Aerospace Shop Floor Quality Support Specialist

Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 73,000 - 113,000; Full time

Job summary

Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. is seeking a Quality Support Specialist to serve on the shop floor and partner with production, quality, and engineering teams.

You will monitor quality metrics, drive issue resolution, and support corrective actions to maintain conformity and production readiness. The role emphasizes hands-on quality leadership, coaching inspectors, and participating in audits to assure compliance with engineering requirements and processes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in or supporting a manufacturing environment.
• 3+ years working with engineering drawings and customer specifications.
• 3+ years of Microsoft Office experience.
• 3+ years of written and verbal communication coordinating activities across stakeholders.
• Experience supporting root cause investigations and corrective action activities.
• Experience working directly with production personnel in a manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary point of contact for shop floor quality support and issue resolution.
• Collaborate with production teams, quality inspectors, engineering, and leadership to address quality concerns.
• Monitor quality metrics and defect trends to identify improvement opportunities.
• Facilitate root cause investigations and support corrective actions.
• Track and communicate quality concerns, recovery actions, and risk mitigation plans.

Skills

Manufacturing experience

Communication skills

Root cause investigations

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Production personnel coaching

Quality monitoring

Tools

Microsoft Office

MES / SAP

Job description

Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. is seeking a Quality Support Specialist to serve on the shop floor and partner with production, quality, and engineering teams.

You will monitor quality metrics, drive issue resolution, and support corrective actions to maintain conformity and production readiness. The role emphasizes hands-on quality leadership, coaching inspectors, and participating in audits to assure compliance with engineering requirements and processes.