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Continuous Improvement Specialist

Wichita, Kansas Job ID 2025-14487 Category Professional 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:

  • Provide awareness, knowledge, guidance, and the application of Lean principles, methodologies, and tools to support achievement of Spirit Lean culture.
  • Gather Customer requirements.
  • Evaluates the current situation.
  • Determine boundaries or scope of the project.
  • Perform analysis of existing processes.
  • Collect supporting performance metrics.
  • Document the process.
  • Develop a Lean Strategy/Plan for improvement.
  • Select the proper Lean Tool(s) and/or Lean Training that supports the Strategy/Plan.
  • Coach, train and mentor cross-functional teams in proper use and application of Lean tools including but not limited to:  Value Stream Mapping (VSM), 6S, Kanban, GEMBA meetings, 7 Elements of Surgery, Kitting and Outfitting, 3P, AIW, RCCA.
  • Engage the workforce to achieve successful implementation of Kaizen events.
  • Implement the Lean Strategy/Plan meeting Customer Expectations.
  • Document accomplishments.
  • Faciliation of Continuous Imporvement for cost savings. 
  • Performs trend analysis of shop performance measures to identify opportunities for improvements.

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in an IE, ME, Project Management or related study
  • 6-9 years’ experience on a manufacturing Lean team.
  • Management of priorities and utilization of resources.
  • Work with cross-functional teams.
  • Training and Mentoring.
  • Problem solving.
  • Knowledge of manufacturing processes.
  • Project management.
  • Quality principles.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Lean Training and or Equivalent Certifications.
  • Experience in an Aircraft or Aerospace Manufacturing environment.
  • Knowledge of IE tools used in production i.e.: capacity analysis, facility layout, and production improvements.
  • Microsoft Office - advanced skill level. 
  • SAP - advanced knowledge and skillset.Management of priorities and utilization of resources.
  • Six Sigma.

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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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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