Production & Industrial Engineering Senior Manager

Spirit AeroSystems • Wichita, KS

9h

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, using composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions.

The Senior Manager directly leads the Manufacturing & Industrial Engineering team for Boeing Wichita Commercial Airplanes. The role partners with Operations and leads Functional Excellence, while coordinating with peer P&IE Sr. Managers to promote standardization and consistency across the site. The position reports to the Boeing Wichita Site Production and Industrial Engineering Leader. The teams focus on safety, quality, and delivery, increasing stability and partnering across functions to achieve goals.

The role manages employees and first-level managers, oversees engineering work and production-system improvements, and sets plans and strategies for the department. The team supports a large, high-rate production line through resource and asset planning, production execution standardization, work-in-process reduction, throughput improvement, recovery planning, and factory performance metrics.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in a management position with direct reports.
• At least 5 years of experience leading and implementing projects in a production-facing role.
• Experience in a production support role, such as Industrial or Manufacturing Engineering, NC Programming, or an equivalent area.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and strong presentation skills.
• Strong emotional intelligence and professional presence to work with company executives and customers.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering or equivalent technical experience.
• Experience in product-flow optimization, WIP management, and throughput management.
• Experience with TOC, Systems Thinking, and Lean concepts.
• Experience and understanding of MRP management and signaling (SAP).
• Experience building an organizational talent pipeline in engineering.
• Experience in dynamic environments with customer and/or regulatory interactions.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Industrial Engineering team for a large high-rate production line, including resource allocation, scheduling, rate readiness, and recovery plans.
• Establish, oversee, and administer processes, policies, and practices; determine resource requirements, acquisition, and redeployment plans.
• Oversee and manage organizational and development-project budgets.
• Understand full life-cycle requirements for product development.
• Define the future factory vision and strategy.
• Work with subordinates to establish and evaluate employee performance plans.
• Interface with other organizations, internal and external customers, and suppliers to define and evaluate project and program accomplishments, priorities, and approvals, and help eliminate roadblocks.
• Manage employees and first-level managers applying industrial and manufacturing engineering techniques and concepts to optimize production-system design and operational efficiency.
• Develop and execute integrated departmental plans, policies, and procedures, and provide input on departmental business and technical strategies, goals, and objectives.
• Acquire resources for department activities, provide technical management of suppliers, and lead process improvements.
• Develop and maintain relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, partners, and direct reports.
• Provide oversight and approval of technical approaches, products, and processes.
• Manage, develop, and motivate employees and first-level managers.
• Help develop, lead, and implement activities to standardize production execution, reduce WIP, improve throughput, and plan recovery.
• Support long-range asset planning, headcount planning, short- and medium-range resource planning, and emergent support as needed.
• Provide subject-matter expertise in factory and operations metrics, identify performance-improvement opportunities, and drive on-time delivery of quality product safely.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

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