Production & Industrial Engineering Senior Manager

Spirit AeroSystems; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 121,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Spirit AeroSystems, Wichita, KS, seeks a Manufacturing & Industrial Engineering leader to direct a high-rate production line, drive standardization, and partner with Operations and P&IE Sr. Managers for site-wide excellence.

The role emphasizes safety, quality, delivery, and throughput improvements, with a focus on long-range planning, resource strategy, and collaboration with executives and customers to achieve goals.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a management position with direct reports.
• 5+ years leading and implementing projects in a production facing role.
• Experience in Production Support Role; such as Industrial or Manufacturing Engineering, NC Programming, or equivalent area.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills; strong presentation skills.
• Strong emotional intelligence skills and professional presence to work with executives and customers.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Industrial Engineering team for a large high rate production line and oversee resource allocation, scheduling, rate readiness and recovery plans.
• Set up and oversee processes, policies, practices and determine resource requirements, acquisition and redeployment plans.
• Oversee and manage budgets of the organization and development projects.
• Understand full life cycle requirements for product development.
• Define future factory vision and strategy; align with stakeholders.
• Work with subordinates to establish and evaluate employee performance plans.
• Interface with internal/external customers and suppliers to define priorities and remove roadblocks.
• Guide staff in applying industrial/manufacturing engineering techniques to optimize production systems.
• Develop and maintain relationships with customers, stakeholders, peers, partners and direct reports.
• Provide oversight of technical approaches and processes; motivate employees.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Communication

Executive collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering

Tools

SAP

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.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to directly lead the Manufacturing & Industrial Engineering team for the Boeing Wichita Commercial Airplanes. It is important for this leader to partner with Operations and lead Functional Excellence, while also partnering with their P&IE Sr. Manager counterparts to ensure standardization and consistency across the site. This position will report to the Boeing Wichita Site Production and Industrial Engineering Leader. The focus for our teams is to focus on Safety, Quality & Delivery while increasing stability and partnering across functions to achieve our goals.

Responsibilities

Position Responsibilities:

• Manage the Industrial Engineering team for a large high rate production line. Responsibilities include resource allocation, scheduling, rate readiness, and recovery plans
• Establish, oversee, and administer processes, policies, and practices and determine resource requirements, acquisition, and redeployment plans.
• Oversee and manage budgets of the organization and development projects.
• Understands full life cycle requirements for product development.
• Defines future factory vision, and strategy.
• Works with subordinates to establish and evaluate employee performance plans.
• Interfaces with other organizations, internal/external customers, and suppliers to define and evaluate accomplishment of project, program priorities and approvals, and assist in roadblocks elimination.
• Manages employees and first-level managers applying industrial and manufacturing engineering techniques and concepts to optimize production system design and operational efficiency.
• Develops and executes integrated departmental plans, policies and procedures and provides input on departmental business and technical strategies, goals, objectives.
• Acquires resources for department activities, provides technical management of suppliers and leads process improvements.
• Develops and maintains relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, partners and direct reports.
• Provides oversight and approval of technical approaches, products and processes.
• Manages, develops and motivates employees and first-level managers.
• Will help develop, lead, and implement activities around standardizing production execution, WIP reduction, throughput improvement, and recovery planning.
• Team is responsible for long-range asset planning, headcount planning, short- and medium-range resource planning, and emergent support as needed.
• Team is considered subject matter experts for Factory/Operations Metrics, helping provide insight into performance, target opportunities for improvement, and drive on-time delivery of quality product, safely.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• 5+ years of experience in a management position with direct reports
• 5+ years of experience leading and implementing projects in a production facing role
• Experience in Production Support Role; such as Industrial or Manufacturing Engineering, NC Programming, or equivalent area
• Excellent written and oral communication skills; strong presentation skills
• Strong emotional intelligence skills and professional presence to be able to work with company executives and customers

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• 5+ years of experience in a management position with direct reports
• 5+ years of experience leading and implementing projects in a production facing role
• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering or equivalent technical experience
• Experience in product flow optimization, WIP management, and throughput management
• Experience with TOC, Systems Thinking, and Lean concepts
• Experience and understanding of MRP management and signaling (SAP)
• Experience with building organizational talent pipeline in engineering
• Experience in dynamic environments with customer and/or regulatory interactions

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.

Summary Pay Range: $120,800 - $185,200

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.