Lead, Fitter

About the role

AIT is the world's largest provider of automation, factory integration, and tooling solutions dedicated to the global aerospace, defense, and space launch vehicle industries. The Fabrication Lead is responsible for providing quality fabrication on-time with customer specifications. They will work closely with a team of welders and fabricators to complete all objectives and work through challenges in the most time and cost-effective manner.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee a team of fabricators, providing direction, support, and guidance to ensure work is completed safely, efficiently, and according to quality standards.
• Train and onboard new employees, ensuring they understand job responsibilities, processes, safety requirements, and quality standards.
• Coordinate with welding, fabrication, and saw operation processes by working closely with other departments.
• Inspect weldment fit-up, assembly, and root/joint preparation prior to the welding process.
• Responsible for in-process and final weld inspection for accuracy, finished weld size, appearance, and completeness per the customer’s specifications.
• Ensure that stress, heat treat, and special process certifications from vendors are accurate and complete.
• Maintain raw stock to proper specifications.
• Coordinate with Build Project Managers (BPM) and Quality Assurance departments to complete products to customer’s satisfaction.
• Maintain inventory of various welding consumables and work with purchasing to keep this inventory stocked.
• Operate and/or use forklifts, cranes, hoists, slings, grinders, cutting torches, hand tools, drills, punches, and instruments of measurements.
• Job planning with Fabrication Manager and scheduling for team members.
• Oversee Sand Blasting area and line up jobs.
• Able to cover for other shop personnel when out and assist in completion of a job.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Five to ten years’ experience with MIG & TIG welding and fabrication processes preferred.
• High School diploma or GED required, along with five to ten years of experience in a related industry, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Enovia experience preferred.
• This position may require a government security clearance; you must be a US Citizen for consideration.

Skills

• Ability to understand welding symbols/diagrams, read blueprints, and/or other printed instructional material in the welding of products or parts.
• Experience in leading a team of welders, fabricators, or similar.
• Familiar with a variety of welder concepts, practices, and procedures.
• Reads and understands blueprints, schematics, and/or measuring devices.
• Follows processes and standard procedures.
• Hands-on, "get it done" attitude.
• Uses hand tools and power tools.
• Works in a high energy, high volume, rapidly changing environment.
• Displays a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment towards completing assignments in a timely manner.
• Achieves thoroughness and accuracy when accomplishing a task through concern for all areas involved.
• Clear and effective communication skills in both written and spoken forms.
• Understands how to use computers, including tasks such as turning the computer on and off, locating and opening files, navigating to websites, performing searches, and downloading files.
• Approachable and able to build constructive and effective relationships.
• Performs consistently under stressful conditions.
• Cross-functionality in other areas of the aerospace industry.
• Handles frequent interruptions and can multi-task.
• Analyzes and diagnoses problems and works independently to solve them.
• Inspects equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
• Works collaboratively and builds strategic relations with colleagues, coworkers, and contractors.
• Works effectively with different levels of management, team members, and customers.
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.

Work Conditions

• Environment Type: Indoor production environment. Temperature controlled, unless products and/or equipment is located outdoors.
• Exposure Types:
  • Bloodborne pathogens
  • Small and/or enclosed spaces
  • Cuts and/or burns
  • Dirt, dust, grease, and/or oil
  • Noisy environment
  • Metal shavings
  • Commercial chemicals
  • Metal sparks
• Work Hours: Standard work schedule; overtime may be necessary for meeting deadlines, required travel, and emergent conditions.
• Travel Requirements: This position may involve travel up to 10% of the time.

Physical Demands

• Medium work that includes moving objects up to 50 pounds.
• Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.
• Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
• Creates a work environment that promotes and encourages team members’ participation to attain common and individual objectives.
• Operate a motor vehicle, forklift, and/or other heavy equipment.
• Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with whole hand or arm as in handling.
• Prolonged periods working on feet, using tools, and performing repetitive actions that entail frequent bending and stooping.
• Read instructions, operate machines, and inspect parts produced.
• Repeating motions that may include the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• Visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and operation of machines.

Benefits

AIT offers a competitive compensation package, including free medical options for employees and their family, a casual work environment, and excellent growth opportunities.