Join our dynamic team as a Panels Assembly Technician, where you'll play a crucial role in producing high-quality products. You'll be working in a fast-paced environment, ensuring alignment with quality, cost, and delivery standards. Embrace change with a positive mindset and become certified in the required skills as identified by our area skills matrix.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with the AIT Operations team to consistently produce items that meet all quality requirements according to the production plan.
- Follow methods and procedures as described in the Local Document System (LDS), complying with standard processes, specific area requirements, and health and safety regulations.
- Promote and adhere to Cleanroom Regulations, local health and safety requirements, and the 5S policy within your work area.
- Report progress to the Lead Technician or Team Lead as needed and provide input during shop floor meetings.
- Actively participate in maintaining 5S disciplines and continuous improvement activities.
- Support trainees within the department when required.
- Be flexible and mobile across MAIT operational teams, providing support based on your skill set and business workload requirements.
- Occasionally work off-site, either in the UK or abroad.
- Participate in shift handovers, ensuring smooth job progression through shift changes.
- Attend and complete training set by the management team.
Daily Tasks:
- Assemble and finalise aluminium composite panels, including:
- Inserting panels with the correct type of mechanical fasteners.
- Potting of inserts.
- Bonding various brackets and equipment.
- Using adhesives to bond inserts, components, and sub-assemblies to drawing specifications.
- Ensure all work meets required quality standards and procedural guidelines.
- Maintain health and safety disciplines in the composite area.
- Perform self-inspection.
- Read and understand detailed engineering drawings and procedures.
- Use various hand and air tools.
- Adhere to all company health and safety procedures.
- Meet high tolerance requirements (typically better than 0.05mm in various areas).
Essential Skills:
- Previous experience in a manual handling role.
- Manual dexterity.
- Experience in a production/manufacturing environment with regular use of hand tools.
- Ability to follow procedures and work instructions/manuals.
- Comfortable working to tight time frames with demanding quality requirements.
- Demonstrated ability to use initiative.
- High attention to detail.
- Relevant experience in carbon fibre.
- Ability to work from detailed drawings and electronic work instructions within specific procedures.
- Ability to work in confined spaces above floor level (working at height).
- Experience working in a clean room environment and as part of a team.
