Technical Assembly Trainer

Description

Position Summary: As a key team member for RECARO, the Technical Assembly Trainer has an important role in the building of aircraft seat process. The main purpose is to train, coach and develop assemblers as well as building seats on the line. This role works in conjunction and collaboration with the training department and in the training room as an instructor as needed.    

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following, other duties may be assigned:

• Train, coach and develop production assemblers in all technical and process skills.
• Learn and use TWI process to write and train using JIBs (job instruction breakdown sheets)
• Must have desire and ability to work in a team environment with different type of employees/personalities and support RECARO’s employees and business needs
• Maintain constant communication with the training department, production supervisors and management in regards of employees progress, issues and certification readiness analysis.
• Must show a professional behavior at all times and good communication with all employees on the line and other departments.
• Must have the ability to participate and or lead training classes in the training room to new and existing employees/assemblers.
• Must have train the trainer knowledge/courses or be able to get certified on it.
• Must be certified or cross train on minimum of 17 assembly line certifications to become flexible within the lines. To qualify for this level, employee must master a minimum of 10 General Skills, 4 Specialty Skills and 3 Critical Skills (for a total of 17) for which RECARO will provide training.
• Read and understand technical documentation such as control sheets or engineering drawings to build the product per specification and RSM usage.
• General knowledge of specifications like RKN’s, RSP’s, RKA’s,AS9100, etc.
• Creating and updating work instructions as needed.
• If needed, assemble various parts into sub or final assemblies either by hand or by use of equipment and small hand tools on a wide variety of production units.
• Conduct self-inspections on completed assemblies; not limited to current station 
• Maintain a neat, clean, and safe work area and equipment 
• All work must meet quality specifications and work specifications operational procedures
• Meet or exceed quality metric goals
• Communicate any issues with control sheets or drawings to the line lead/supervisor/other departments immediately.
• Communicate any line damages to line lead/supervisor immediately
• Follow all RECARO safety processes and policies
• Identify opportunities to reduce line scrap cost
• Support and maintain 5S initiatives
• Must be able to work flexible hours and overtime on short notice
• Good punctuality and attendance is required
• Able to Run/Lead a production line in absence of Leads as needed.

Requirements

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education/Experience:

Education

• High school diploma or GED equivalent required
• Technical degree preferred (A&P, aviation, mechanical, etc.)

Experience 

• At least 2 years of working experience in doing work equal/similar to this job description with proven success and/or...
• At least 1 year working as a Floater I within RECARO and have the required certification and/or the ability to be certified.