Fabrication Technician Iii, 2nd Shift - Windsor Locks, United States - Collins Aerospace

Collins Aerospace

Verified Company

Windsor Locks, United States

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

Date Posted:

Country:

United States of America

Location:

01: Building 01 Windsor Locks One Hamilton Road, Windsor Locks, CT, 06096 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

Plan, set-up, and perform a variety of processes to maintain the flow of work to manufacture heat exchangers, water separators and other environmental control system components while practicing and complying with environmental health and safety directions and procedures.

Our parts touch every single commercial and military aircraft, we want you to join our team.

Primary Responsibilities:

Plan, setup, prepare and perform fabrication, assembly, test and associated precision fabrication processes.
Plan, setup and operate a variety of tools and equipment such as power presses, band saws, belt sanders, expanders, and power shears to cut, form, trim, fit, roll, bend, drill and saw material to fabricate detail parts following established methods and procedures.
Plan, setup, and perform resistance spot welding and salt braze processes.
Operate a variety of conventional and CNC/NC equipment to perform milling, drilling and turning operations to established methods and procedures.
Plan, setup, edit programs, and operate various presses and lasers to cut and form details.
Plan, setup, and perform pressure, leakage and functional tests.
Plan, setup and operate furnaces for processes such as drying, annealing, aging and curing product.
Receive, unload, check, record, prepare, inventory, store, disburse, and deliver a variety of materials, products and equipment.
Maintain rough stores, cribs, gage cabinets, and point of use storage areas. Order, organize, and store such items as supplies, materials, chemicals and tools.
Fabricate and repair containers.
Participate in review, analysis and ordering of purchased parts and materials to ensure appropriate inventory levels. Communicate with suppliers on delivery and quality concerns.
Review open purchasing and shop part requirements. Review regularly with internal suppliers and purchasing. Coordinate and expedite deliveries as required.
Perform visual, dimensional and functional inspection using variable measuring instruments such as micrometers, verniers and checking fixtures.
Check calibration of gages, instruments and equipment in accordance with established procedures. Record and document as required.
Prepare test pieces and micros using equipment such as grinders, cutters, sanders, polishers and mounting presses.
Sharpen or modify tools, make up simple forming dies, tooling and templates.
Perform periodic maintenance such as cleaning and lubricating fixtures and equipment, adding fluids, charging filters and tightening hardware.
Participate in audits of processes, procedure and work areas.
Use computers and office equipment to record and process transactions.
Utilize and maintain all necessary documentation such as logs, reports, charts, sampling plans, statistical process control records and nonconformance documents.
Instruct one or two fellow employees in proper performance of duties.
Utilize statistical methods to monitor process control and capability. Use data to investigate areas for potential process improvement.
Improve processes and solve problems in cooperation with fellow employees and technical support.
Move parts and materials to designated locations in accordance with material flow procedures, and initiate followup lists.
Keep equipment and surroundings neat, clean and organized.
Perform related duties as required within the scope of this job function.

Qualifications/Experience Needed:

12 years relevant experience.
U.S. Citizenship is required, as only U.S. Citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Preferred Qualifications:

Sheet metal working skills such as grinding, bending, cutoff tools, polishing, deburring.
Experience completing pressure tests.
Prior use of air tools and fixtures to setup parts for welding.
Experience reading blueprints
Experience with measuring instruments of micrometers, verniers to check dimensions
Experience with adding and subtracting fractions and decimals.

Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry.

Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio and expertise to solve customers' toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.

We make modern flight possible for millions of travelers and our military every second. Our major product lines are on-board virtually every aircraft flying.

Be it keeping passengers safe with our emergency power generation systems or creating a positive in-flight experience through reliable cabin pressure controls and quieter engines, Power & Controls focuses on delivering a best-in-class experience to our customers.

We hire the top peopl