Surface Finishing Technician

AerSale, Inc. • Albuquerque, NM

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About The Position

The Surface Finishing Technician processes customer hardware through electro-chemical plating and other metal-finishing operations. The work includes using calibrated, masking, and plating tools and equipment to clean, glass bead, sandblast, degrease, and wet hone parts. The technician follows work and router instructions, uses proper chemical and plating practices, and maintains safe, clean, and orderly work areas and equipment. Defective materials or questionable conditions must be reported to the department lead.

The role involves frequent exposure to vapors in the tank area, extreme temperatures in that area, and potentially loud noise. Physical tasks include standing for at least 10 hours a day, lifting or carrying up to 25 pounds, and walking, kneeling, pulling, pushing, reaching, bending, and climbing.

Requirements

• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing in English.
• Basic math skills equivalent to eighth-grade math or elementary algebra.
• Basic blueprint-reading skills.
• Thorough working knowledge of metal-finishing disciplines.
• Ability to process parts through wet chemical operations using proper chemical disciplines.
• Ability to use calibrated tools to ensure thickness and size measurements.
• Ability to clean, glass bead, sandblast, degrease, and wet hone parts using proper methods.
• Ability to handle customer hardware with proper plating and masking tools.
• Ability to set up racks and tanks for plating operations.
• Teamwork orientation, time-management skills, performance management, results-driven approach, and attention to detail.
• Ability to walk, kneel, carry, pull straight and hand over hand, push, reach above shoulders, bend repeatedly, and climb.
• Ability to lift and/or carry up to 25 pounds and stand for at least 10 hours a day.
• Near, distant, color, and peripheral vision; depth perception; ability to adjust focus; and manual dexterity.

Responsibilities

• Process customer hardware in electro-chemical plating tanks using calibrated, masking, and plating tools.
• Clean, glass bead, sandblast, degrease, and wet hone equipment or parts.
• Process parts through wet chemical operations using proper chemical disciplines.
• Set up racks and tanks for plating operations.
• Use calibrated tools to measure thickness and size.
• Detect and report defective materials or questionable conditions to the department lead.
• Follow prescribed safety regulations and keep the work area and equipment clean and orderly.
• Follow and complete work and router instructions.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability insurance, 100% employer paid
• 401(k) with employer contribution
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Education reimbursement for a related field
• Employee referral and recognition programs
• Paid holidays
• 15 paid time-off days annually

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed