Mid-Level Operations Support Specialist

Spirit AeroSystems • Wichita, KS

5h

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 aluminum manufacturing solutions.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in manufacturing, continuous improvement, and manufacturing support
• High level of understanding in manufacturing techniques
• Experience with Continuous improvement
• Strong listening skills and a willingness to learn
• Ability to work cross-functionally
• Basic computer skills (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and navigate through 3-D engineering models)

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s Degree
• SAP experience
• Manufacturing/shop floor experience
• Lean and Six Sigma experience
• Understands RCCA process, can prepare a business case, process improvements

Responsibilities

• As the operation process expert, this role provides guidance to the build plan including methods and techniques, sequence of steps, tool plans, layouts, etc.
• Responsible for keeping up with industry best practices and implementing them within operations.
• Develop labor hour estimates as well as tooling and build concepts for new bid proposals
• Develop solutions for quality issues and utilize RCCA quality tools to solve problems
• Provides expertise in production engineering disciplines
• Applies principles and practices typically associated with quality engineering, industrial engineering, and manufacturing engineering functions and coordinates with other support disciplines or core functions as required. Teams to coordinate with include Engineering, management, lean, tooling and operations
• Develops quality and cost-effective methods, standards, and systems for production by applying production engineering principles
• Leads and participates in long-range technical research on proposed projects
• Provides guidance to less experienced manufacturing support staff and operations mechanics

Benefits

• health insurance
• flexible spending accounts
• health savings accounts
• retirement savings plans
• life and disability insurance programs
• paid and unpaid time away from work

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level