Composite Technician
Kinston, NC 
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Job Description
Overview

Spirit AeroSystems designs and builds aerostructures for both commercial and defense customers. With headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, Spirit operates sites in the U.S., U.K., France and Malaysia. The company's core products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles and wing components for the world's premier aircraft. Spirit AeroSystems focuses on affordable, innovative composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions to support customers around the globe.


Responsibilities

  • Lays out, assembles, pre-fits, and bonds a variety of metal, compositeor 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 qualityin accordance with controlled procedures.

The Company will provide appropriate assistance in job training to enable employees to perform all necessary job functions including the following:

  • 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 andtool 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 other employees.
  • Trains to become MVP qualified. Inaddition, each employee may be asked, on occasion, to complete other duties and responsibilities as required by Spirit leadership.
  • Training and certification will be provided for the additional work when required.

Qualifications

  • Must be willing and able to work any shift

All Candidates must pass The WorkKeys Assessment (www.workkeys.com) or provide verification that they have passed The WorkKeys Assessment. Delay in completing your WorkKeys Assessment will result in a delay in your start date. You may complete your assessment in advance of an interview.

Spirit AeroSystems is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.

 

Job Summary
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Experience
Open
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