Composite Technician - Salt Lake City, UT

Albany International Corp.; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous 401(k) match

Paid time off

Personal days

Strong commitment to work/life balance

Job summary

Albany International Corp. is looking for a motivated individual to work as a bonding technician specializing in composite materials for aerospace applications. This role involves bonding dissimilar materials, operating autoclaves, and ensuring quality control of finished products.

The ideal candidate will have a high school diploma or GED and must be able to work the evening shift. The company offers excellent benefits including a generous 401(k) match and strong commitment to work/life balance.

Qualifications

• Able to identify different process materials, prepregs, adhesives, and resins.
• Experience with vacuum bagging basic shapes and assisting in loading autoclaves.
• Good understanding of control conditions for bonding materials.

Responsibilities

• Bonds dissimilar materials into semi-finished or finished products.
• Operates autoclave and sets controls for heat, pressure, and timing.
• Completes repairs and verifies quality of bonded products.

Skills

Ability to identify materials

Experience with vacuum bagging

Ability to operate autoclave and hydraulic presses

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Albany Engineered Composites (AEC) is an aerospace company with a history of manufacturing the most advanced composite parts for commercial and military aircraft. AEC is committed to delivering high-quality, economical composite solutions for the F-35 Fighter Jet, the Sikorsky CH-53K Heavy-Lift Helicopter, and the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM). Our team members are motivated individuals that are looking for advancement, work life balance, great benefits, and the gratification of working in the prestigious aerospace industry. Albany values our employees and our employees take pride in the programs they support; together we create a culture of safety, family, and fun.

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.

Primary Responsibilities

• 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, blueprints 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.

Shift

Evening

Experience / Education / Skills

• High School Diploma or GED

Legal / EEO Requirements

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

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. This employer uses E-Verify.

Benefits

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

Location

5995 West Amelia Earhart Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84416, United States

Travel

Negligible