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Composite Operator – 3rd Shift

Cromwell, United States (USA), GKN Aerospace [GKNA-CO3S]

Field(s) of expertise
Product and Quality Assurance
Job type
Contract
Education
Diploma
Deadline
Closed

About this job

GKN Aerospace is a global engineering business. Every time you travel by air almost anywhere in the world, it is likely that GKN is helping you on your way. We design, manufacture and service systems and components for original equipment manufacturers around the world. We are continuously evolving, pioneering new technologies and reinventing existing ones, stretching ourselves to be better in everything we do.

We are looking for people who want to make a difference, talented members with the skills and passions to become the best of the future in what they do.

Work schedule: Sun-Th: 6:30 PM – 5:00 AM

Responsibilities

  • Organize work areas, plan tasks with team, perform assigned work, and meet or exceed the cost, quality, and schedule needs. Ensure product quality
  • Train other employees, as needed, to perform assigned tasks
  • Capable of providing assistance to process problems, documenting issues effectively, and following up on open issues
  • Use hand, power, and machine tools to facilitate preparation, cleaning, processes of molds, equipment, parts, assemblies, or machinery. Equipment used may include hand knife, automated power or hand cutters, injection mold presses, cranes or other lifting devices, oven operations, or shop equipment such as grinders, drills, forklift, or tow motors, etc.
  • Follow standard and non-standard operating procedures to cut, shape, bond, lay-up, form, inject, cure, trim, drill, and make simple repairs to composite parts
  • Record all fabrication or machine operating parameters accurately and legibly on parts where required, routing sheets, resident operation sheets, department documentation, or terminals to ensure recording completion of work-in-process, inventories, schedules, labor expenditures, and/or other documentation where required
  • Use simple inspection devices such as protractors, calipers, micrometers, tapes, tension or weight scales, gages, etc. to ensure the quality of operation processes performed. Will be required to inspect and certify own work to establish standards
  • Maintain a clean work environment (including assigned storage and cleaning duties) in full compliance with all internal, safety, environmental, customer and government regulations

Profile

Required Qualifications:

  • 1+ years experience in a Manufacturing environment
  • U.S. Person per ITAR regulations to comply with export compliance and site SSA requirements
  • High School Diploma or G.E.D required

Additional Qualifications:

  • GKN experience preferred
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing
  • Read, comprehend and write written instructions
  • Have knowledge of and be able to perform basic shop mathematics
  • Perform work to a defined plan and be capable of defining plans and organizing work area/tasks and people to meet that plan
  • Specific Vision abilities required; including close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to focus with a specific requirement for corrected vision at 20/25 or better
  • Must be able to work in a production environment and travel throughout the facilities and corporation to obtain information needed to perform job functions
  • Requires eye-hand coordination and manual dexterity
  • Employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 25 lbs., using proper lifting techniques

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