Mid-Level Quality Support Specialist - Fabrication

About the role

This role is at Spirit AeroSystems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, supporting Spirit's Commercial Business Units. Spirit Commercial designs and builds commercial aerostructures, including for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, with core products including fuselages, pylons, nacelles and wing components, with a focus on innovative composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions.

Position Responsibilities

• Represent Spirit as a customer quality representative (CQS)
• Coordinate non-conformances with the customer and provide visibility
• Collaborate with all levels of management on aircraft structure repairs identified by Engineering as significant (SRL)
• Review all non-conformances that may be sensitive (CSI) to the customer and end user
• Attend, interface and present data during customer meetings
• Apply knowledge of quality policies and governmental regulations to develop and administer long-range customer inspection plans, acting as agent/designee for customer, to meet contractual and other requirements
• Plan and coordinate improvements in manufacturing (e.g., hardware and tool acceptance, variability reduction, developing key suppliers, and assembly operations, etc.)
• Perform design reviews to ensure that quality is engineered into the product and tool
• Apply knowledge of engineering (e.g., manufacturing, tooling, quality, and statistics, etc.) to analyze requirements of contracts, drawings, and specifications to develop plans for the application of quality disciplines to processes
• Perform configuration audits and reviews of products, tools, and processes
• Compile, measure and analyze process capability data, models to perform trend analyses and risk assessments
• Apply skill in process improvement methodologies (i.e., root cause analysis) to plan and coordinate process improvements
• Ensure sequenced inspection control points, create and maintain inspection accountability systems
• Identify, evaluate, and implement preventative measures, corrective action, procedural changes, process improvements and present resultant findings
• Provide education and coaching on the Quality Management System and Manufacturing Verification Process

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a quality discipline, preferably in inspection, aerospace, or manufacturing
• Working with engineering drawings and customer specifications
• MS Office (PowerPoint & Excel) experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong verbal and written communication skills with attention to detail
• Quality inspection helpful but not required
• Leadership experience helpful
• Experience 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

Pay

Mid-Level (Level 3): $73,400 - $112,550. Kansas team members may be eligible for a $5,000 state of Kansas Aviation tax credit for up to five years.

Schedule

This is a union-represented position.