Assembly Welder, Production Welding

Manufacturing WelderThis 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.Use processes such as cutting, grinding, spotting, painting, abrasive blasting, hand finish, shaping, bending, drilling, reaming, tapping, lay-out, welding, stress relief ovens, inspection, set-up, operate all types of fabrication and measurement equipment and machine tools required to fabricate tools to include, but not be limited to, disc sanders, grinders, band saws and laydown saw, drill presses, de-burr tumbler, coping and beveling pipe machine.Use and/or interpret tool and engineering drawings and computer aided design models, sketches, templates, tool design manuals, verbal information, master tools, production parts, digital data and various handbooks in accomplishing and communicating work requirements.Know, understand and perform material preparation, welding processes, and correct usage of amperage, voltage, pressure gauges and tips, brazing, soldering, and bonding materials.Perform various welding processes to fabricate tools including SMAW(Shield Metal Arc Welding), GTAW (Gas Tungsten Arc Welding), GMAW (Gas Metal Arc Welding), FCAW (Flux Core Arc Welding), SAW (Submerged ARC Welding), TIP TIG, plasma arc cutting, weld conditioning, and vacuum tight welding of face-sheet seams on tools of various alloys and metal smith.Perform various welding processes with various alloys and metals including, but not limited to, steel, stainless steel, titanium, invar, aluminum, tool steel, and Kirk site.Manufacturing Welder includes Employee is able to perform all functions of the welder function, along with performing Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding of various metals and metal alloys to fabricate experimental and production parts and assemblies.Relative to the inspection duties performs the following: Maintain required AWS certifications.Required to read applicable weld symbols, intrepid blueprints, engineering drawings computer aided design drawings and electronic work instructions.QualificationsBasic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):Must be willing and able to work any shift.Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):TIG welding experience with Aluminum, Stainless/stainless alloys, titanium, and inconel.Production aircraft welding experience preferred.Precision fabrication with metalsFamiliar with AWS D17.1Can follow engineering drawing and weld symbolsUnion: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.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.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.