Facilities Plant Engineer

Overview

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.

Spirit Aerosystems, Inc. is seeking a Facilities Plant Engineer to support all programs within the Wichita, KS division. Disciplines needed include Mechanical, Structural, and Electrical. The successful candidate in this role will have a cooperative attitude and a history of working through complex issues during design and construction. Our facility offers a wide variety of projects to provide interesting and diverse work assignments.

Responsibilities

Key Accountabilities :

• Typical projects require initiating procurement of outside design firm services; providing them with equipment vendor requirements, criteria and standards; leading and guiding firms during design; ensuring that the completed designs will meet the needs of production, maintenance, EH&S, and other impacted internal groups; review and issue of construction documents; supporting the construction phase by field visits, responding to requests for information, examining submittals and test reports for compliance; and project completion including punch lists and record documents.
• Evaluation of existing utilities or structures to accommodate increased needs.
• Be an advocate for the company's best interests by making decisions that balance initial construction costs with long term reliability and suitability.
• Assist design scope development and estimating by translating vendor or building requirements into criteria for construction.
• Apply knowledge of regulatory codes such as OSHA, IBC, IMC, and NFPA, as relevant to specific discipline.
• Support on-site activity in support of design, maintenance, and during construction.

Qualifications

Required :

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills / Experience ) :

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.

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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