Overview
Grade A Fitter £35,137 plus shift allowance (where applicable)
Location: Broughton, Chester
Spirit AeroSystems designs and builds aerostructures for both commercial and defense customers. With headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, Spirit operates sites in the France and Malaysia. The company's core products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles and wing components for the world's premier aircraft. Spirit AeroSystems focuses on affordable, innovative composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions to support customers around the globe.
Spirit AeroSystems is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of aerostructures for commercial airplanes, defence platforms, and business and regional jets.
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Role Purpose
We are currently recruiting for Approved Operators to be based at our customer Airbus’s site at Broughton, Chester. These roles will be responsible for repair and rework of Spirit manufactured assemblies to engineering defined standards using both recognised manual and automated technologies. In addition, you will undertake Operations support roles as required and provide guidance and support to other areas of the business as and when necessary.
Approved Operator Grade A
This opportunity, based at our Broughton site offers:
1. 37 hour working week double day shift (Night Shift if required)
2. Shift premiums up to 33%, where applicable
3. Overtime at time and a half, where applicable
4. 33 days holiday per year, rising with service
5. Annual Bonus related to company performance
6. Defined contribution pension scheme (default contributions; 4% employee and 8% employer)
7. Virtual GP Service 365 days per year
8. Employee Assistance Program
9. A wide range of flexible benefits
10. Death in service payment (default 4 times basic salary)
11. Professional development and growth
Responsibilities
12. Candidates must have completed an accredited apprenticeship in an appropriate mechanical discipline and be able to produce original documentation in support of this.
13. Assist in the manufacture of aircraft components built to customer specifications within agreed budget and timescales.
14. Reading and interpreting engineering instructions and meeting the agreed customer specifications.
15. Personally responsible for ensuring and certifying that the quality of his/her work consistently meets specific standards required by the Company
16. Working within a culture of continuous improvement and operational efficiencies to meet the changing needs of our market.
17. Ability to read technical drawings.
18. Work on own initiative or as part of team as required.
Closing Date; Monday, 25th August 2025 at 12pm
Spirit AeroSystems is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, 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.