Lead Brazer

HEICO•Broken Arrow, OK

About The Position

CSI Aerospace, a subsidiary of HEICO, is seeking a Lead Brazer. The Lead Brazer performs regular brazing and assembly duties while overseeing assigned Team Members’ work activities. The role is accountable for production performance in the assigned area, including quality, and supports company policies, goals, and objectives while representing the company professionally. The position involves completing assemblies and subassemblies to documentation, applying brazing material with an oxygen/chemtane hand torch, shaping and installing electrical wiring, using shop tools and equipment, and documenting component traceability on manufacturing orders. The Lead Brazer coordinates assignments, monitors and expedites material flow, checks team performance and work quality, supports training, recommends process improvements, communicates production and employee-relations issues to the Production Supervisor, and ensures safety rules are followed. The work requires regular standing, walking, bending, squatting, and use of hands and arms. Occasional lifting or moving of up to 20 pounds may be required. The employee works near high-temperature torch brazing equipment in an environment with usually moderate noise. This is a DOT Safety Sensitive Position.

Requirements

Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
Strong organizational skills and a proven ability to be proactive and self-motivated.
Effective communication, interaction, and collaboration skills with employees at all levels and functions.
Leadership abilities to maintain team functionality.
Hands-on production experience using small hand tools and shop equipment.
Mechanically inclined and detail-oriented.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Ability to communicate orally and in writing.
Basic math skills.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables where only limited standardization exists.
Ability to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Regularly able to stand, walk, bend, squat, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear.
May occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
Specific vision abilities include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience in a production or manufacturing environment as a lead.

Responsibilities

Complete assemblies or subassemblies according to provided documentation.
Apply brazing material with an oxygen/chemtane hand torch to join component parts.
Work to approved documentation, including assembly prints, Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs), and Work Instructions (WIs).
Hand-shape electrical wiring and install it into component parts.
Use shop tools and various shop equipment.
Document component traceability on manufacturing orders.
Coordinate work assignments for assigned Team Members.
Oversee Team Members’ production performance, including work efficiency and quality.
Conduct audits or spot checks of Team Members’ work.
Monitor and expedite material flow within the assigned area.
Ensure Team Members receive appropriate training for work assignments and company requirements.
Recommend processes to improve production, quality, and efficiency.
Provide the Production Supervisor with feedback about production issues and employee-relations issues.
Ensure Team Members follow established safety rules.
Perform other duties as assigned.