Creative Composites, Inc., an AS9100-registered designer and manufacturer of Advanced Composite structures, of Rapid River, Michigan has an opening for a Manufacturing Technician.

This is a full-time position (40 hours/week), including paid holidays and vacation, company-matched retirement, company-provided AD&D insurance, and health-insurance reimbursement.

We have a flexible and varied work environment servicing customers in the Automotive, Aerospace and Defense industries.

Candidates are desired to have experience in the following. Will train if necessary:

• Automotive bodywork repair and finishing/painting. • Working with various hand tools such as scissors, palm sanders, adhesives, drills, rivet guns, fasteners, wrenches, precision measuring devices. • Various liquid resin processes such as VARTM, RTM, Light RTM. • Compression Molding of Epoxies, Vinylesters and Phenolic Prepregs. • Mold fabrication. • Layup of dry fabrics and prepregs, as well as use of tackifiers. • Preforming of fabrics. • General understanding of resin systems for part and tooling manufacture. • Adhesive bonding of structural composites. • Process monitoring (temperature, pressure & cure). • Reading dimensioned and noted drawings.

Responsibilities will include:

• Interfacing with other departments in the company to ensure smooth workflow. • Assist in building tooling and manufacturing aids with input from Engineering. • Laying up structures using reinforcements such as fiberglass, Kevlar & carbon fiber. • Molding parts using liquid molding processes or prepregs. • Ensure Preventive Maintenance tasks are performed. • Participate in Product Development Team functions to develop production plans. • Follow established Quality Control Procedures, including making sure documentation    is correct.