Product Engineering Project Specialist

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.

• Provides technical and business leadership for a project that is either stand-alone or a subset of a program.
• Responsible for the technical, cost, and schedule performance of the project.
• Major activities include strategic planning, customer rapport, teaming, selection of staff and subcontractors, and posturing the company for subsequent phases.
• Provides comprehensive technical and business leadership including understanding of the technical and programmatic requirements, relevant state-of-the art theories, principles, and practices necessary to carry out the project and customer and funding requirements.
• Leads cross-organizational teams and approves products for technical correctness and project consistency.
• Develops, approves and implements methods to achieve cost and schedule reductions, performance enhancements, and new concepts for follow-on future business.
• Acts as the project focal point for coordination between company and customer management.
• Perform a variety of duties utilizing electronic, mechanical, electromechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic and similar type systems and equipment to perform a wide variety of tests
• Support tests ranging from coupon to large scale assembly rig tests
• Support testing within the lab environment as well as remotely on shop floor and/or customer test facilities as required
• Work with potentially hazardous equipment or on potentially hazardous test activities, following all safety equipment and processes mandated for those activities.
• Work directly with internal customers in a supportive and positive manner
• Ability to travel domestically to support testing at customer facilities
• Work directly (at times with no other Spirit personnel present) with external customers in a supportive and positive manner that reflects Spirit values and commitment to excellence

• 5-8 years of experience in project management

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.

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