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 available to those who qualify

Key Accountabilities:

• Responsible for the development, implementation, and oversight of Safety Risk Management (SRM) and Voluntary Disclosures. This will include co-authoring Spirit’s SMS manual and supporting procedure documents
• Support Spirit’s Subject Mater Expert on SMS industry standards and the acceptable means of compliance to impending SMS mandates from global regulators
• Support successful implementation of a suitable SMS across global sites and product lines
• Assist with meeting the requirements in Safety Management System Standard SM-001 issue B and Spirit’s SMS manual
• Draft new procedure documents when process definition 
• Support reviews of product safety hazards
• Understand engineering outputs and processes
• Review voluntary product safety reports
• Assist with Safety Risk Management (SRM) tool development
• Integrate engineering processes that support Production Quality Management Systems, Notifications of Escapements, and structural strength substantiations with SRM processes
• Develop and Release Spirit’s SMS manual that meets EASA review deadlines in support of compliance dates

Qualifications

Requirements:

• A Bachelor of Science Degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, or Civil Engineering from an ABET-accredited Engineering program is required
• 0 years of related experience 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Process documentation and control

• Experience with implementing new processes, as a part of a plan, on a team with a wide variety of stakeholders

• Familiarity with aircraft certification and airworthiness regulations

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.