Composite Technician

Composite Technician | Kinston, North Carolina, United States
Pay Rate: $40 to $42/hr on W2


Name: Composite Technician (C03XN3)


Duration: 6 Months


Location: 2600 Aerosystems Blvd, Kinston, NC 28504


Skills Required:


• Knowledge of station safety, quality (clean as you go / Foreign Object Debris) and OSHA regulations


• Must have basic skills of using a variety of tools


• Good verbal and written communication skills in English.


• Ability to articulate complex issues to others.


• Ability to maintain confidentiality in all matters is essential.


• Demonstrated effectiveness in interpersonal skills.


Preferred:


Technical Systems Proficiency:


• Able to enter, generate and retrieve information using a computer (SAP and Excel knowledge required)


Education Required:


• High School Diploma/GED or WorkKeys Assessment completion


• The ability to successfully complete the following training provided by Airbus after recruitment:


• Health & Safety


• General aircraft familiarization


• Quality Training


• Training from a vocational school or previous employer in the use of composite lay-ups and fabrication


Duties:


• Lays out, assembles, pre-fits, and bonds a variety of metal, composite or laminate fabrications, assemblies, parts, skins or equipment.


• Follows engineering and manufacturing specifications and orders to determine parts to be bonded and the temperature and pressure required.


• Cuts parts or materials to size.


• Operates autoclave, hydraulic presses and ovens to complete the bonding cycle.


• Sands, burrs and smoothes over areas.


• Applies sealing resins to cut or exposed edges.


• Process methods and sequences vary depending on compounds, contours and lay-up transitions.


• May perform complicated rework or repair. May monitor and verify quality in accordance with


controlled procedures.


• Utilize lay-up tools, which include both optical and hard tools, in the fabrication of composite and metal assemblies.


• Obtain required information from prints, charts, sketches, work orders, documents, verbal and electronic information.


• Use shop mathematics and precision measuring instruments to complete work assignments.


• Must verify work performed is per work instruction and meets process and/or engineering specification.


• Ensure equipment and tool certification occurs per procedure.


• Use and control of solvents and cleaning solutions in the preparation of details, tools, and assemblies for bonding and paint per established procedures.


• Perform routine minor machine maintenance as part of their daily work duties


• Routinely move product within the immediate manufacturing work area, including across isle, using shop assigned equipment as required and complete transactions necessary to move product to the next operation.


• On an exception basis, moves product to the next operation within a building.


• Support the continuous flow of product within the manufacturing process by training and assisting employees at all classification levels.


• 2 years' minimum experience in aviation production or equivalent


• Previous experience with lay-ups, assembling, pre-fitting, and bonding a variety of metal, composite or laminate fabrications, assemblies, parts, skins or equipment


• Must be able and willing to work any shift to include working overtime as needed


• Preferred- 5+ years minimum experience in aviation production