Assembler-Riverside

RTX • Riverside, CA

4d • $23 - $51 • Onsite

About The Position

Collins Aerospace is seeking an Assembler I to join its Advanced Structures team in Riverside, California. This is an onsite, second-shift position scheduled Monday through Friday from 3:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. The assembler performs a broad range of aircraft-component fabrication, assembly, bonding, finishing, processing, material-handling, and documentation work, using authorized manufacturing documents and a variety of tools, machinery, and equipment. The position may also include providing on-the-job training to other assemblers and voluntarily participating in Kaizen events.

The team develops advanced-material and additive-manufacturing solutions for aircraft interiors and exteriors. Its work supports aircraft structural integrity and aims to make air travel safer, more affordable, and more sustainable through lighter-weight, stronger, and more technically advanced products.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent (such as a U.S. GED), or vocational/technical education in a related discipline.
• Experience reading, interpreting, and obtaining information from blueprints, planning sheets, standard work sheets, and similar documents.
• Experience with safety practices and procedures.

Nice To Haves

• Thorough knowledge of aircraft assembly, adhesive bonding, composite assembly practices, specifications, and procedures, as well as chemical-processing practices and procedures.
• Ability to set up and operate different types of painting, sealing, and identifying equipment.

Responsibilities

• Interpret blueprints, operations plans, engineering orders, specifications, sketches, and other authorized documents to determine work methods and sequence.
• Fabricate, lay up, assemble, install, and mate honeycomb, adhesive-bonded, and composite assemblies; locate, fit, tape, and coordinate core and detail parts.
• Trim, burnish, file, form, reform, fit, locate, drill, ream, countersink, counterbore, clamp, bolt, and rivet structural members and composite components to close tolerances; perform blind riveting and bucking.
• Apply parting agent and perform bagging and vacuum blanketing; connect and disconnect vacuum lines to bond jigs.
• Set up and operate programmed or manually controlled drivematic-type machines and resistance welding machines; prepare weld test samples and clean electrode dies and tips.
• Prepare parts and assemblies for cleaning, masking, racking, stringing, and loading; select immersion times, temperatures, and processing sequences according to specifications.
• Prepare and apply protective coatings, primer, paint, alodine, sealants, adhesives, decals, and stencils; mix materials to specifications and operate drying ovens.
• Perform cleaning, burnishing, blending, sealing, bonding, and adhesive-removal operations as specified.
• Issue or mix plastics, plasters, and other tooling materials; clean, prime, and paint tooling, gauges, surface tables, and gauge boxes.
• Determine the center of balance, gravity, and weight of boxes and tools using shop equipment.
• Identify aircraft components using etching machines, electric pencils, stamps, stencils, stencil guns, and numbered tags.
• Requisition, receive, store, issue, route, move, locate, and track tools, parts, subassemblies, and assemblies; follow up on actual and potential shortages.
• Clean and preserve tools; log items in and out and deliver items throughout the plant.
• Move, store, receive, ship, preserve, pack, package, crate, and issue materials, parts, tools, and equipment; maintain job-status records and work from tool orders, shortage reports, and shop orders.
• Operate specified trucks, trackless trains, lift trucks, overhead cranes, and loading equipment to move materials and assemblies within the plant.
• Receive and sort scrap and surplus materials, verify accompanying documentation, and transport scrap materials as required.
• Set up and operate machinery, fixtures, tooling, and equipment for aircraft-component fabrication or rework, including cutting, sawing, forming, drilling, grinding, pressing, and shearing equipment.
• Determine required production aids and fabricate production aids and temporary tools such as router blocks and simple form blocks.
• Perform finish-forming operations and verify part dimensions; code and number details, subassemblies, and assemblies with the correct identification.
• Inventory raw stock and order it on a low-limit basis as required.
• Complete daily records required for Title V compliance and enter relevant information into computer-based systems such as SAP, Solumina, or RMAT.
• Maintain good shop practices and grease caster bearings on rolling stock or tools at the end of each autoclave run.
• May provide on-the-job training to other assemblers and may voluntarily participate in Kaizen events.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off after 121 days
• 401(k) plan with employer matching and a separate employer retirement contribution
• Tuition reimbursement
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Optional pet, home, auto, additional life and accident, critical illness, group legal, and identity-theft coverage
• Birth, adoption, and leave benefits
• Fertility and family-planning benefits
• Adoption assistance
• Autism Benefit
• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
• Wellness rewards program
• Virtual doctor visits
• Child and elder care services
• Second-opinion medical program
• Flexible spending accounts
• Flexible work schedules
• Paid holidays
• Parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED