Transportation

Spirit AeroSystems • Wichita, KS

3d • Onsite

About The Position

This position at Spirit AeroSystems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, supports Spirit Commercial, which designs and builds commercial aerostructures. The role performs a wide variety of material support activities to ensure timely delivery of products to customers, assist other crafts with plant equipment maintenance and construction, and carry out technical tasks relating to property disposal. Work includes transportation, product conveyance, operating material-handling equipment and support machinery, and clerical or record-keeping activities involving the flow of goods and parts. The position is based in Wichita, Kansas. The company provides appropriate training for necessary job functions. This is a union-represented position, and advancement to Level B is subject to management-determined need and established criteria.

Requirements

• Must be willing to work any shift.
• Must have a valid driver's license.
• Meet established criteria for advancement to Level B; advancement is subject to management-determined need.

Nice To Haves

• Experience operating industrial vehicles, including forklifts, tractors, and other tow vehicles.
• Experience loading straight trucks, including vans and tractors.
• Experience maneuvering trailers with stiff and swivel tongues.

Responsibilities

• Move raw materials, tools and tooling, parts, drawings, equipment and support supplies, surplus property, and hazardous materials to support production and other functions, including inventory record accuracy.
• Enter and retrieve information in the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) for daily and weekly work assignments.
• Coordinate customer work requests with management through the facilities trouble-call reporting system.
• Operate motive equipment of all sizes, including mobile cranes, and use required information systems.
• Inspect hardware and tools for visible damage and route broken, worn, or obsolete items to the proper authority for disposition.
• Protect parts, equipment, and structures using appropriate equipment and devices.
• Load and unload air cargo as required.
• Inspect material-handling equipment before and after operation, perform routine maintenance such as topping off fluids and checking or adjusting tire pressure, report major malfunctions or unsafe equipment, and refuel equipment.
• Communicate with management, support functions, employees, vendors, and outside shipping personnel.
• Train other employees in the same job classification when requested or required.
• At Level B, check rail-car status reports, order loading and unloading equipment, arrange loading or unloading sequences, and maintain required records.
• At Level B, load rail cars using suitable mechanical aids and follow work instructions.
• At Level B, verify rail-car contents against manifests and report discrepancies or damage to the appropriate authorities.
• At Level B, operate industrial vehicles with capacity under 15,000 pounds, including forklifts, industrial trucks, buses or vans, and tractors, to move or position goods, equipment, tools, materials, or people.
• At Level B, ride in the cockpit and operate the brakes as necessary while an airplane is being towed.

Benefits

• Eligible employees may enroll in benefit programs that generally include 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 aviation tax credit for up to five years.

What This Job Offers

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