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

Location: Wichita, KS (Onsite)

***Relocation assistance available to those who qualify

Key Accountabilities:

• Lead Production Operations through collaboration with cross functional teams, including First Level Managers, Quality Assurance, Program Management, Engineering, Executive Management, Supply Chain, and Customers, to meet production requirements and customer acceptance
• Interact across all levels of the organization; efficiently and effectively communicate and execute the manufacturing plan and schedule, implement agreed upon changes; navigate difficult situations and conversations to a productive outcome
• Lead team in quality improvement initiatives
• Engage in proposal, estimates and/or concept of operations development
• Lead team in developing solutions to complex problems which require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity
• Manage the build process and compliance for engineering requirements, Quality Assurance standards, and customer contract requirements
• Travel as required to support the Program and Customer

Qualifications

Requirements:

• 3-5 years of related operations leadership/management experience
• Demonstrated ability to develop and manage budgets, cost, quality, and schedules
• Experience leading processes and/or metrics for Operational Excellence Teams and/or Performance Management Teams
• Experience leading a positional team for continuous improvement
• Demonstrated ability to work with multiple levels of executive, middle and first-line management, industry peers, as well as internal and external customers
• Ability to read and interpret integrated master schedules

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or advanced degree
• 5 years of operations leadership/management experience
• Experience in SAP 
• Experience working with large aerospace structures
• Experience in assembly and fabrication
• Experience in a union environment
• Strong Mechanical background with detailed Manufacturing process overview
• Experience in implementing quality improvements
• Experience in implementing production improvements 

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