Aircraft Bonder Composite Technician

Job Description

Job description

Applies advanced technical skills and knowledge to fabricate, rework and repair metallic and nonmetallic bonded parts and assemblies for operational aircraft applications. Performs any of the detailed work operations required to be completed in this area of specialization.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Performs bonding of metallic and nonmetallic materials to fabricate parts, components and assemblies for aircraft applications using products and processes that are varied and moderately complex to complex in scope.

The level of work requires experience and sound judgment.

Read and interpret blueprints, drawings, manuals, specifications sketches, job orders, planning documents and engineering drawings.

Determine equipment requirements and the method and sequences of operation to be followed in fabrication of parts using materials such as graphite, fiberglass, plastic, boron, flock, mat, epoxy resins, rubber and like materials.

Plans, lays out, fabricates and builds adhesive bonded assemblies of metallic and nonmetallic composite materials.

Fabricate composite and metal parts into subassemblies for the purpose of prefitting in preparation for bonding/curing in presses, ovens, and autoclaves. Lays out, prefits, assembles and performs lay-up on a variety of metal to metal and composite bonded assemblies.

Fits core in panels where close tolerances are required for installation of details for completion of assembly.

Performs vacuum bagging for Autoclave cures up to 100 psi.

Lays out and marks dimensions and reference lines on material to develop and trace patterns of product or parts, or uses templates.

Selects tooling and materials compatible with the processing techniques identified in the work instructions.

Performs rework or repair on any metallic or nonmetallic part presented for rework or repair.Company Description

APA Services, Inc. is a full service staffing company supplying qualified technical and professional employees to the most reputable companies in the Aerospace/Aircraft industry—across the United States and abroad.

Full-time