ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Reasonable Accommodations Statement
To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Functions Statement(s)

• Have the skills and knowledge to set up and standardize penetrant black lights, process a known defect standard and accept/reject the results, take measurements of pressure and water gauges, evaluate the in use penetrant, evaluate the in use developer
• Have the skills and knowledge to apply penetrant to aerospace parts in a manner that is acceptable to aerospace specifications, understand required dwell times for penetrant, wash penetrant off parts in accordance with aerospace prime specifications and control the materials in accordance with specifications.
• Have the skills and knowledge to control developer dwell times as well as understand the specifics of the evaluation process required by all aerospace OEM specifications.
• Have the skills and knowledge to determine if an aerospace part is acceptable or rejectable when evaluating in accordance with an aerospace OEM specifications.
• Be thoroughly familiar with the scope and limitations of Penetrant inspection using a Type I, Method A, form d system.
• Be capable of providing the necessary guidance and/or supervision to trainees and Level 1 personnel be familiar with the penetrant OEM aerospace specifications, aerospace industry specifications that apply to penetrant inspection, and inspection criteria within specifications used by the employer.
• Be capable of developing part specific techniques in accordance with customer requests.
• Techniques require general information on how the part is to be processed.
• Such techniques shall require final approval by a Level 3 certified in the method
• Have a basic knowledge of the other departments within an aerospace processing facility, i.e. pre-penetrant etching and cleaning, post cleaning, pre-treatment, masking, shot peen, paint.
• Perform other duties as assigned

SKILLS & ABILITIES
Education: High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED): Required
Experience: Minimum Formal Classroom training of 32 hours and Minimum experience or OJT of 400 hours in accordance with NAS 410
Certifications & Licenses: NDT Level II Certification per NAS 410

WORK ENVIRONMENT
Work will be conducted in the NDT Department. Must be safety oriented and able to wear the appropriate attire and PPE required to for work tasks when on the plant floor.

Benefits:

• Compensation Range $18.36 to $ 24.00 per hour (DOE)
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Employer Paid Basic Life, Supplemental Life Insurance, 401k with a Employer Match
• Generous Paid Time Off program
• 7 Holidays and 1 Floater Holiday

This position requires access to knowledge and technical data regulated by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Valence Surface Technologies is required to verify that applicants meet ITAR requirements prior to employment for this role.