Transportation - 2nd Shift

Spirit AeroSystems • Wichita, KS

3d • 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. The position performs a wide variety of material-support activities to ensure timely delivery of products to customers and assists other crafts with maintenance and construction of plant equipment at the Spirit AeroSystems facility. Work involves transportation, product conveyance, operating material-handling equipment and support machinery, multitasking, and clerical or record-keeping activities related to the flow of goods and parts. The position is based in Wichita, Kansas, and is a second-shift, union-represented role. The company provides appropriate training to enable employees to perform necessary job functions.

Requirements

• Must have a valid driver's license.
• Must meet established criteria; advancement to any given level is subject to management-determined need.

Nice To Haves

• Experience loading rail cars.
• Industrial vehicle experience operating forklifts, tractors, and other tow vehicles.
• A commercial driver's license (CDL).
• Experience loading straight trucks, including buses, vans, and tractors.
• Experience maneuvering trailers with stiff and swivel tongues.

Responsibilities

• Move materials—including raw materials, tools and tooling, parts, drawings, equipment and support supplies, surplus property, and hazardous materials—to support production and other functions, including maintaining inventory record accuracy.
• Enter and retrieve data from the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) to complete daily and weekly assignments.
• Coordinate customer work requests with management through the facilities trouble-call reporting system.
• Operate motive equipment of all sizes, including mobile cranes.
• Inspect hardware and tools for visible damage and route broken, worn, or obsolete items to the appropriate authority for disposition.
• Operate information systems required to perform assigned tasks.
• Use appropriate equipment and devices to protect parts, equipment, and structures.
• Load and unload air cargo as required.
• Inspect material-handling and associated equipment before and after operation; perform routine maintenance, including topping off fluids and checking or adjusting tire pressure.
• Report major malfunctions and unsafe equipment, and refuel equipment.
• Communicate effectively with management, support functions, employees, vendors, and outside shipping personnel.
• Train employees in the same job classification when requested or required.

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.
• Potential eligibility for a $5,000 State of Kansas 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