Composite Technician I

47G; Salt Lake City, Northern (UT, KY); Hybrid; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Albany Engineered Composites (AEC) designs, develops, and manufactures advanced composite components. Composite Technicians perform lay-up, braiding and filament winding per customer and company specifications, following PPE and safety standards.

Responsibilities include bonding assemblies, cutting materials, loading autoclaves/ovens, and ensuring quality of finished products. High School Diploma or GED required; DoD contractor with US Person requirement.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• US Persons only; visa sponsorship not offered.
• Strong safety and PPE adherence as per DoD contractor requirements.

Responsibilities

• Perform lay-up, braiding and filament winding of composite materials per specifications.
• Bond diverse materials and assemble components into finished products.
• Cut parts to size and prepare materials per blueprints; operate autoclave, ovens and presses.
• Monitor heat, pressure, and timing controls; ensure quality of finished product.

Skills

Lay-up

Braiding

Filament winding

Quality control

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Autoclave

Ovens

Hydraulic presses

Job description

Albany Engineered Composites (AEC) designs, develops, and manufactures advanced composite components in order to help our customers push the frontiers of innovation. Our core strength is our ability to produce highly tailored, complex composite components. With our unique blend of products – including 3D woven structures, traditional and non-traditional 2D composite structures, and discrete through thickness reinforcement technologies, to name a few – AEC is able to produce composite components and products which meet performance and cost specifications often beyond the reach of metallic or conventional laminated composites.

Composite Technicians perform lay-up, braiding and filament winding of composite materials in accordance with customer and company specifications and requirements while following company policies and using proper personal protective equipment. Other duties include:

• Bonds a variety of dissimilar materials (composite, metal, or laminate) assemblies, parts, skins, components, equipment or structures into semi-finished or finished products.
• Lays out articles, cuts parts or materials to size.
• Applies liquid or solid bonding agents. Operates autoclave, hydraulic presses and ovens to complete bonding cycle.
• Controls conditions of heat, pressure, and timing by setting and operating various controls according to the specifications for the materials and the bonding agent being used.
• Sands, burrs and smooths over areas, apply sealing resins to cut or exposed edges.
• Monitors and verifies quality of finished product.
• Completes repairs on composite, metal or laminate bonded products using inspection and rework instructions.
• Verifies quality of finished product.

• Able to identify different process materials, prepregs, adhesives and resins.
• Assist with cutting and kitting materials.
• Complete lay-ups using measuring instruments per shop orders, blue prints or laser ply projector.
• Vacuum bag basic shapes and sizes.
• Assist in loading autoclaves and\or ovens with the use of forklifts, cranes or handling carts.

Experience/Education/Skills

High School Diploma or GED

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As a Department of Defense Contractor we are required to hire US Persons.
Visa sponsorship is not being offered.
The Benefits:

Top notch benefits program including generous 401(k) match, paid time off, personal days and strong commitment to work/life balance.

We are an equal opportunity employer. Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran

Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test.

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