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Material Transportation Operator 4D

Tulsa, Oklahoma Job ID 2025-15152 Category Manufacturing - Hourly Post Date Aug. 06, 2025
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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.

  • Move products manually or utilizing necessary transport equipment as directed by management.
  • Capable of accessing and navigating electronic systems as required by the position, program, and/or company.
  • Company will provide training as required in a timely manner.
  • Works safely and maintains a safe work environment adhering to established company safety requirements.
  • Train, coach and/or assist fellow employees as requested or required by the company.
  • Maintain and utilize required personal certifications and qualifications as directed by the company to perform job assignments.
  • Ensure equipment and tool certification occurs per procedure.
  • Report job handicaps such as: errors in parts, procedures, tools, sequences, etc.

Duties:

  • Drive various types of single chassis trucks, truck and trailer, truck and semi-trailer or heavy duty three axle trucks and other Company vehicles on public highways making pick-ups and deliveries as required.  This includes working inside buildings and outside in the elements as needed.
  • Load or assist others in the loading and unloading materials, salvage, parts, assemblies, tooling, and equipment on truck and trailers secure load and accessory equipment to prevent loss or damage.
  • Check equipment such as tires, lights, brakes, fuel, water, and oil supplies.  Perform emergency roadside maintenance such as changing tires or spark plugs, installing light bulbs, fuses or putting on chains.
  • Rig loads to truck and overhead cab cranes correlating weights with boom lengths and angles for truck cranes, determine proper load balance and positioning.  Operate cranes in response to ground signals to lift, move, lower and position airplanes, large product assemblies and heavy machinery, dies, and jigs over areas where skillful operation of controls and constant attention is required to locate and/or position load precisely and to avoid obstructions and prevent costly damage.
  • Operate power lift trucks to load, position, unload or move items such as test consoles, bulky machinery, machine tools, engines, major assemblies, jigs, fixtures, tooling, dies, parts, crated items, pallets, skids, lumber, raw stock salvage, refuse, obsolete and scrap material.  May be required to operate in areas or conditions of limited maneuverability, difficult loading and unloading requirements must be taken to avoid faulty handling and costly damages.
  • Receive requests for the pickup and delivery or movement of materials, supplies and equipment, determine mobile equipment requirements and dispatch drivers.
  • Record transportation activities and statistics manually or with the aid of a computer or computer-based system.
  • Perform all the operations involved in the operation of the Locomotive.

Requirements

  • Must be willing and able to work any shift
  • All Candidates must pass The WorkKeys Assessment (www.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.

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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Your Benefits

No matter where you are in life, our benefits help prepare you for the present and the future.

  • Generous company match to your 401(k).
  • Industry-leading tuition assistance program pays your institution directly.
  • Fertility, adoption, and surrogacy benefits.
  • Up to $10,000 gift match when you support your favorite nonprofit organizations.
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These programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other conditions, which may differ for employees of certain subsidiaries or business units, or union-represented employees depending on bargaining agreement terms. If this information conflicts with the program documents, the latter shall control. This material is informational only.

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