Material Support Technician

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.

Summary:
This position is responsible for performing a broad range of material support activities to ensure the efficient flow of parts, tools, equipment, and supplies throughout the production process.

Duties include receiving, issuing, preparing, and moving materials; operating material handling equipment; maintaining accurate inventory records; and ensuring proper handling and protection of goods.

The role also requires safe equipment operation, effective communication with internal and external stakeholders, and the ability to train others as needed.

Responsibilities

Location: Wichita, KS

Perform a wide variety of material support activities that assure the timely delivery of high-quality products to the customer.

Perform tasks such as product conveyance and multitasking, operation of material handling equipment, material support machinery, and clerical or record-keeping activities involving the material flow of all goods and parts.

The Company will provide appropriate assistance in job training to enable employees to perform all necessary job functions including the following:


* Perform all tasks involved in receiving, location, issuing, kit, preparation, and movement of materials (raw materials, tools/tooling, parts, drawings, equipment/support equipment supplies, surplus property, and hazardous materials to facilitate the production process or other support functions including Inventory Record Accuracy.


* Perform a variety of activities including, using power or hand-operated tools and equipment, checking hardware and tools for visible damage, routing broken, worn, or obsolete hardware and tools to proper authority for disposition, opening containers, and identifying weight and count of contents and verifying quality of incoming hardware.

Additionally, operate any types of information systems required to perform assigned tasks.


* Utilize proper equipment and devices to ensure, equipment, structures, etc.

are appropriately protected.

Load and unload air cargo as required.


* Check the condition of the material handling and associated equipment or devices before and after operation and perform routine maintenance such as topping off fluids, and checking and adjusting tire pressure).

Report major malfunctioning and unsafe equipment.

Refuel equipment.


* Verify part numbers, part count, and similar information of in-process material.


* Effectively communicate with management staff, other support functions, other employees, vendors, and outside shipping personnel....