Tooling Technician

PDS Defense, Inc. is seeking a Tooling Technician, in Kinston, NC.

Job Description:

●Dismantles, moves, assembles, installs, and repairs industrial machinery and equipment according to layout plans, blueprints, drawings, or verbal instructions. ●Dismantles equipment and machines using hammers, wrenches, crowbars, and other hand tools. ●Moves machinery and equipment using hoist, dollies, rollers, and trucks. ●Assembles and installs equipment such as conveyors and tram rails using hand and power tools. ●Constructs foundations; aligns machines; performs scheduled inspection and maintenance. ●Sets up and operates machine tools and fabrication machinery to rework or make new parts. ●Perform root/cause analysis in support reliability processes, and collaborate with vendors, engineering, team leader, customer, other crafts and management to solve equipment problems and develop corrective action. ●Rework and maintain tools of all types and materials. ●Perform routine minor machine maintenance as part of their daily work duties (e.g. replacing machine filters, changing standard light bulbs on machines and equipment, maintaining lubrication/coolant levels etc., as related to basic tool preventative maintenance duties). ●Repairing and building lay-up tools.

Role: maintains, repairs, and calibrates precision jigs, molds, and fixtures for A350 aerostructures.

Qualifications: 3+ years of aerospace tooling or precision machining experience; proficiency with laser trackers, GD&T blueprints, overhead gantry cranes, and hydraulic systems; High School diploma or technical degree; US person status (ITAR compliance).

Skills:

●Knowledge of station safety, quality (clean as you go / Foreign Object Debris) and OSHA regulations ●Must have basic skills of using a variety of tools ●Good verbal and written communication skills in English. ●Ability to articulate complex issues to others. ●Ability to maintain confidentiality in all matters is essential. ●Demonstrated effectiveness in interpersonal skills.

Preferred

Technical Systems Proficiency:

●Able to enter, generate and retrieve information using a computer (SAP and Excel knowledge required)

Education:

Required ●High School Diploma/GED or WorkKeys Assessment completion

●The ability to successfully complete the following training provided after recruitment:

●Health & Safety ●General aircraft familiarization ●Quality Training

Preferred ●Training from a vocational school or previous employer in the use of dismantling, moving, installing, and repairing industrial machinery and equipment.

Benefits offered to vary by the contract. Depending on your temporary assignment, benefits may include direct deposit, free career counseling services, 401(k), select paid holidays, short-term disability insurance, skills training, employee referral bonus, affordable medical coverage plan, and DailyPay (in some locations). For a full description of benefits available to you, be sure to talk with your recruiter.

Military connected talent encouraged to apply.

VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled

To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please visit http://www.tadpgs.com/candidate-privacy/ or https://pdsdefense.com/candidate-privacy/

The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

• The California Fair Chance Act
• Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
• Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
• San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Military connected talent encouraged to apply.

VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled

To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please visit http://www.tadpgs.com/candidate-privacy/ or https://pdsdefense.com/candidate-privacy/

The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

• The California Fair Chance Act
• Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
• Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
• San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance