Finisher, Manufacturing Production, Manufacturing ​/ Production

About This Role

• CAE Vision:
  Our vision is to be the worldwide partner of choice in defense and security, civil aviation, and healthcare by revolutionizing our customers’ training and critical operations with digitally immersive solutions to elevate safety, efficiency and readiness.
• CAE Defense & Security Mission: CAE's Defense and Security business unit focuses on helping prepare military customers to develop and maintain the highest levels of mission readiness.
• CAE Values:
  Empowerment, Innovation, Excellence, Integrity and OneCAE make us who we are and we strive to make a difference in the world while helping each other succeed.

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package and flexibility that promotes work-life balance
• A work environment where all employees are valued, respected and safe
• Freedom to succeed by enabling team members to deliver, take initiatives and make decisions
• Recognition, professional development, advancement and having fun!

Prepares and finishes completed components and assemblies utilizing various methods such as chemical conversion coat, prime, paint, silk-screen, and part marking operations. Supports Mechanical Assembly team as required.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Reads manufacturing orders or receive verbal instructions regarding duties to be performed.
• Interprets engineering drawings and parts lists to establish finishing, part marking, or other requirements for a components or assemblies. Also works from engineering change notices, engineering logs, CAE workmanship standards and various CAE manufacturing procedures documents.
• Maintains paint shop equipment and chemicals.
• Orders paint, chemicals, and other consumable paint shop items.
• Performs prime and finish painting on components and assemblies.
• Fabricates labels, banners, and signs using the large format paint shop printer using graphical software.
• Fills and repairs damaged surfaces prior to final finish.
• Sands, masks, and prepares components for final finish.
• Operates bead blaster to prepare certain parts for finish.
• Disassembles and replaces parts as required.
• Marks identifying information and reference designators on parts.
• Interfaces with hardware engineering to establish best finish procedures for components.
• Silkscreens ink line-work and nomenclature onto components as required.

• High school diploma or general education degree.
• Able to obtain a security clearance or already possess security clearance.
• Post high school vocational training/certification desired.
• Experience in paint/paint prep shop environment preferred.
• Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.

• Finishing techniques required ability to mix, and apply all types of topcoat finishes to final product for a professional finish preferred.
• Experience in bondo techniques and paint preparation and application preferred.
• Sound understanding of military and commercial workmanship standards.
• Basic computer skills are required for time reporting and work order processing.
• Ability to perform work assignments with minimal supervision.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Must have good oral and written communication skills.
• Background Corel Draw 2024 preferred.
• Background using Direct Color Systems.
• Knowledge in screen printing / silk screening.

Must comply with all company security and data protection / usage policies and procedures. Personally responsible for proper marking and handling of all information and materials, in any form. Shall not divulge any information, or afford access, to other employees not having a need-to-know. Shall not divulge information outside company without management approval. All government and proprietary information will be accessed and stored electronically on company provided resources.

• Incumbent must be eligible for DoD Personal Security Clearance.

Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.

Work is performed in an environment where irritants such as noise from telephones, temperature, and lighting variations may exist, but there is little chance of injury, accident, or occupational health problems.

• Work near moving mechanical parts over 2/3 of the time.
• Fumes or airborne particles over 2/3 of the time.
• Toxic or caustic chemicals over 2/3 of the time.
• Risk of electrical shock 1/3 to none of the time.
• Noise level is loud.…