Installation site lead

Summary:

The Installation Site Lead is responsible for providing leadership at the remote location and supervising the safety of employees, guidelines, and productivity.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Installs and maintain production machines, production equipment, and facility’s equipment.
• Performs mechanic skills including, but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, troubleshooting and repair of production machines.
• Performs repairs, modifications, and preventative maintenance on a variety of industrial equipment including electrical, hydraulic, mechanical, plumbing, and pneumatic systems.
• Responds to troubleshoot, repair, or improve individual machines and/or whole line mechanical, electrical power and control systems and perform repairs and provide preventative maintenance on production and non-production equipment as directed by supervision.
• Facilitates in the transfer of tools, parts, equipment, and supplies to and from workstations and areas.
• Review blueprints and models for tool assembly sequence, details, and assemblies.
• Set-up and run mills, lathes, grinding machines to adjust details and assemblies in accordance with blueprint tolerances and specifications.
• Plumb vacuum systems; verifies integrity though pressure testing and leak checks.
• Drill clearance holes, drill and tap holes, and locate and drill precision holes with hand drills and the use of magnet drills.
• Perform minor MIG welding for spot and repair requirements.
• Understand, mix, pour and utilize two-part epoxy’s such as REPRO and Quikrete.
• Knows, understands, communicates, and ensures compliance with OHSA, and company safety policies and procedures.
• Recognize, address, and resolve issues and or problems amongst and between employees.
• Follows project plans, schedules, and ensures that employees under his/her direction perform daily and weekly activities to meet production goals.
• Oversees project execution to include quality and production requirements.
• Ensures employees execute the job specifications and meet the project requirements.
• Reports project progress and inspects completed projects.
• Completes daily time keeping and database purchase orders for contingents and assists employees.
• Operates forklifts and man lifts and various other high-reach equipment.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education and Work Experience:

Associates degree or related career field experience preferred. Minimum of two years experience in a leadership position. Minimum of seven years Aerospace Automated Assembly Systems or Automotive experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

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. Reads and understands blueprints, schematics, and/or measuring devices. Has full understanding of fabrication equipment such as milling machines and lathes. Constructs all types of major jigs, fixtures, tool masters, master gauges and related tooling products. Assembles and fastens component parts together, using hand tools, power tools, and bench machines. Adjusts, repairs, or replaces defective product parts, using hand tools and other various equipment. Sets-up and operates power machine tools and accessories for the machining of tools and dies. Prepares, breakdown of jigs and fixtures, tool masters or master tooling gauges into components. Reads and understands blueprints, schematics, and tool use instructions. Lifts, loads, sorts, and moves materials, supplies, and finished products between storage and work areas, using pushcarts, dolly, hoist, cranes, forklifts and manlifts. Behaves consistently and predictably; is reliable, responsible and dependable in fulfilling obligations and diligently follows through on commitments and consistently meets deadlines. Achieves thoroughness and accuracy when accomplishing a task through concern for all the areas involved. 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 computer applications including email, databases, word-processing program and spreadsheets (such as Microsoft Office). Respond and follow up to a customer’s inquiry or problem in a timely and effective manner. Identifies problems and review relevant information to develop options, then implement the solutions. Works effectively with different levels of management, team members and customers.

Work Conditions:

Environment Type: Indoors. Production and office environment. Temperature controlled, unless products and/or equipment is located outdoors. Exposure Types: Cuts and/or burns, Dirt, dust, grease and/or oil, Noisy environment, Intense bright light, Metal shavings.

Work Hours:

Standard work schedule, overtime may be necessary for meeting deadlines, required travel, and emergent conditions.

Travel Requirements:

Remote - perform job responsibilities from customer work sites. Travel may require two or three-week intervals between work site and employee domicile. International travel may be required; employee would be expected to meet international requirements for entry.

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.

AIT Safety:

AIT enforces a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe work environment. As appropriate, each employee is responsible for completing all training requirements. All employees that work in or enter the production environment are required to wear personal protective equipment.

AIT Quality:

It is our policy to provide quality products and services that meet customer expectations and delivery requirements. Accordingly, each employee must conform to the AIT Quality Policy and carry out job activities in compliance with applicable AIT Quality System documents and customer contracts. Each employee must read and understand his/her Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction responsibilities.

AIT Procedure Compliance:

Each employee must read, understand, and implement the general and specific operational, safety, quality, and environmental requirements of all plans, procedures, and policies pertaining to his/her job.

Security Clearance Statement:

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

ITAR Requirements:

To conform to U.S. Government commercial space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a)(3), applicants for employment at AIT must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawfully admitted for permanent residence into the U.S. (i.e. current green card holder), or lawfully admitted as a refugee or granted asylum under 8 U.S.C. § 1157-1158.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

AIT is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified, diverse, and dedicated work force. AIT hires and promotes people based on their qualifications, performance, and abilities. We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that nurtures trust, equality, and teamwork, in which all employees recognize and appreciate the diversity of individual team members. We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin/ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local law.

Affirmative Action and Disability Accommodation:

Applicants wishing to view a copy of AIT’ s Affirmative Action Plans, or applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the application and/or interview process, please contact us at askhr@aint.com.