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Assembly Specialist - First Level Manager

Wichita, Kansas Job ID 2025-14710 Category Manufacturing - Management Post Date Jun. 27, 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.

Key Accountabilities: As an Assembly Specialist First Level Manager, you'll play a key leadership role on the shop floor, ensuring quality, efficiency, and safety in all aspects of assembly operations. You’ll:

  • Lead teams in assembling sub-assemblies and structural units using both metallic and nonmetallic materials, ensuring adherence to quality and safety standards.
  • Oversee mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic system installations, utilizing a range of fasteners and bonding methods.
  • Ensure product integrity through rigorous testing using mechanical, electrical, and electronic equipment.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, and external customers to meet specifications, drive continuous improvement, and maintain operational excellence.

Required Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment, with at least 5 years in a leadership or management role
  • Proven ability to manage teams and coordinate with multiple departments (Quality, Procurement, Supply Chain, etc.)
  • High School Diploma or GED

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Associate or Bachelor’s degree in a technical or business-related field is preferred
  • Demonstrated ability to lead projects on time and within budget, with strong knowledge of project management, cost tracking, and NPI processes
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and SAP, with experience navigating enterprise systems
  • Experienced in union environments, including managing collective bargaining agreements, and flexible to work any shift or alternative schedule as needed

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.

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.

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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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