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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 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.  

Position Responsibilities:

• Lead, coach, and develop Engineering Change Control and Engineering Scheduling employees, including performance management, training, work assignments, and succession planning.
• Establish team priorities, balance workloads, and maintain adequate coverage to support program commitments. Identify staffing and capacity needs and escalate constraints. 
• Oversee the creation, coordination, tracking, and closure of Baseline Control and Change Management (BCCM) requests and gIWS/DWS work statements. 
• Ensure work statements and change packages are reviewed throughout their lifecycle for completeness, accuracy, required coordination, supporting documentation, and compliance with applicable processes. 
• Oversee administration of internal engineering change numbers and maintenance of the change-numbering log. 
• Ensure engineering changes to established configuration baselines follow approved change-control processes and maintain complete records, decisions, implementation status, and closure evidence. 
• Oversee creation and maintenance of SAP projects and associated design and manufacturing schedules using work statements, approved scope, and scheduling changes. 
• Proactively monitor engineering release schedules, identify potential delinquencies, and coordinate recovery actions to improve release predictability and support program milestones. 
• Ensure timely, accurate reporting of engineering change status, release schedules, workload, performance metrics, and emerging risks. 
• Represent both teams in Program Change Boards, program reviews, audits, and other applicable forums. Coordinate resulting actions through completion. 
• Partner with Engineering, Program Management, Configuration Management, Data Management, Engineering Data Control and Release, Quality, Operations, Supply Chain, Contracts, Finance, and other stakeholders to resolve issues and support approved change implementation. 
• Maintain standard work, work instructions, training, and process controls. Lead continuous improvement in change management, scheduling, reporting, and tool usage. 
• Promote safety, quality, people focus, trust, ownership, and innovation through daily leadership and decision-making. 

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• Experience leading employees, teams, or projects, including establishing priorities, coordinating workloads, and delivering results. 
• Working knowledge of engineering change processes, configuration baselines, work statements, and change traceability. 
• Experience using enterprise systems and reporting tools to manage schedules, records, and performance. 
• Ability to identify risks, resolve process issues, and coordinate actions across multiple functions. 
• Strong communication, organizational, and analytical skills, with the ability to communicate status and concerns clearly to employees, stakeholders, and leadership. 

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Prior experience as a people manager. 
• Experience with SAP project creation and maintenance, engineering release schedules, BCCM requests, and gIWS/DWS work statements. 
• Experience supporting Program Change Boards, customer requirements, audits, and aerospace quality processes. 
• Demonstrated success improving process flow, schedule performance, data accuracy, or change-control compliance. 
• Experience in engineering change control, configuration management, engineering scheduling, program planning, or a related aerospace or manufacturing function. 

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: $109,150 - $167,350  

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.  

Export Control Requirements: This position must meet export control compliance requirements. To meet export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.15 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.