and/or fillers to fabricate standard and nonstandard boxes; stamp and store boxes as required.
• Operate motive-power vehicles such as rider/stackers 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 State of Kansas Aviation tax credit for up to five years.
• Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.

What This Job Offers

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