Material Bonder B - 1st shift - ACC

About the role

We’re more than aviation experts, we’re pioneers. We challenge what’s possible. From breaking the sound barrier to advanced tiltrotor systems. Today, Bell is shaping the future of aviation through specialized engineering. And we want you.

Responsibilities

• Perform routine or semi-routine operations to prepare aircraft parts or articles for the material bonding process.
• Work from simple blueprints, drawings or oral instructions to assemble, locate and align parts or articles in correct position and proper sequence.
• Clean, scrape, sand, or grind production or experimental rotor blades or airfoil sections using hand tools or powered equipment.
• Clean and wipe parts with cleaning cloths; apply appropriate metal cleaning or treatment materials.
• Remove excess adhesive or squeezed‑out materials.
• Locate, mask and tape off and prepare areas to be filled.
• Dry chemically treated or filled areas per established procedures when required.
• Remove tape and other protective materials and sand or grind according to pre‑established finish dimensions.
• Check travelers, MDARS, Rework or other forms to ensure all required operations are performed.
• Select and mix proper bonding agent and apply it according to standard procedure.
• Perform minor rework, fitting or trimming as required.
• Make up pressure bag and seal edges for leaks or use prepared bag.
• Use various production aids such as jigs, fixtures and necessary tools.
• May assist Material Bonder “A”.

Skills

• Hand tools, jigs, fixtures, clamps, templates, measuring instruments
• Safety gloves
• Bonding agents
• Portable power grinding and sanding equipment
• Measuring devices

Requirements

• Six (6) months’ experience performing work similar to the above description, or equivalent experience at Bell or prior to employment in any of the listed job classifications (Bench Hand Aircraft “A” Painter, Aircraft “A” Bench Hand Aircraft “B” Painter, Aircraft “B” Cleaner, Paint Booth Patternmaker, Plaster Modeler, Plaster Patternmaker, Upholsterer “A”, Aircraft Assembler “A”).
• Successful completion of the Advanced Composite Fabrication Course (T220) offered at Bell is also qualifying.
• This position requires use of information subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR); all applicants must be U.S. persons (U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident, Political Asylee, or Refugee) as defined by ITAR.

Schedule

Full-time