Position: Production Technician – Laminating Department
Location: Mobile, Alabama
About the Organization:
For more than fifty years RPS Composites has been supplying engineered composite solutions into industrial facilities that process corrosive and often hazardous fluids. Hundreds of piping, tank, and vessel installations in 45+ countries around the world speak to our experience providing composite solutions for corrosive fluid handling, processing, storage, and infrastructure challenges.
Today we provide key corporate services to a group of companies operating across Canada and US. This is an opportunity to work in diverse business sectors.
Why Join RPS?
- Great team culture
- Challenging and interesting work in a welcoming and professional culture
- Great place to grow as a professional – we’re diverse and growing, big but not too big
The Position:
As a member of the Production Team this role is key to making world-class products for our clients.
Operating machinery and hand tools such as rollers to apply resin and catalyst to mold surfaces, roving and chopped fiberglass used in manufacturing fiberglass pipe, fittings or other products.
What You Will Do:
- Ensures product being worked on is created to precise design requirements
- Operates and maintains lamination equipment
- Uses rollers to physically remove air and resin from the fiberglass and roving
- Manages the lamination process, monitors curing time and surface temperature and adjusts process to ensure compliance with standards
- Cuts excess fiberglass from part edge
- Examines laminated parts for defects
- Layers mat and roving onto the mold for application of resin
- Maintains a clean workstation and work area, free of any safety hazards
- Communicates issues to Supervisor, provide continuous improvement ideas
- Understands and adheres to all safety standards and procedures including chemical/equipment handling, and personal protective equipment
- Other tasks and/or projects as assigned
What You Bring:
- Ability to work with hand tools
- Ability to cut glass, complete putty joints, prep joints, make patterns, interpret layup sequence, promote & catalyze resin, wet out laminate, roll out laminate, pass laminator bonder test, and calculate catalyst percentage
- Good communication skills and can work well with others
- Contributes to creating a safe and respectful workplace
- Ability to follow verbal and documented instructions closely
- Must have reliable attendance and takes pride in work
- Ability to work overtime both planned and unplanned from time to time
- Experience in a manufacturing environment preferred
- Experience in lamination preferred
If you are a safety-conscious, quality-driven professional who takes initiative and collaborates effectively with diverse, cross-functional teams that meets the above qualifications, please forward your resume and cover letter directly to HR@rpscomposites.com or apply on Indeed.
RPS offers an exciting, collaborative work environment within a growing company, a competitive group benefits program and matching retirement savings (RRSP) program. Learn more about RPS Composites by visiting our website at rpscomposites.com.
Deadline to apply: Until Suitable Candidate Found.