Material Support Technician

Material Support Specialist

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.

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.

Location: Wichita, KS

Responsibilities:

• 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.
• 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.

Required:

• Must be willing and able to work any shift.
• Must have computer skills.
• Must be able to lift 50 lbs.
• 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:

• Receiving material
• Stocking-inventory
• Pallet jacks/Forklift
• SAP (very helpful)

Union: This is a union-represented position.

Pay: $21.39/hour, with potential to earn up to $35.50/hour in accordance with the terms of the relevant collective bargaining agreement.

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.