Manufacturing Technician 1 - B Shift

Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector is seeking a Manufacturing Technician – Level 1 to join our team in Salt Lake City, UT. This position will be supporting our Copper Crossing Value Stream (CXVS) facility.

Role description & Responsibilities:

A Manufacturing Technician performs hands on activities/tasks associated with manufacturing of composite rocket cases. Tasks may include but are not limited to Tooling Assembly/Disassembly, Case Surface Preparation, winding composite equipment operation, maintaining cleanliness of the work area and facilities, and other duties as assigned by the supervisor. These candidates must participate as a team member to positively influence and enhance the safety, quality, cost and schedule of their team.

B-Shift: This is a weekday, night shift position (12-hour shifts, rotating Thursdays). Overtime is worked as necessary.

Requirements:

• Must be willing to perform shift work and overtime, as required. This could include weekends and holidays.
• Must possess a valid state driver’s license 
• Required to perform safe handling of hazardous waste materials for disposal. 
• Possess ability to understand and apply stringent procedures to assigned duties. 
• Safe handling of equipment and materials in a manufacturing environment
• Operating industrial equipment such as bridge cranes, forklifts, precision measuring instruments and hand tools.
• Ability to read blueprints.
• Able to monitor and verify quality in accordance with statistical process control and design specifications. 

Skills & Qualifications:

• Able to work a physically demanding day (stand for long periods; work from your knees; ascend and descend ladders; lift, bend, twist push and pull up to 50 lbs.) while wearing protective equipment (respirator, coveralls, gloves, eye and ear protection, etc.).
• Able to read, comprehend and follow established written instructions without deviation 
• Perform basic math and measurement functions

• Must be willing to perform shift work and work on weekends and holidays. 
• Must be willing to work overtime as required
• Must possess a valid state driver’s license

• Ability to start and end helicals and hoops in carbon winding process, following planning requirements.
• Able to continuously monitor machinery to ensure winding is completed according to established planning and procedures.
• Ability to weigh material for mixing process.
• Ability to work with resins and carbon fiber.
• Ability to work with chemical cleaning process such as an industrial degreaser.
• Ability to work with aluminum oxide cloth.

Basic Qualifications for Level 1:

• High School Diploma or GED

• 0-1 years manufacturing experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prefer Associates degree or Technical Certificate related to composite material.

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