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Material Support Technician

Spirit AeroSystems
Wichita, KS Full Time
POSTED ON 11/26/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/24/2026
Material Support Technician Wichita, Kansas Manufacturing 15285 or Job Description 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. Summary: We’re seeking a Material Support Specialist to perform a variety of tasks that ensure efficient material flow and high-quality product delivery. Responsibilities include handling, transporting, and preparing materials, operating equipment, maintaining inventory records, and supporting production and shipping processes. Training will be provided. Responsibilities Location: Wichita, KS Perform a wide variety of material support activities that assure the timely delivery of high quality products to the customer. Perform tasks such as product conveyance and multitasking, operation of material handling equipment, material support machinery, and clerical or record activities involving material flow of all goods and parts. Duties include the Company will provide appropriate assistance in job training to enable employees to perform all necessary job functions including the following: Perform all tasks involved in receiving,location, issue, kit, preparation and movement of materials (raw materials, tools/tooling, parts, drawings, equipment/support equipment supplies, surplus property and hazardous materials to facilitate the-production process or other support functions including Inventory Record Accuracy. Perform a variety of activities including, using power or hand operated tools and equipment, checking hardware and tools for visible damage, routing broken, worn, or obsolete hardware and tools to proper authority for disposition, opening containers and identifying weight and count of contents and verifying quality of incoming hardware. Additionally, operate any and all types of information systems required to perform assigned task. Utilize proper equipment and devices to assure parts, equipment, structures, etc. are appropriately protected. Load and unload air cargo as required. Check condition of the material handling and associated equipment or devices before and after operation and perform routine or maintenance such as topping off fluids, checking and-adjusting tire pressure). Report major malfunctioning and unsafe equipment. Refuel equipment. Verify part numbers, part count and similar information of in-process material. Effectively communicate with management staff, other support functions, other employees, vendors and outside shipping personnel. Train other employees in same job classification as requested or required. Qualifying Skills advancement to any given level is subject to need, as determined by management, and employee meeting established qualification criteria. Level C Perform all tasks associated with the kitting of paints, lubricants, adhesives,solvents or other materials/chemicals utilizing weight scales, sight-lines,or solvent bottle filling machine directly related to repackaging. Perform all tasks involved in ordering, receiving, kitting, maintain records, storing, checking, issuing, inventorying, shipping and releasing all goods. Perform recording, posting, filing, coordinating changes, gathering and furnishing information, releasing and routing orders. Produce and maintain visibility. Inspect content of and clear tool boxes, issue hold out notices as required. Clean and recondition respirator's. Dress tool grinder wheels, cut off drills and reamers,etc., as required. Perform tasks such as build containers, packaging goods and container over pack preparation required to prepare and distribute goods along with associated documentation and system updates.Assure proper handling and packaging of hazardous materials, per-established domestic and international rules, regulations and mandates. Operate equipment in preparing parts/material for appropriate disposition. Cut, seal, tag, measure, wrap, stencil, tape and label material as required. Setup and operate box making machine to alter fiberboard type material and/or fillers to fabricate standard and nonstandard boxes. Stamp boxes and store as required. Operate motive power vehicles such as rider/stacker and similar equipment to move,position and stage parts, equipment, tools and material. Qualifications Required: Must be willing and able to work any shift All Candidates must pass the WorkKeys Assessment (workkeys.com) or provide verification that they have passed the WorkKeys Assessment. Delay in completing your WorkKeys Assessment will result in a delay in your start date. You may complete your assessment in advance of an interview. IMPORTANT WorkKeys note: Any person scheduling their WorkKeys Assessment will be required to present two (2) forms of identification to be verified before their scheduled date for the WorkKeys assessment. Please click and review this provided link Acceptable Forms of ID and plan ahead by deciding which documents can be located or if need be, ordered. Preferred Qualifications: Shipping/receiving Stocking-inventory Pallet jacks/Forklift SAP (very helpful) 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. 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

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Spirit AeroSystems
Hired Organization Address Wichita, KS Full Time
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