Tooling Technician

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 (“Spirit Commercial”). Spirit Commercial designs and builds commercial aerostructures, including for Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Its core products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles, and wing components, with a focus on innovative composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions.

The Tooling Technician plans, estimates, sequences, and performs work to program, fabricate, assemble, maintain, inspect, and repair tools. The role uses fabrication processes and equipment, interprets technical information to complete and communicate work requirements, coordinates work with other employees, and performs basic shop math. The position is located in Wichita, Kansas, is union-represented, and requires willingness and ability 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 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; availability may depend on eligibility factors.
• Potential eligibility for a $5,000 Kansas state 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