Plastic Technician

Boeing Boeing · Aerospace · Winnipeg, Canada, Canada

Boeing is seeking Plastic Technicians for evening and midnight shifts in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The role involves fabricating, assembling, and finishing various plastic and composite parts and assemblies using established methods and procedures. Responsibilities include selecting, fitting, reworking, repairing, forming, and finishing parts, operating related equipment, and ensuring quality requirements are met. Basic qualifications include a High School Diploma and the ability to work specific shifts and handle controlled goods. Preferred qualifications include aerospace manufacturing experience or training.

What you'd actually do

  1. Select, identify, prefit, fabricate, assemble, pick up, rework, repair, form and finish a wide variety of structural and non-structural fiberglass, graphite and other plastic parts and assemblies by the lay-up, foaming, cementing, molding, potting, casting and similar methods using processes and procedures that have been established, and/or position, align, locate, fit and fasten parts into a layup tool (e.g. layup mandrel, caulplate, etc.), and ready for bonding by bagging, sealing and attaching thermocouples.
  2. Debag and remove completed panels from the layup tool.
  3. Wrap finished parts in protective covering in preparation for shipping.
  4. Work in conformance with work orders, manufacturing plans, specifications, quality requirements, and established safety and operating procedures. Documents work, in-process rework and nonconformance rework in accordance with established procedures.
  5. Use shop mathematics and precision measuring instruments to complete work assignments.

Skills

Required

  • High School Diploma or recognized equivalency
  • Ability to work evening and midnight shifts
  • Legal authorization to work in Canada
  • Ability to handle controlled goods
  • Eligibility to handle US export-controlled data
  • Ability to pass pre-employment medical, training, and background check

Nice to have

  • Aerospace Manufacturing Technician (AMT) certification
  • Aerospace Manufacturing and Maintenance Orientation Program (AMMOP) completion
  • Aerospace Maintenance Engineer (AME) completion
  • Aerospace manufacturing experience
  • Aerospace Composite Technician (ACT) certification
  • Formal related training and post-secondary education
  • Experience working with composites and/or composite manufacturing

What the JD emphasized

  • Must be able to work evening shift (starting at 15:00) and/or midnight shift (starting at 23:00)
  • Must be legally able to work in Canada
  • Individual must not pose a risk for safeguarding of controlled goods
  • Must be eligible to handle US export-controlled data
  • Must successfully complete a pre-employment medical, pass up to 4 weeks of training, and a full background check, including criminal record in order to obtain employment