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Aircraft Painter Team Lead

Boeing
North Charleston, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 4 Feb 2026
💰 $67,320/yr($65,280/yr$67,320/yr)

About the role

Aircraft Painter Team Lead

Company:

The Boeing Company

Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) is currently seeking an Aircraft Painter Team Lead in North Charleston, South Carolina on 2nd Shift-B shift.

  

Position Responsibilities:

  • Performs complex production assembly operations on structural parts, mechanical assemblies, sub-assemblies and aircraft systems, equipment and accessories using manual or automated assembly tools

  • Builds effective resource plans

  • Identifies and communicates risks to First Line Leader

  • Updates and communicates BPS metrics

  • Identifies KPI improvement actions

  • Assigns daily work

  • Leads team in daily safety check-in

  • Monitors and reports daily progress to plan

  • Works with support organizations and First Line Leader to mitigate performance risk

  • Documents and communicates shift turnover

  • Establishes overtime requirements and staffing

  • Responsible for monitor and control of 5S

  • Utilizes Rapid Problem Solving (RPS) and coordinates with Line Side Control Center (LSCC) to address issues

  • Creates standardized work instructions

  • Support teammates to improve their job performance including identifying training

  • Responsible for BPS process improvements

  • Leads Kamishibai audits and Gemba walks

  • Prepares exterior surface of aircraft for painting

  • Makes necessary patterns, performs layout, and applies prescribed primers, paints and finishes to exterior of aircraft

  • Applies aircraft finishes and external markings to aircraft sections

This position is expected to be 100% onsite.  The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at North Charleston, SC (BSC)


Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

  • Must be willing to work any shift, including days, evenings, nights, and weekends.

  • 3+ years of formal or informal leadership experience

  • 3+ years of painting experience in aircraft, automotive, industrial, or general painting

  • 1+ year of experience with the operations process involving the 787-airplane program

  • Ability to pass and complete fall protection training

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

  • 3+ years of aircraft painting experience

  • Prior Team Lead Experience

Conflict of Interest:

Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company’s Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process.

Drug Free Workplace:

Boeing is 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.

Shift

This position is for 2nd Shift-B-shift which is 5:00pm-3:30am Monday-Thursday.

Pay & Benefits:

At Boeing, 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.

The Boeing Company also provides 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: $65,280-$67,320

Language Requirements:

Not Applicable

Education:

Not Applicable

Relocation:

Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.

Export Control Requirement:

This is not an Export Control position.

Safety Sensitive:

This is not a Safety Sensitive Position.

Security Clearance:

This position does not require a Security Clearance.

Visa Sponsorship:

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Contingent Upon Award Program

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