Finishing Operator

About the role

The selected individual will be responsible for various operations related to the processing and finishing of composite materials. This includes inspecting, trimming, repairing, and packing material to ensure it meets specifications and is ready for shipment.

Responsibilities

• Processes material at the slice level after slices have been cut.
• Routes material through operations including Light Inspection, Trim Saw, Node Repair, Wash & Dry, Blow Out, and Packing.
• Performs Light Inspection to verify cell conformance to specifications regarding blisters and plugging.
• Trims material to the required tolerances using a trim saw.
• Blow Out and Wash & Dry slices to remove excess dust.
• Packs slices into the correct size box, ensuring they are within tolerance and adding labels if needed.
• Delivers material to the proper location in the plant (Source Inspection or Shipping).
• Follows written instructions and records proper information on paperwork.
• Manages work priorities to support and schedule various demands from different groups.
• Uses a variety of tools and the rework oven to repair and rework nonconforming materials.
• Splices prime cure and dipped sections, cleans fuzz, cleans plugged cells, and reworks material for density, dimension, and cell count.
• Visually inspects core for quality and dimensions on all slices prior to trimming.
• Uses templates for sawing special glass parts and constructs boxes and packs product.
• Inputs and receives information from a computer to log out test pieces, print sales orders and labels.
• Orders processes a variety of materials through the blowout booth or slice blowout machine.
• Calculates number of pieces that will come from each slice and maximizes the yield from each slice.
• Works with scheduling to manage daily priorities, coordinates movement of partial jobs to complete orders, and moves them into source or shipping.
• Ensures all partial inventory reporting and movement of material reporting is accurate and complete.
• (Delegated Source for some customers).
• Uses a forklift, cart, or lowboy to move blocks from area to area.
• Inspects and cleans core in node repair, color-codes and tags material per routing, and visually inspects the quality of the material and routing to ensure the core is in good condition and meets specifications.
• Gathers data from production work centers and inputs MRP inventory transactions.
• May perform shop floor transactions to record movement of jobs in process.
• Closes and performs receipt transactions.
• Tracks all open orders to ensure completion to schedule and to identify and expedite manufacturing shortages.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED or equivalent.
• Minimum of one year experience required, preferably in manufacturing.
• Minimum of 6 months manufacturing experience in the Hexcel Casa Grande facility may substitute in lieu of one year experience.
• 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.