Aluminum Expand & Trim Operator CG5

Hexcel Corporation • Casa Grande, AZ

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Hexcel is an industry leader in the manufacturing of advanced composite materials, including carbon fiber, woven reinforcements, resins, prepregs, honeycombs, and additive manufactured parts, driven by strong investment in research and development and a culture of continuous improvement. The company is seeking an Aluminum Expand & Trim Operator for its Casa Grande, AZ, USA location. This position involves performing operations to nail, belt, expand, flatten/stress relief, and trim aluminum core details to customer-defined dimensions.

Requirements

• High School diploma or general education degree (GED) or equivalent.
• Minimum of one year experience required preferably in manufacturing.
• Must be proficient in use of tape measure and ruler.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Must be able to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Eligible candidate must be a: U.S. citizen, U.S. national, person lawfully admitted for permanent residence, temporary resident under sections 210(a) or 245(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, person admitted in refugee status, or person granted asylum.

Nice To Haves

• Minimum of 6 months manufacturing experience in the Hexcel Casa Grande facility may substitute in lieu of one year experience.
• Previous Hexcel experience preferred.
• Basic working knowledge of computer data entry function preferred.

Responsibilities

• Performs operations to nail, belt, expand, flatten/stress relief, and trim aluminum core details to customer-defined dimensions.
• Operates a variety of custom expanding equipment, large band saws with moving tables, large power shear, hot glue applicators, powered lift equipment and a Programmable Logic Controlled oven.
• Performs any MRP transactions as required.
• Performs set-ups, first part checks and any specific nailing, belting, expanding, trimming and when necessary stress relief of Aluminum core slices to meet customer requirements.
• Uses a tape measure, a dial caliper, 6" rule and micrometer.
• Uses visual inspections and sales order review specification list to ensure product meets customer specifications, especially length, width, thickness, and cell count (cells per inch).
• Uses a computer and calculator to compute and enter data for MRP transactions.
• Enters proper temperature and timing on heat stress oven to assure optimum flatness of core.
• Transports product by hand, powered lift, and manually powered cart.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees