Composite Manufacturing Technician

PGS Worldwide is seeking a Composite Manufacturing Technician in Hanover, MD for a 6-month onsite contract-to-hire role supporting a leading aerospace & defense company.

The Composite Manufacturing Technician will support aerospace panel consolidation and fabrication activities involving aluminum honeycomb core, adhesives, thin-metal facesheets, vacuum bagging, and compaction processes. This hands-on role requires aerospace mechanical assembly or honeycomb panel fabrication experience, strong blueprint-reading skills, and the ability to produce flight hardware according to engineering and quality requirements.

Required Skills
• High school diploma or GED.
• Minimum of 2 years of honeycomb panel fabrication or aerospace mechanical assembly experience.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• Strong mechanical aptitude.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings.
• Ability to follow written manufacturing instructions, process specifications, and technical procedures.
• Experience using hand tools and powered machinery.
• Ability to process metals, composites, and wood.
• Good math and geometry skills.
• Ability to work on cure-cart platens and elevated diving-board platforms for brief periods.
• Ability to work closely with lead technicians, supervisors, engineers, and Quality personnel.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Strong commitment to workplace safety.
• Willingness to work flexible schedules as needed to meet delivery requirements.

Preferred Skills
• Aerospace honeycomb panel fabrication experience.
• Experience handling and processing aluminum honeycomb core.
• Adhesive-bonding or metal-bonding experience.
• Vacuum-bagging and composite-compaction experience.
• Experience preparing and mixing epoxy or silicone adhesives.
• Experience applying foaming or expanding adhesives.
• Experience filling honeycomb core cells with adhesive.
• Experience working with thin-metal facesheet materials.
• Hazardous-material handling experience in accordance with OSHA and industry standards.
• Microsoft Word and Excel skills.
• Strong attention to detail and quality workmanship.

What You'll Do
• Prepare honeycomb core materials for aerospace panel fabrication.
• Perform film-adhesive compaction and panel-consolidation operations.
• Mix and apply epoxy, silicone, foaming, and expanding adhesives.
• Fill honeycomb core cells according to manufacturing requirements.
• Perform vacuum bagging and compaction processes.
• Work with thin-metal facesheets and composite panel materials.
• Fabricate flight hardware using engineering drawings and process specifications.
• Verify dimensional accuracy and workmanship requirements.
• Support equipment setup and calibration activities.
• Perform production rework and quality testing.
• Collect and evaluate operating data and make process adjustments.
• Assist engineers with experiments and manufacturing-process development.
• Support inspection, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement activities.

Pay
• $29.75 per hour

Job ID: 1730

Military veterans and transitioning military members are encouraged to apply to all PGS Worldwide positions. All of our jobs are military-friendly, and we work with leaders in Aerospace who rely on your military expertise to support mission-critical programs nationwide. As a Veteran Founded company, we know that the military has given you the skills and training you need to succeed in positions like this, and we want to support your success in the civilian sector however we can. We thank you for your service and humbly offer our own in return by helping you take your career to the next level.