Structural Assembler I

Albany International Corp.•Salt Lake City, UT

5d•Onsite

About The Position

AEC is a designer and manufacturer of lightweight composite aerospace structures, subassemblies, and components. For over 50 years, AEC has innovated advanced composite solutions for defense and commercial industries, with applications ranging from large commercial transports to fighter jets and commercial and military rotorcraft. Our composite design and fabrication expertise is featured on commercial platforms like Boeing's 7-series family and BETA Technologies. For defense programs, AEC supplies a variety of products, including complete structural assemblies, flight-critical components, and primary and secondary structural elements for platforms such as the F-35 Lightning II, the CH-53K Heavy-lift Helicopter, and the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM). AEC is dedicated to providing high-quality, economical composite solutions, supported by significant investment in infrastructure and automation to ensure we offer the right processes to meet customer needs.

Requirements

High school graduate or equivalent required.
1-2 years of experience using various hand and power tools required.
Must be dependable and punctual.

Nice To Haves

1-2 years of experience with complex aircraft assembly desired.
Trade School certification such as Airframe & Power plant (A&P) certification is desired.
Shop floor math skills, experience with following engineering orders, and the ability to read drawings or blueprints desired.

Responsibilities

Performs a variety of operations to assemble and make major assembly structures to include hand drilling of composites and metallics, installing brackets, nut plates, clips, rivets and brackets, mixing and applying sealants, torque checks, and setting pins.
Bonding metallics and composite materials.
Hand drilling with semi-automated drills and hand tools.
Match drilling.
Familiar with overhead crane work.
Maintain a clean work area per daily, monthly and yearly cleanup schedules.
Be able to identify different process materials, pre-pregs and adhesives.
Assemble and fit pre-fabricated metallic and composite parts to form assemblies, working at benches or directly on a structure assembly fixture.
Read and interpret aircraft assembly instruction plans, diagrams, drawings and other documentation in order to perform the assembly function with accuracy and with little supervision.
Assemble, fit, shim and install pre-fabricated parts and subassemblies such as aircraft spars, rib, skins and fittings.
Utilize hand and power tools such as drills, to assemble and fabricate components with fasteners and bonding agents.
Maintain a clean and organized work area.
Work with quality department personnel in order to keep production assemblies in proper sign off levels and within inspection procedure and/or specifications.
Regular and reliable attendance is an essential function of the job.