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Spirit Commercial designs and builds commercial aerostructures 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.\nThe group you will join, Operations Engineering Management - P&IE is responsible for leading Operations, Quality, and Safety planning and other operational execution activities. This role focuses on ensuring our systems are optimized to meet throughput, delivery, and recovery requirements across commercial, defense, aftermarket, and internal Boeing programs. You will manage an extended team of twelve, including four mechanical and manufacturing engineers (direct reports) and eight operations support professionals.\nYou will also create, develop, and oversee the implementation of new manufacturing build plans, conduct root cause analysis, monitor quality and safety activities, and mentor your team. This new high-visibility role will require at least half of your time on the factory floor, in addition to office work. There will be opportunities to expand your strengths in this dynamic, ever-evolving environment.\nResponsibilities\nPosition Responsibilities:\nManage professional engineers and operations support staff who focus on best practices for manufacturing operations, including process improvement, quality, and safety. \nDevelop new manufacturing build plans, conduct root cause analysis and other necessary activities, as an owner of the manufacturing process.\nEnforce policies and procedures that may affect sections and subordinate work units.\nUse competency to complete tasks with little to no oversight, while communicating cross-functionally to ensure goals and outcomes are achieved.\nManage multiple tasks to successful closure in a fast-paced environment.\nEnsure that direct reports can meet critical schedule deadlines.\nInteract effectively across all levels of leadership and staff.\nLead a team including Production Engineers and professional union-represented employees.\nInteract across all levels of the organization; efficiently and effectively communicate and execute the manufacturing plan and schedule, implement agreed-upon changes; navigate difficult situations and conversations to a productive outcome.\nLead team in developing solutions to complex problems which require the consistent use of manufacturing best practices.\nApply knowledge of tools used in the manufacturing process to ensure lean practices, improve quality, and ensure consistent application of safety practices.\nExperience utilizing production metrics to make informed decisions and drive results.\nDevelop, control, and manage effective build plans and communicate progress to senior leadership.\nQualifications\nBasic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):\nRequires a Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Aerospace, Manufacturing, or Mechanical Engineering, or a relevant discipline.\n5+ years of experience within a manufacturing production environment.\nCritical thinking skills and analytical abilities to develop effective solutions to assembly operations problems, including troubleshooting.\nAbility to manage projects and to lead and participate in cross-functional teams to accomplish engineering initiatives, in a team environment, interact with multiple disciplines and levels of management.\nAbility to communicate effectively, act decisively, and to demonstrate innovation and resourcefulness.\nKnowledge of business and production metrics, structures, and reporting.\nKnowledge of standard business software including Excel and PowerPoint.\nAbility to read and understand blueprints.\nKnowledge of SAP or other large-scale MRP systems.\nPreferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):\n10+ years of experience preferred.\nMaster of Science Degree in Engineering preferred.\nAerospace, mechanical, or industrial engineering degrees preferred.\nExperience in Business Management functions.\nExperience with Demand Management.\nExperience with APICS Supply Chain principles.\nExperience with Lean principles, Six Sigma, and Theory of Constraints.\nKnowledge of Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning.\nExperience with Catia software is a plus.\nDrug Free Workplace:\nWe are a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.\nPay & Benefits:\nWe strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.\nWe also provide eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.\nThe specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.\nPay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.\nSummary Pay Range: $105,300 - $161,450\nKansas 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.\nPosition Responsibilities:\nManage professional engineers and operations support staff who focus on best practices for manufacturing operations, including process improvement, quality, and safety. \nDevelop new manufacturing build plans, conduct root cause analysis and other necessary activities, as an owner of the manufacturing process.\nEnforce policies and procedures that may affect sections and subordinate work units.\nUse competency to complete tasks with little to no oversight, while communicating cross-functionally to ensure goals and outcomes are achieved.\nManage multiple tasks to successful closure in a fast-paced environment.\nEnsure that direct reports can meet critical schedule deadlines.\nInteract effectively across all levels of leadership and staff.\nLead a team including Production Engineers and professional union-represented employees.\nInteract across all levels of the organization; efficiently and effectively communicate and execute the manufacturing plan and schedule, implement agreed-upon changes; navigate difficult situations and conversations to a productive outcome.\nLead team in developing solutions to complex problems which require the consistent use of manufacturing best practices.\nApply knowledge of tools used in the manufacturing process to ensure lean practices, improve quality, and ensure consistent application of safety practices.\nExperience utilizing production metrics to make informed decisions and drive results.\nDevelop, control, and manage effective build plans and communicate progress to senior leadership.\nBasic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):\nRequires a Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Aerospace, Manufacturing, or Mechanical Engineering, or a relevant discipline.\n5+ years of experience within a manufacturing production environment.\nCritical thinking skills and analytical abilities to develop effective solutions to assembly operations problems, including troubleshooting.\nAbility to manage projects and to lead and participate in cross-functional teams to accomplish engineering initiatives, in a team environment, interact with multiple disciplines and levels of management.\nAbility to communicate effectively, act decisively, and to demonstrate innovation and resourcefulness.\nKnowledge of business and production metrics, structures, and reporting.\nKnowledge of standard business software including Excel and PowerPoint.\nAbility to read and understand blueprints.\nKnowledge of SAP or other large-scale MRP systems.\nPreferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):\n10+ years of experience preferred.\nMaster of Science Degree in Engineering preferred.\nAerospace, mechanical, or industrial engineering degrees preferred.\nExperience in Business Management functions.\nExperience with Demand Management.\nExperience with APICS Supply Chain principles.\nExperience with Lean principles, Six Sigma, and Theory of Constraints.\nKnowledge of Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning.\nExperience with Catia software is a plus.\nDrug Free Workplace:\nWe are a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.\nPay & Benefits:\nWe strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.\nWe also provide eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.\nThe specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.\nPay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.\nSummary Pay Range: $105,300 - $161,450\nKansas 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. 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