Aircraft Painter

Spirit AeroSystems; Tulsa (OK); On-site; USD 28,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Spirit AeroSystems in Tulsa, OK, is seeking a skilled technician to support painting and finishing operations within our aerospace manufacturing environment. The role involves reading blueprints, operating paint spray equipment, and ensuring safety and quality in every step of the process.

Responsibilities include setting up processing equipment, applying coatings, maintaining data records, and collaborating with teammates to meet production goals and maintain compliance with safety standards.

Qualifications

• Must be willing and able to work any shift.
• Overtime is an essential function of this role and employees may be required to work in excess of 8 hours per day or over 40 hours per week

Responsibilities

• Move and obtain parts, materials, and tools as directed by management.
• Read and interpret blueprints, drawings, specifications, planning documents, sketches, engineering orders, electronic work instructions, charts, and graphs to determine methods and sequences of operations.
• Set up and operate chern-mill processing equipment to remove specified amounts of metal from sheet metal parts and assemblies, extrusions and forgings.
• Set up and operate, adjust, and regulate ovens and furnaces and quenching tanks to heat treat metal parts made from aluminum, titanium, stainless steel and other metals.
• Set up and operate processing equipment to anodize and electro plate or clean metal parts and assemblies.
• Set up and operate paint spraying equipment to apply primer and finish coats.

Skills

Shift flexibility

OT availability

Tools

Paint sprayer guns

Job description

Overview

This role is at Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, supporting Spirit’s Commercial Business Units ("Spirit Commercial"). 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.

Responsibilities

Location: Tulsa, OK

Position Responsibilities:

• Move and/or obtain correct parts, materials, and tools, as necessary within the employee's assigned area as directed by management.
• Use of all precision measuring instruments required to accomplish work assignments.
• Capable of accessing and navigating electronic systems as required by the position program, and/or company. Company will provide training as required in a timely manner.
• Works safely and maintains a safe work environment adhering to established company safety requirements.
• Train, coach and/or assist fellow employees as requested or required by the company.
• Maintain and utilize required personal certifications and qualifications as directed by the company to perform job assignments.
• Ensure equipment and tool certification occurs per procedure.
• Report job handicaps such as: errors in parts, procedures, tools, sequences, etc.

Other Duties:

• Read and interpret blueprints, drawings, specifications, planning documents, sketches, engineering orders, electronic work instructions, charts, and graphs to determine the methods and sequences of operations required to support processing and painting operations.
• Set up and operate chern-mill processing equipment to remove specified amounts of metal from sheet metal parts, and assemblies, extrusions and forgings utilizing etching solution, includes developmental. Experimental, first run and parts with non - symmetrical surfaces, radial tapers, deep draws, or complex contours.
• Set up and operate, adjust, and regulate various types and sizes of ovens and furnaces and quenching tanks to heat treat metal parts made from aluminum, titanium, stainless steel, and other similar metals. Load on racks to minimize warpage and obtain even heat. As necessary operate hand and power moving and lifting equipment to place parts in ovens furnaces, and baths and quench.
• Set up operate processing equipment to anodize and electro plate or clean metal parts and assemblies. Determine sequences of dips and rinses, position parts and electrodes, calculate and adjust immersion times, temperatures, and voltage amperage levels. Check and maintain processing solutions and chemicals in tanks as required.
• Set up and operate various types of paint spraying equipment or dip, roll and brush interior, exterior prime, protective or finish coats on aircraft, automobiles, trucks, trailers, parts and assemblies.
• Thin and mix paints and other surfacing materials.
• Set up and operate robotic spray coating equipment by selecting and loading program tapes, masking material surfaces, mixing blend coating material and controlling spray flow rates, pressures, plume geometry and robot travel speed and pattern.
• Apply finish coats where, difficult access and special care must be taken to avoid runs and inconsistencies of coat thickness, a baked smooth or wrinkle finish is required, assemblies require hand brushwork.
• Operate robotic spray coating equipment to apply radar absorptive materials to surfaces.
• Perform rework and touch-up when tests disclose rework necessary.
• Record manufacturing data and statistics manually or with the aid of a computer or computer-based system.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• Must be willing and able to work any shift.
• Overtime is an essential function of this role and employees may be required to work in excess of 8 hours per day or over 40 hours per week

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience)

• Previous experience using industrial paint sprayer guns

Union

This is a union-represented position.

Drug Free Workplace

We 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.

Pay & Benefits

We 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.

We 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.

The 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.

Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Pay: $20.00/hour, with potential to earn up to $32.69/hour in accordance with the terms of the relevant collective bargaining agreement.