Aerospace Heat-Treat Technician

Electro-Methods Inc.; Windsor (CT); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Electro-Methods Inc. is seeking a skilled Heat Treat Operator to support the manufacture of precision aerospace components.

You will set up and operate heat-treatment equipment, monitor critical parameters, and ensure traceability and compliance with aerospace quality standards. This full-time role requires reading work instructions and customer specs, performing basic hardness tests, and maintaining clean, organized, and safe work areas in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• Ability to read and follow detailed work instructions, process specifications, routers, and technical documentation.
• Basic mathematical skills, including time, temperature, tolerances, and measurements.
• Ability to complete accurate and legible production and quality records.
• Basic computer skills and the ability to enter information into manufacturing or quality systems.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to following controlled processes.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Willingness to work assigned shifts, overtime, and weekends based on production requirements.

Responsibilities

• Set up and operate heat-treatment furnaces, ovens, vacuum furnaces, quench systems, and related equipment.
• Review routers, work instructions, drawings, and customer specifications to determine required heat-treatment cycles.
• Load and unload components using approved fixtures, racks, baskets, and handling methods.
• Select and execute the correct heating, soaking, cooling, quenching, tempering, aging, stress-relieving, or annealing cycle.
• Monitor temperature, time, pressure, vacuum, atmosphere, cooling rate, and other critical process parameters.
• Verify that equipment settings and furnace programs conform to approved operating procedures.
• Attach, position, and verify thermocouples and temperature-sensing devices when required.
• Review furnace charts, digital records, and other process data for completeness and conformance.
• Perform hardness testing or other basic process-verification activities, when trained and authorized.
• Maintain positive identification, segregation, and traceability of materials and components throughout the process.
• Accurately complete production travelers, furnace logs, inspection records, and electronic transactions.
• Identify and immediately report process deviations, equipment malfunctions, damaged parts, or potential nonconformances.
• Place suspect product on hold and support the nonconformance and corrective-action processes.
• Perform routine equipment checks and basic preventive-maintenance activities.
• Coordinate with Quality, Engineering, Production Control, and other manufacturing departments to maintain workflow and delivery commitments.
• Handle aerospace components carefully to prevent contamination, distortion, mixing, or damage.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work area using established 5S and housekeeping practices.
• Participate in continuous-improvement initiatives involving safety, quality, productivity, and process reliability.
• Follow all company policies, environmental requirements, safety procedures, and applicable regulatory standards.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Job description

Electro-Methods Inc. is seeking a skilled Heat Treat Operator to support the manufacture of precision aerospace components.

You will set up and operate heat-treatment equipment, monitor critical parameters, and ensure traceability and compliance with aerospace quality standards. This full-time role requires reading work instructions and customer specs, performing basic hardness tests, and maintaining clean, organized, and safe work areas in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.