Senior Composite Technician

Hawthorn Aero; Miamisburg (OH); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Hawthorn Aero in Miamisburg, OH seeks a Sr. CMT to manufacture Spintech tooling mandrels, bladders, and Gemini patch products, and deploy at customer sites as needed.

Responsibilities include manufacturing complex composites, ensuring quality, and coordinating with engineers and logistics to meet schedules. Travel to customer facilities for installations may be required.

Qualifications

• Associates Degree and 4–5 years of related field experience.
• Negative drug screen and favorable background check (smoke-free facility).
• Prior composite/resin exposure desired.
• Must read mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic drawings/schematics.

Responsibilities

• Manufacture complex composite products, including resins, fabrics, and molds.
• Ensure product quality, proper packing, and on-time delivery.
• Coordinate with engineers and production staff to meet Master Production Schedule.

Skills

Accountability

Adaptability

Accuracy

Efficiency

Reliability

Integrity

Communication

Education

Associate's Degree

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Time logging system

Job description

The Sr. CMT will be responsible for manufacturing Spintech’s smart tooling mandrels and bladders, customers’ prototype composite parts, and Gemini Materials composite patch products and deploying such products at customer sites, as necessary.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Perform manufacturing of complex composite products. Tasks include preparing molds, preparing resins and fabric, oven set-up, resin transfer, monitoring process parameters (temperature, time, pressure, etc.), removal of product and trimming, clean-up, packing, etc.
• Responsible for manufacturing quality, including workmanship, functionality, product readiness and complete and proper packing to meet delivery schedule and customer needs
• Liaise directly with engineers, project leaders, manufacturing managers, and logistics personnel to ensure Master Production Schedule needs are met
• Understand completely and adhere to AS9100 quality policies and procedures
• Proactively identify problems in the manufacturing of products and the use of machinery and equipment and provide recommend solutions
• Organize and plan project tasks and workflow, document procedures, and enter time electronically for each project
• Responsible for properly tracking usage and disposition of materials used in production and for care and proper usage of company tools and equipment
• Adhere to the highest practicable safety and housekeeping standards and perform both daily and weekly housekeeping duties
• Help to develop and present special skills training to junior CMTs
• Assist co-workers with on the job training
• Will sometimes be required to travel to customer facilities to assist with installation and start-up of products

QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS:

• Negative drug screen and favorable background check (Note: we are a smoke free facility)
• Associates Degree and four to five (4-5) years of experience in a related field
• Prior composite and/or polymers and/or resin experience, desiredli>
• Knowledge and experience with heavy product transportation (e.g. cranes & forklifts), required
• Ability to read mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic drawings, schematics and diagrams, required
• Mechanical assembly and disassembly of large products, desired
• Experience with electronic time logging (i.e. into a Corporate Computer System) and Microsoft Word and Excel

IDEAL CANDIDATES WILL EXHIBIT THE FOLLOWING QUALITIES/ABILITIES:

• Accountability – ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions
• Adaptability – Ability to adapt to changing work requirements, work independently, and multitask between parallel activities
• Accuracy - Ability to pay attention to detail and follow a systematic method for performing a task
• Efficiency – Ability to utilize the available time to organize and complete work within a given deadline
• Reliability – Ability to be held accountable for one’s performance and to be dependable and trustworthy
• Integrity – Ability to be truthful and credible through one’s actions
• Communication – Ability to communicate effectively with others in both written and oral form

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; climb stairs; balance; stoop; kneel; crouch or crawl; talk or hear. The employee must frequently lift or carry up to 50 pounds, push or pull up to 100 lbs. The employee will be required to use material handling equipment to transport, rig and move equipment and tools. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to moving mechanical parts, hot environments and parts, polymeric resins, and glass and carbon fillers/fibers. The employee may occasionally be exposed to airborne dust, wet and/or humid conditions, and cleaning chemicals.

Use of appropriate safety equipment including safety glasses and shoes will be required. The employee should have basic awareness of hazardous materials, cautions and be able to read MSDS reports and follow appropriate cautions required. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.