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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.\nResponsibilities\nPosition Responsibilities:\nDevelops processes, systems, and equipment that ensure the quality, reliability, and system safety of company or procured products and services. \nProvides quality system design and analysis review to validate the integrity of quality decisions that affect products and services.\nAnalyzes contractual, product definition, and specification requirements for the development or modification of methods, procedures, and metrics needed to ensure that quality standards and practices are attained.\nAnalyzes and provides material review dispositions for nonconforming materials, parts, and equipment. \nPerforms scientific evaluations and analyses and processes audits. \nTests and approves products, processes, equipment, and measurement systems. \nEnsures that resulting processes provide for configuration management. \nParticipates in design and product reviews to ensure that producibility, inspectability, reliability, safety, Quality System integrity, and business process management objectives are met. \nPerforms such research as benchmarking to industry standards; analyzes and compiles performance reports and process control statistics in order to determine and improve process capability or product quality. \nPerforms root cause analyses. \nRecommends and supports the implementation of corrective actions that are necessary to reduce or eliminate nonconformance to design specifications. \nInterfaces with company employees, suppliers, customers, and regulatory agencies toensure compliance with contractual, company, and regulatory requirements. \nDevelops and uses statistical methodologies to ensure that specified levels of safety, reliability, and process capability are achieved, maintained, or improved.\nQualifications\nBasic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):\nBachelor of Science Degree in Engineering from an ABET-accredited Engineering program\n5+ years’ experience in a Quality discipline\nExperience in Quality Management System (QMS) requirements\nExperience in Aerospace or a Manufacturing environment\nFunctional Inspection experience\nAbility to manage multiple priorities and effectively work multiple simultaneous assignments in a fast-paced, rapid change environment.\nSupport multiple functions such as Assembly, Fabrication, and Supply Chain\nRoot Cause and Correct Action (RCCA)\nProject management\nComputing - Microsoft Office applications.\nSAP experience\nPreferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):\nExcellent interpersonal skills for working cross functionally across teams.\nAnalytical, demonstrated ability to analyze requirements and prioritize accordingly.\nStrong leadership ability\nA focus on continuous process improvement\nExceptional time management skills\nWorking familiarity of First Article Inspections (FAI)\nFunctional experience in First Article Inspection (FAI)\nFamiliar with multiple inspection methodologies: inspection tools, machines, CMM etc.\nExperience in conducting a Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) associated with a complex technical issue\nExperience leading cross-functional teams\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: $101,900 - $156,250\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:\nDevelops processes, systems, and equipment that ensure the quality, reliability, and system safety of company or procured products and services. \nProvides quality system design and analysis review to validate the integrity of quality decisions that affect products and services.\nAnalyzes contractual, product definition, and specification requirements for the development or modification of methods, procedures, and metrics needed to ensure that quality standards and practices are attained.\nAnalyzes and provides material review dispositions for nonconforming materials, parts, and equipment. \nPerforms scientific evaluations and analyses and processes audits. \nTests and approves products, processes, equipment, and measurement systems. \nEnsures that resulting processes provide for configuration management. \nParticipates in design and product reviews to ensure that producibility, inspectability, reliability, safety, Quality System integrity, and business process management objectives are met. \nPerforms such research as benchmarking to industry standards; analyzes and compiles performance reports and process control statistics in order to determine and improve process capability or product quality. \nPerforms root cause analyses. \nRecommends and supports the implementation of corrective actions that are necessary to reduce or eliminate nonconformance to design specifications. \nInterfaces with company employees, suppliers, customers, and regulatory agencies toensure compliance with contractual, company, and regulatory requirements. \nDevelops and uses statistical methodologies to ensure that specified levels of safety, reliability, and process capability are achieved, maintained, or improved.\nBasic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):\nBachelor of Science Degree in Engineering from an ABET-accredited Engineering program\n5+ years’ experience in a Quality discipline\nExperience in Quality Management System (QMS) requirements\nExperience in Aerospace or a Manufacturing environment\nFunctional Inspection experience\nAbility to manage multiple priorities and effectively work multiple simultaneous assignments in a fast-paced, rapid change environment.\nSupport multiple functions such as Assembly, Fabrication, and Supply Chain\nRoot Cause and Correct Action (RCCA)\nProject management\nComputing - Microsoft Office applications.\nSAP experience\nPreferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):\nExcellent interpersonal skills for working cross functionally across teams.\nAnalytical, demonstrated ability to analyze requirements and prioritize accordingly.\nStrong leadership ability\nA focus on continuous process improvement\nExceptional time management skills\nWorking familiarity of First Article Inspections (FAI)\nFunctional experience in First Article Inspection (FAI)\nFamiliar with multiple inspection methodologies: inspection tools, machines, CMM etc.\nExperience in conducting a Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) associated with a complex technical issue\nExperience leading cross-functional teams\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: $101,900 - $156,250\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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