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Overview

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. This role is at Spirit AeroSystems, Inc., supporting Spirit’s Commercial Business Units, which designs and builds commercial aerostructures, including for Boeing Commercial Airplanes.

Responsibilities

  • Plan, estimate, sequence, and perform tasks in the weld shop.
  • Use various processes and equipment to fabricate tools.
  • Coordinate work with other employees and interpret engineering drawings.
  • Perform material preparation and various welding processes.
  • Ensure all welds meet industry standards.
  • Maintain weld certifications and perform routine machine maintenance.

Requirements

  • Must be willing and able to work any shift.
  • TIG welding experience with various metals preferred.
  • Production aircraft welding experience preferred.
  • Familiarity with AWS D17.1 and ability to follow engineering drawings.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • This is a union-represented position.
  • Drug Free Workplace with testing for certain substances.
  • Location: Wichita, KS.

Benefits

Health Insurance
401k
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How this job compares in Wichita, KS

The local market in Wichita, KS

Wichita, KS is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across Kansas as a whole we're tracking 23 other active welding openings from 18 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Kansas.

Boeing currently has 1 other opening live in Kansas, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Kansas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Schuff Steel (2), Examinetics (2), and CD&H, Inc. (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for TIG. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

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