Aluminum Expand & Trim Operator

About the role

Hexcel is the industry leader in the manufacturing of advanced composite materials, including carbon fiber, woven reinforcements, resins, prepregs, honeycombs, and additive manufactured parts. We are currently seeking an Aluminum Expand & Trim Operator for our Casa Grande, AZ, USA location.

Responsibilities

• Performs operations to nail, belt, expand, flatten/stress relieve, and trim aluminum core details to customer-defined dimensions.
• Operates a variety of custom expanding equipment, large band saws with moving tables, large power shears, hot glue applicators, powered lift equipment, and a Programmable Logic Controlled oven.
• Performs any Material Requirements Planning (MRP) transactions as required.
• Performs set-ups, first part checks, and any specific nailing, belting, expanding, trimming, and stress relief of Aluminum core slices to meet customer requirements.
• Uses a tape measure, a dial caliper, 6" rule, and micrometer for measurements.
• Uses visual inspections and sales order review specification lists to ensure product meets customer specifications, especially length, width, thickness, and cell count (cells per inch).
• Uses a computer and calculator to compute and enter data for MRP transactions.
• Enters proper temperature and timing on heat stress oven to assure optimum flatness of core.
• Transports product by hand, powered lift, and manually powered cart.

Requirements

• High School diploma or general education degree (GED) or equivalent.
• Minimum of one year experience required, preferably in manufacturing.
• Minimum of six months manufacturing experience in the Hexcel Casa Grande facility may substitute in lieu of one year experience.
• Previous Hexcel experience preferred.
• Must be proficient in use of tape measure and ruler.
• Basic working knowledge of computer data entry function preferred.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Must be able to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Qualifications

• U.S. citizen, U.S. national, person lawfully admitted for permanent residence, temporary resident under sections 210(a) or 245(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, person admitted in refugee status, or person granted asylum.