Aerospace Composite Assembly Technician (Entry Level)

Airbus Helicopters; Fort Erie; On-site; CAD 52,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

Airbus Helicopters Canada Ltd. is seeking Composite Assembly Technicians for Fort Erie, Ontario. The role involves assembling helicopter components using resin bonding, riveting, and fasteners, with attention to precise fitting and quality traceability.

Responsibilities include joining composites to metal, ensuring torque values, using fixtures and jigs, and maintaining 5S and safety standards in a busy production environment. Entry-level opportunity with growth potential in aerospace.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 3 years of experience performing composite assembly processes.
• Experience with hand tools such as clamps, rivet guns, drills, grinders, taps, wrenches, knives and screwdrivers.
• Ability to read blueprints and use measuring instruments.
• Knowledge of quality requirements and how to meet them.
• Ability to work independently under general supervision.
• Experience in aerospace industry preferred.

Responsibilities

• Join composite components through resin bonding, riveting, and fasteners.
• Install fasteners to composites—nut plates and riv nuts.
• Pot inserts into core and bond inserts.
• Join metallic components to composite using resin bonding, riveting, fasteners, etc.
• Properly locate components with cleco and back drilling.
• Understand bonding techniques—surface prep, resin mixing and curing.

Skills

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Reading blueprints

Measuring instruments

Mechanical aptitude

Troubleshooting

Safety compliance

Education

High school diploma

Tools

Rivet guns

Drills

Grinders

Taps

Wrenches

Screwdrivers

Job description

Airbus Helicopters Canada Ltd. is seeking Composite Assembly Technicians for Fort Erie, Ontario. The role involves assembling helicopter components using resin bonding, riveting, and fasteners, with attention to precise fitting and quality traceability.

Responsibilities include joining composites to metal, ensuring torque values, using fixtures and jigs, and maintaining 5S and safety standards in a busy production environment. Entry-level opportunity with growth potential in aerospace.