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Mid-Level QSS - Escapes Investigator

Spirit AeroSystems
Wichita, KS Full Time
POSTED ON 10/16/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/12/2027
Overview:
This role is at Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, supporting Spirit’s Commercial Business Units (“Spirit Commercial”). Spirit Commercial designs and builds commercial aerostructures, including for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, one of Boeing’s three business units and the premier manufacturer of commercial jetliners for decades. Spirit Commercial’s core products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles and wing components, with a focus on innovative composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions.
Responsibilities:
Position Responsibilities:
  • Apply knowledge of quality policies, governmental regulations, and engineering principles to develop, document, and maintain quality systems, operating procedures, and customer requirements.
  • Develop and administer directives, policies, processes, and procedures to ensure compliance with contractual, company, and regulatory requirements, thereby assuring quality system compliance.
  • Plan and coordinate improvements in manufacturing, including hardware and tool acceptance, variability reduction, developing key suppliers, and assembly operations.
  • Perform design reviews to ensure quality is engineered into products and tools, while also analyzing requirements of contracts, drawings, and specifications to develop plans for applying quality disciplines to processes.
  • Conduct configuration audits and reviews of products, tools, and processes, and compile, measure, and analyze process capability data to perform trend analyses and risk assessments.
  • Utilize process improvement methodologies, such as root cause analysis, to plan and coordinate process improvements and ensure sequenced inspection control points, creating and maintaining inspection accountability systems.
  • Skill in process improvement methodologies (i.e., root cause analysis) to plan and coordinate process improvements.
  • Identify, evaluate, and implement preventative measures, corrective actions, procedural changes, and process improvements, and present resultant findings.
  • Ability to attend, interface and present data during customer meetings.
  • Provide education and coaching on the Quality Management System and Manufacturing Verification Process.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):
  • 5 years of experience in a quality discipline, preferably in inspection, aerospace, or manufacturing
  • Working with engineering drawings and customer specification
  • MS Office (power point & excel) experience
Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills with attention to detail·
  • Quality inspection helpful but not required
  • Leadership experience helpful
  • Experienced desired with MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems)
  • Ability to work effectively in a dynamic and team-based environment
  • Ability to prioritize requests from multiple sources and support requirements
  • Self-motivated; taking ownership of projects and issues, including follow through to closure and resolution
  • Great attitude and willingness to learn

Union:

This is a union-represented position.


Drug Free Workplace:

We are a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.


Pay & Benefits:

We strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.

We also provide eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.

The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Summary Pay Range - Mid-Level (Level 3): $73,400 - $112,550

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.

Benefits:

Health Insurance, Vacation & Paid Time Off, 401K Plan

Salary : $73,400 - $112,550

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