Overview
Spirit AeroSystems designs and builds aerostructures for both commercial and defense customers. With headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, Spirit operates sites in the U.S., U.K., France and Malaysia. The companys core products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles and wing components for the worlds premier aircraft. Spirit AeroSystems focuses on affordable, innovative composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions to support customers around the globe.
Responsibilities
Key Accountabilities:
- Utilize current curriculum / instructor guides to confidently present technical training which may include standard, repeatable modules, as well as customized and new product modules.
- Obtain information (engineering, software, and product requirements) from customer and technical organizations to prepare training programs.
- Provide assistance and support to all divisions in helping them determine their training needs and develop and conduct their training programs.
- Conduct certification training sessions, product demonstrations, and develop criteria for evaluating effectiveness of training activities.
- Utilizes trainers with technical expertise.
- Administers tests.
- Develop lesson plans and training materials, designs product demonstrations, develops course content, determines methodology, and coordinates the development of training aids.
- Continuously revise lesson plans to ensure course material reflect product features, meet new training requirements and to keep technical information up to date.
- Coordinates all required technical training and outside contract sales technical training programs.
- Personnel matters: Is or becomes familiar with policies and procedures, surveys and spanet data, employee data, laws and regulations, labor agreements, business plans, labor forecasts, recruiting data, and business principles, as they relate to personnel matters.
- Collaborates with other employees of the human resources organization to analyze and design processes and systems to effectively attract, reward, and motivate Spirits workforce.
Qualifications
Requirements:
- Minimum 10 years experience with sheet metal structures and assembly or composites fabrication.
- In lieu of 10 years experience in sheet metal structures and assembly or composites fabrication, 2 to 3 years experience in each of two or more of the following areas: sheet metal structures and assembly, composites fabrication, quality/inspection, tooling fabrication, machining, aircraft paint.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (or equivalent), specifically Power Point, Excel, and Word.
- Experience with authoring tools/software (Adobe Captivate, Articulate, iSpring, Elucidat, Easygenerator, etc.) to create training materials and interactive learning content.
- Experience with instructing, training, mentoring or coaching employees/staff.
- Strong with organizational skills and managing projects.
- Ability to work/communicate with all levels of employee and management.
- Ability to handle a variety of responsibilities with little to no supervision.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Desire to inspire, relate, motivate, and encourage learners.
- Ability to set goals/expectations and provide feedback.
- Familiar with instructional design models that include analysis, design, development and evaluation.
- Experience with video recording software (Adobe Premiere, Camtasia, etc.).
- Experience with audio recording software (Audition, Pro Tools, etc).
Spirit AeroSystems is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.
