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Mid-Level Quality Support Specialist 737
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What they do
A Quality Assurance Specialist specializes in the prevention of faults in manufactured products and solutions.
$62,584 / year median in Kansas
+0% projected growth
Job Description
Mid-Level Quality Support Specialist - 737
Spirit AeroSystems
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Wichita, Kansas
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PERMANENT
Updated 09/03/2026
Job Description
Job Summary
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
Position Responsibilities:
- Ability to attend, interface and present data during executive meetings.
- Apply knowledge of quality policies and practices to develop, document, and maintain quality systems and operating procedures.
- Ability to plan and coordinate improvements in quality/manufacturing (e.g., hardware and tool acceptance, variability reduction, developing key suppliers, and assembly operations, etc.).
- Ability to perform design reviews to ensure that quality is engineered into the product and tool.
- Apply knowledge of engineering (e.g., manufacturing, tooling, quality, and statistics, etc.) to analyze requirements of contracts, drawings, and specifications to develop plans for the application of quality disciplines to processes.
- Ability to perform configuration audits and reviews of products, tools, and processes.
- Ability to compile, measure and analyze process capability data, models to perform trend analyses and risk assessments.
- Skill in process improvement methodologies (i.e., root cause analysis) to plan and coordinate process improvements.
- Ability to ensure sequenced inspection control points, create and maintain inspection accountability systems.
- Ability to identify, evaluate, and implement preventative measures, corrective action, procedural changes, process improvements and present resultant findings.
- Provide education and coaching on the Quality Management System and Manufacturing Verification Process.
- Qualifications
Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):
- 5+ years of experience in a quality discipline, preferably in inspection, aerospace, or manufacturing
- Working with engineering drawings and customer specification
- MS Office (power point & excel) experience
- HS Diploma or GED
Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):
Strong verbal and written communication skills with attention to detail
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Quality inspection helpful but not required
Leadership experience helpful
Experienced desired with MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems)
Ability to work effectively in a dynamic and team-based environment
Ability to prioritize requests from multiple sources and support requirements
Self-motivated; taking ownership of projects and issues, including follow through to closure and resolution
Great attitude and willingness to learn
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 spanet and business considerations.
Summary Pay Range - Mid-Level (Level 3): $73,400 - $112,550
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.
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Benefits
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Other Retirement and Savings
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance