Industrial Coating Technician - Tempe, AZ

The Company:

WE SAVE LIVES! For over 50 years Robertson Fuel Systems, a HEICO company, continues to be the world leader in the design, development, and manufacturing of crashworthy fuel systems. The Company's technology, experience, and capability in fuel containment are paramount to both its defense and civil customers. Engineered to help prevent post-incident fires, its fuel solutions save lives.

Benefits of the Flexible Composite Technician I

• 4X10 Schedule with every Friday Off
• Competitive Compensation
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• 401(k) with Company Match
• Generous PTO
• Educational Assistance
• Company Paid Life Insurance, Long-term Disability, and Short-Term Disability
• EAP and Wellness Plan

The Company:

For over 45 years Robertson Fuel Systems, a HEICO company, continues to be the world leader in the design, development, and manufacturing of crashworthy fuel systems. The Company's technology, experience, and capability in fuel containment are paramount to both its defense and civil customers. Engineered to help prevent post-incident fires, its fuel solutions save lives.

Reporting Relationship

The Industrial Coating Technician reports to the Manager, Composite Structures and Fuel Containment Technologies.

The Position

The mission of every Robertson employee is to execute their responsibilities with the #1 goal of saving and protecting the lives of service members across the globe. Primary duties include applying specialized coatings to prescribed parameters and operating high-pressure abrasive blasting systems.

Duties & Responsibilities

Industrial Coating Technician

• Mixes and applies complex coatings to include polyurethanes, epoxies, primers, and elastomeric systems to Engineering specifications.
• Utilizes precision spray equipment, safely operating airless, conventional, HVLP, and automated spray systems to include associated pressure vessels.
• Monitors curing environment verifying that oven temperatures, flash times, and humidity levels meet Engineering specifications.
• Operates industrial walk-in blast equipment and hand-held pneumatic abrading equipment, as required.
• Selects and manages media profiles to include aluminum oxide and plastic media depending on substrate hardness, thickness, and specified anchor profiles.
• Performs precise masking using heavy-duty rubber, vinyl tapes, and custom plugs to protect critical surfaces, threads, and machined areas from media impingement.
• Maintains blast machinery to include regular replacement of nozzles, hoses, wearable liners, and dust collector filters.

• Reads and understands drawings, process specifications, manufacturing orders, work instructions, and standard operating procedures.
• Completes operational steps in IFS to include recording lot/batch numbers and expiration dates where applicable for material/product traceability.
• Adherence to Export Control and Technology Control Plan (TCP) as applicable to job
• Adherence to Compliance Plan and Employee Policy
• Marginal duties may include the following:
  
  
  
  • Participates in standard manufacturing activities, as required.
  • Assists with training and on-the-job learning initiatives for lesser-experienced technicians.
  • Supports Engineering functions as and where applicable.
  • Participates in the design and implementation of equipment.
  • Coordinates with other departments for usage of equipment (ovens, etc.)
  • Upkeeps the daily, weekly and monthly maintenance log of all equipment
  • General and detailed cleaning of the production floor (sweeping, mopping, waxing, emptying garbage cans, etc.).
  
  
  
  

NOTE: This job description is not designed to cover nor contain a static listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities. Additional duties may be assigned.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The qualifications listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Education and Experience

High School Diploma or GED equivalent; and a minimum of three (3) years of experience in a manufacturing role or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.

Professional Qualifications Required:

• Demonstrated ability to work with basic shop tools and equipment used in coating application operations and media blast.
• Must be familiar with standard concepts, practices and procedures in surface preparation of composite materials through media blast.
• Forklift certification or ability to become forklift certified.
• Demonstrate an understanding of how drawings, process specifications, manufacturing orders, work instructions, and standard operating procedures ensure the quality of the product and provide suggestions on improvements.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from colleagues.
• Basic computer knowledge to include ERP systems.
• Mathematical understanding consistent with the educational requirements.
• Ability to read, write and communicate clearly and effectively in English.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Ability to use various tools to identify and solve problems.
• Strong customer service and company culture/reputation orientation.

Preferred:

• AMPP Aerospace Coating Application Specialist (ACAS)
• Direct media blast experience with composite structures and coating application across various substrates in a manufacturing environment.

Personal Competencies

• Demonstrated ability to meet tight deadlines and work in a fast paced, multi-task environment.
• Demonstrated ability to accomplish duties and responsibilities with minimal or intermittent supervision.
  
  
  
  • Ability to protect the organization's value by keeping information
  • Ability to participate successfully in a team environment; demonstrate willingness to collaborate with others to achieve common objectives.
  • Ability to apply common sense towards the execution of
  
  
  
  

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this position, the incumbent is regularly required to walk, stand and climb. The incumbent is occasionally required to sit, bend, squat, kneel or crawl and lift or carry a maximum of 75 pounds; as well as push or pull a maximum of 300 pounds. The incumbent will regularly use both hand and powered tooling to include but not limited to hand sanders, pneumatic sanders, pressurized blast equipment, pressure vessels associated with both automated and manual coating application, measuring and weighing devices, powered/pneumatic mixers, cure ovens, and occasionally operate forklifts.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this position, the incumbent is regularly exposed to mechanical parts and occasionally exposed to dirty working conditions, heat or cold ranging between 60 and 80 degree ambient conditions, chemical vapors or fumes, dust, shavings and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud. The incumbent is required to wear PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) including Nitrile or Chloroprene gloves, negative or positive pressure respirator, dust mask, safety glasses, protective clothing, goggles, hearing protection, and work or anti-vibration gloves.

Safety/Security/Environmental

• Supports the company's FOD (Foreign Object Damage) prevention
• Maintain a clean, safe work area in compliance with OSHA
• Comply with all Safety policies as outlined by the company standards and local, state and federal laws.
• In accordance with Robertson Fuel Systems' Arizona Drug and Alcohol Policy, this

position is designated as a safety-sensitive position.

Other

As provided by the Americans with Disabilities Act, the company is committed to discussing and providing reasonable accommodations to its employees to help them fulfill the essential functions of their jobs.