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Overview

Spirit AeroSystems designs and builds aerostructures for both commercial and defense customers. With headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, Spirit operates sites in the U.S., U.K., France and Malaysia. The company's core products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles and wing components for the world's premier aircraft. Spirit AeroSystems focuses on affordable, innovative composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions to support customers around the globe.

Responsibilities

Key Accountabilities:

+ Implements fabrication, assembly, or installation manufacturing plans by coordinating with engineering, and OEMs, as well as interpret Customer Purchase and Repair Orders to determine work scope

+ Has the ability to demonstrate configuration control of the hardware, within the Repair Station Work Instructions.

+ Understanding the application of principles, concepts, practices, and standards of industry practices including AD, SB, CMM, AMM, SRM documents.

+ Knowledge to develop tooling, interchangeability, replacement (bearings, bushings), and functional test plans.

+ Using the established Repair Station process flow, defines sequences of events, develops text and graphics work instructions, datasets, tooling requirements, and Repair Station bills of material.

+ Communicates with OEM and Spirit engineering teams to influence and clarify repair concepts. Coordinates change incorporation, optimizes processes, addresses producibility issues, production & post production problems.

+ Coordinates with a variety of other organizations.

+ Ability to apply process knowledge in one or more of the following areas; Composite non-metallic, Machining, Sheet metal, and Structures.

+ Some experience with CATIA V5

+ Must be willing to work in the Repair Station environment.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

+ Minimum of 5-9 years of Manufacturing Engineering/planning experience.

+ Repair Station, Nacelle and Composite knowledge, and manufacturing experience

+ Strong to excellent general computing skills.

+ Familiar with FAA regulation and Repair Station operational criteria

+ Ability to read and interpret multiple large technical documents and convert them to defect repairs

+ High School Diploma or GED

+ This is a Non-safety Sensitive position - no DOT requirements

Preferred Skills:

+ Computer skills: MS Office suite, SAP

+ Experience with Repair Station engineering

+ Ability to read and understand engineering drawings, PL’s and Specifications

+ Experience with Catia programs

+ Bachelors degree is highly preferred but not required

Spirit AeroSystems is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.

Kansas Tax Credit: Join Spirit AeroSystems’ Kansas team and you may be eligible for a $5,000 state of Kansas Aviation tax credit for up to five years. Click here for more information on the tax credit.