Lead Carbon Composite Technician
Managed Programs LLC
- Auburn Hills, MI
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Leads a team of manufacturing staff by communicating job expectations by managing the build plan. Providing the area daily plan and monitoring, and appraising job results; provide training and coaching for employees, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures. Escalate any counseling, and disciplinary needs to Supervisor or Department Manager.
- Track and report hourly count of production throughput, FTC, and quality issues while also performing hourly in process inspections (quality and process conformance)
- Fill out Production Control Log at end of production run, capturing scrap and rework hours
- Enforce PPE compliance with production staff
- Capture data for Manufacturing Metrics
- Read and interpret work instructions and manufacturing documents to produce finished product. Do not allow nonstandard processes to be used nor non-validated tools, fixtures or equipment to be used in area without verification and approval
- Follow all operating procedures for the powering on and off equipment, along with ensuring LOTO (Lock Out Tag Out) is being followed when equipment needs repair
- Follow all safety precautions and bring any safety concerns and hazards to the attention of the Plant Supervisor or Director of Operations
- Interface with product design and manufacturing engineers as required to provide any manufacturing feedback
- Manufacture and assemble composites for low volume production and prototypes
- Lay out, assemble, pre-fit and bond a variety of composites or laminate fabrications, parts, skins or equipment
- Cut, trim and drill composite parts to drawing specifications
- Complete hand layup by following specific work instructions and drawings for each part
- Perform typical composite duties such as trimming, fitting, laminating, and cutting
- Aid in process development by identifying process improvement methods to improve quality and efficiency, and material/supply specifications
- Coordinate with Engineering in the determination and development of materials, processes, specifications, and related documents to be used in the fabrication, rework and repair
- Perform light duty machine operations utilizing drill press, band saw, chop saw and hand power tools
- Ensure each tooling was cleaned of all foreign object debris, prepped, and checked for defects while also keeping a clean work environment
- Assist in maintaining inventory accuracy
- All other duties as assigned