Production Technician, Low Temp - Covina, CA
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With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability – not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.
PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.
In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.
Composites Horizons (CHI), located in Covina, California, is a leading supplier of advanced aerospace composites. For over 40 years, we have specialized in difficult to manufacture, performance critical components and utilize the latest technologies to engineer lightweight aerospace composite aircraft structures and assemblies that provide exceptional strength and high temperature performance.
Whether our product goes on a military aircraft to provide protection around the globe, or a commercial aircraft to help families reunite, or simply to help us enjoy the freedom of travel, the Composites Horizons team is working tirelessly to ensure the world is ready for takeoff.
As the need for aerospace technology continues to grow, so does our need for team members that believe in our mission. If you are looking for an opportunity to impact the aviation industry, a career at Composites Horizons is ready for you.
Summary
If you are looking to join the fast-paced and exciting world of aerospace manufacturing, the Production Technician role is perfect for you! As a Production Technician, you will learn how to fabricate, assemble, and repair our highly technical composite products and aircraft around the world become ready for takeoff. Begin your rewarding aerospace career today.
Benefits for Team Members
- Shift: 1st (6:00am – 2:30pm)
- Quarterly Cash Bonus Program
- 401k with up to 4% employer match
- Medical (FSA/HSA), Vision, Dental Insurance, Life and AD&D
- Employee Discount Programs (Vehicle Purchase, Cell Phones, Travel, Health & Wellness, and many more!)
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
- Passionately works in a safe manner by following all safety rules, and providing recommendations to help make PCC a safe work environment.
- Achieves team production goals by working to meet all operational and quality standards to ensure a high level of customer satisfaction.
- Fabricates, assembles, reworks, and repairs products per the Master Work Instructions (MWI), by utilizing precision instruments, hand tools, power tools, machines, and equipment as instructed.
- Reads work orders and related documentation to determine methods and sequence of operations and dimensional and finish specifications.
- Lays out cutting lines on plastic materials, such as sheet stock and fiberglass or graphite cloth, following template pattern, blueprints, sketches, or sample part, using measuring and marking instruments.
- Cuts material to size, using shears, knives, cutters, scissors, router, or saw.
- Mixes ingredients, such as resins, catalysts, fillers, accelerators, and colors, according to formulas, manually or using mixer.
- Sets up and operates forming machines and presses, or laminates plastic cloth plastic cloth and resins or impregnated cloth onto layup mold or bonding fixture, to shape parts.
- Wraps bonding fixture or mold in vacuum bagging materials, attaches fittings to mold or fixture, such as vacuum connections, thermocouples, and probes, and exhausts air from vacuum bag to prepare lamination for curing or bonding.
- Verifies dimensions of parts, using precision instruments, such as dial indicators, micrometers, and calipers.
Experience and Education:
- This is an entry level position; no prior work experience is required. Previous manufacturing experience is a plus!
- Must possess a High School diploma or equivalent GED
Requirements:
- Ability to safely lift up to 35lbs, and have good hand dexterity. This position requires significant walking, bending and standing.
- Ability to bring your best self every day to safely meet and exceed production and quality standards.
- Shop Math: Understanding of basic math calculations.
- Ability to read and interpret blueprint drawings.
- Excellent communication skills, including fluency of the English language (written and verbal).
- U.S. Persons Required
- Job requires to be trained and able to handle hazardous waste.
This requisition is closed to applications.