Tool Assembly Lead

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.

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

Summary:
The Assembly Lead provides leadership to the assembly team by coordinating their workloads, providing support to team members, monitoring department issues, ensuring the teams production is completed, and meets quality standards required by the customer.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Reviewing new job prints and folder information before assigning to Tool Builders to ensure the data is complete.
• Ensuring the Tool Builder(s) clearly understand the requirements and expectations to meet the job due date and budget.
• Ensuring Quality is built into every assigned Assembly Tool being built by their group.
• Operate equipment in a safe manner and uses safe work habits.
• Read, understand, and follow advanced job order specifications, blueprints, work instructions and procedures.
• Assembles and fastens component parts of together, using hand tools, power tools, or bench machines.
• Measures and marks reference lines and points on parts according to specifications, using template, rule, or marking device.
• Cuts materials, such as fabric, metal, paper, or wood into specified dimensions or shapes, using cutting machine, scissors, or knife.
• Inspects, tests, and verifies accuracy of assembled article for conformance to standards, using measuring or testing equipment, or by visual examination.
• Adjusts, repairs, or replaces defective product parts, using hand tools.
• Cleans dust, dirt, and other foreign matter from material or machine surfaces, using cleaning solution, rag, air hose.
• Lifts, loads, sorts, and moves materials, supplies, and finished products between storage and work areas, using push-cart, hoist, or dolly.
• Reviews new projects prior to meeting with their team; provides the team with building plans and assembly hours.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education and Work Experience:

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Three to five years of related experience and/or training.

Work Authorization/Security Clearance Requirements:

• This position may require a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
List of needed knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully accomplish the duties and responsibilities of the job.

• Breaks down a complex concept so that is easily understood by the target audience.
• Can multitask and manage multiple large to small projects in a cross functional environment.
• 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.
• Work 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 the areas involved.
• Coaches people by giving them timely, constructive feedback and encouragement.
• Clear and effective communication skills in both written and spoken forms.
• Understands how to use the computers, including such tasks as turning the computer on and off, locating and opening files, navigate to websites, perform searches, and download files.
• Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
• Ensures that decisions are made based on policies, rules and organizational directives to solve emerging problems.
• Assess performance of others and make improvements and/or take corrective actions.
• Enables employees to grow and succeed through feedback, instruction, and encouragement.
• Easy to approach and can build constructive and effective relationships.
• Analyzes and diagnoses problems and works independently to solve them.
• Able to manage own time, priorities, and resources to achieve goals.
• Works collaboratively and build 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.
• Knowledge of jig and fixture building, tool and die making, machine shop theory & practice.

Work Conditions:Environment Type:

• Indoors. Production and office environment. Temperature controlled, unless products and/or equipment is located outdoors.

Exposure Types:

• Bloodborne pathogens
• Cuts and/or burns
• Small and/or enclosed spaces
• Dirt, dust, grease and/or oil
• Noisy environment
• Metal shavings
• Commercial chemicals

Work Hours:

• Standard work schedule, overtime may be necessary for meeting deadlines.

Travel Requirements:

• This position may involve travel up to 10% of the time.

Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job..

• 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.
• 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.

AIT is an Equal Opportunity Employer - All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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