Tooling Technician

Spirit AeroSystems • Wichita, KS

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About The Position

The Tooling Technician works 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 technician plans, estimates, sequences, and performs work to program, fabricate, assemble, maintain, inspect, and repair tools. The role involves using fabrication processes and equipment, coordinating work with other employees, interpreting technical information, and performing basic shop math. This is a union-represented position, and the technician must be willing and able to work any shift.

Requirements

• Must be willing and able to work any shift.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with power tools or mechanical aptitude.

Responsibilities

• Plan, estimate, sequence, and perform tasks to program, fabricate, assemble, maintain, inspect, and repair tools.
• Use processes including cutting, grinding, spotting, painting, hand finishing, shaping, bending, drilling, reaming, tapping, wiring, plumbing, lay-up, minor welding, inspection, and setup.
• Operate fabrication and measurement equipment and machine tools required to fabricate tools.
• Coordinate, plan, estimate, and sequence work with other employees.
• Use and interpret tool and engineering drawings and models, sketches, templates, tool design manuals, verbal information, master tools, production parts, digital data, and handbooks to accomplish and communicate work requirements.
• Perform basic shop math.

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 programs providing paid and unpaid time away from work.
• Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
• Potential eligibility for a $5,000 Kansas state aviation tax credit for up to five years.

What This Job Offers

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