Fabrication & Finishing Technician

Hourly Rate: $23.00 - 25.00 Plus Annual Bonus

Shifts: M-F 7:00 am -3:30 pm, M-Th 6:30 am-5:00 pm, or Tu-F 6:30 am - 5:00 pm.

SUMMARY:

Reporting to the Production Manager, the primary role is to assist in various capacities including, but not limited to, lamination, bonding, painting, and inspection.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Lamination and Bonding

• Understands safety and procedural issues for the process

• Reads and understands the production process instruction sheet, including identification of all relevant materials and equipment

• Reads and understands part drawings and identifies important details and dimensions

• Inspects parts for dimensional qualities

• Inspects parts for lamination or secondary process readiness

• Ensures material and supplies availability for upcoming production

• Schedules daily lamination tasks to ensure optimum throughput to meet customer demand

• Cleans and maintains mix and weighing equipment

• Performs secondary operations (i.e. insert installation) when necessary

• Bonding

• Reads and understands process sheet and/or packing slip

• Trims and dry fits blocks prior to bond process

• Records all lot information onto process sheets

• Weighs out adhesives and prepares bagging/bonding materials

• Bonds and vacuum bags blocks or finished parts to meet drawing or process sheet specifications

• Trim/package or crate items for shipment

• Fiberglassing

• Reads and understands part drawings for glass layout and thickness details

• Prepares work area for glassing process

• Cuts/prepares fiberglass for lay-up process

• Properly weighs and mixes resins for lay-up

• Performs layout process including vacuum bagging when required

• Trims and finishes parts, including sanding and readies part for final coatings

• Inspects and prepares final parts for shipment

• Prepares equipment preventive maintenance schedule

• Participates in inventory assessment of raw materials and data collection

• Evaluates supplies status and notifies or orders supplies

• Sanding

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Manufacturing experience preferred.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Must be able to lift, push and pull greater than 50 pounds. With the occasional need to lift up to 100 pounds
• Must be able to stand for long periods of time.
• Must be able to walk through a large manufacturing environment.
• Must be able to use hand tools
• Constant use of hands to handle, control or feel objects, tools, or controls.
• Repetitive hand and arm movements.
• Occasional bending and twisting.
• Frequently moving about to accomplish tasks.
• Constantly communicating with others to exchange information.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Must be able to wear PPE as necessary (safety glasses, hearing protection, steel toe shoes, etc.).

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Majority of work is performed in a manufacturing environment with noise levels within safety limits and acceptable lighting and temperature conditions.

WORK AUTHORIZATION/SECURITY CLEARANCE:

To conform to U.S. Government export control regulations and the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information restrictions, applicant must be a U.S citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorization from the U.S. Department of State or Department of Commerce.