Flight Readiness Technician Team Lead

Flight Readiness Technician Team Lead

Company:

The Boeing Company

Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) is currently seeking a Team Lead Flight Readiness Technician to join the Flight Line Team supporting the 787 Program Boeing South Carolina (BSC) delivery Center Operations Team in North Charleston, South Carolina on 2nd Shift!

In this role you will plan, schedule, and arrange activities for the BSC Flightline. You will also perform and provide necessary coaching to support activity execution of the following: Flight test installations and functional testing. Troubleshoot pneumatic, hydraulic, electrical, and avionics systems to isolate mechanical or electrical/electronic faults and repairs faulty components. Conducts pre-flight and post-flight checks and performs maintenance and modification actions. Resolves problems during operation and testing of deliverable products. Performs system and subsystem pre-delivery inspections and aircraft maintenance in preparation for delivery. Documents repair, test, and inspection results.

 

Primary Responsibilities:   

• Pre-shift planning

• Crew meetings

• Team status updates

• Labor loss

• Production control

• Training

• Process improvement and Lean/BPS

• Builds effective resource plans that support SOW execution and landmark completion with team and crew coordination.

• Identifies and communicates risks to First Line Leader with efficiency.

• Monitors and reports daily progress to plan across multiple functions.

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

• Documents and communicates shift turnover.

• Establishes overtime requirements, execution plan and staffing.

• Responsible for crew level oversight of 5S.

• Support teammates to improve their job performance including identifying training.

• Verifies accuracy of work performed and may conduct self-inspection.

• Ability and professionalism in support of airline customer interaction.

• Identifies KPI (Key Performance Indicators) and LMS Kaizen improvement actions, and follows up with actions and tasks associated at weekly Kamishibai and Gemba walks.

 

This position is expected to be 100% onsite.  The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at one of the listed location options.

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

 

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/ Experience):

• 1+ years of 787 Operations experience.

• 1+ years Leadership experience

• A&P License

• Must be willing to work second Shift.

• Must maintain all necessary certifications to perform the Team Lead function.

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• 1+ years of Team Lead experience.

• 1+ years of experience with computing & operating systems: Velocity, IVT

• 1+ years of experience with Microsoft Office including Excel. 

Conflict of Interest:

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

Relocation:

Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position. Candidates must live in the immediate area or relocate at their own expense.

 

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 second shift.

 

Union Representation:

This is a non-union represented position.

 

Safety Sensitive:

This is a saf