Lamination

Blazer Boats•Pensacola, FL

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Lamination Technician role requires a safety-conscious, dependable, organized, and detail-oriented individual with extensive experience in laminating boat parts in a production environment. The goal is to become a top technician in the industry, continuously developing skills and building a solid career at Blazer Boats.

Requirements

Minimum of 3 to 5 years’ experience, preferably in a boat lamination department.
Maintain a positive attitude in a team environment.
Self-starter and organized.
Maintain high standards of quality.
Use all hand tools and measuring equipment in the lamination process.
Demonstrate ability to adapt quickly in a manufacturing environment.
Reliable transportation.
Able to lift 50+ lbs.
Work in a non-climate-controlled environment.
Climbing, stopping, kneeling, reaching, squatting and bending.
May work on knees, seated, laying down, standing up.
May require individual to be in awkward positions.
May be exposed to acetone, resin, fiberglass, putties, glues, cleaners.

Responsibilities

Maintain a professional, organized, and clean lamination department.
Contribute to team effort by meeting production goals.
Clean and maintain tools and equipment for proper use and perform daily tool maintenance.
Spray chopped fiberglass, resins, and catalysts into prepared molds or dyes using pneumatic spray guns with chopper attachments.
Fiberglass mats, cloth, wood-bracing materials, and small parts as required by projects being assembled.
Pat or press layers of saturated mats or cloth into place on molds, using brushes or hands.
Smooth out wrinkles and air bubbles with hands or squeegees.
Mix catalysts into resins and saturate cloth and mats with mixtures using brushes.
Apply layers of resin to mold surfaces prior to placement of fiberglass mats, repeating layers until products have the desired thickness and resins have jelled.
Bond wood reinforcing strips to decks and cabin structures of watercraft, using resin-saturated fiberglass.
Identify all boats made by shape, size and model.
Check completed products for conformance to specifications and for defects by measuring with rulers or micrometers, by checking them visually, or by tapping them to detect bubbles or dead spots.
Trim excess materials from molds, using hand shears or trimming knives.
Help Product Development with new product launches into production.
Other duties as assigned.
Watch gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.