Winding Trainee

We are looking for you to join our Winding Trainee Program at our Pittsburgh (Cheswick) location.

The trainee will begin the program at a Labor Grade 10 wage. After eight months of being in the program, the trainee will be considered for promotion to a Labor Grade 12 starting wage. Passing Scores of Modules, A: “General Background – Winding” and any other two module assessments must be obtained before the trainee can be promoted to a Labor Grade 12 starting wage.

The trainee will be promoted to a Labor Grade 14 starting wage upon completion of 3,300 hours and passing scores of all module assessments. All In-house training.

• Paid Time Off
• 401K with Employer Match and Profit Sharing
• Health and Wellness Benefits
• Learning and Development Opportunities
• Referral Program
• Competitive Pay
• Recognition
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Inclusive & Supportive Culture

• Perform a wide variety of layout for winding and connecting complex stators and rotors, wind stators complete and connect as required.
• Perform experimental, prototype and repair winding as assigned.
• In addition, coordinate and perform any winding associated operations and perform potter-insulation function as assigned.
• Coordinate winding and associated operations as assigned.
• This includes the study and understanding of job specifications, procedures, manufacturing information and equipment availability.
• Review job assignment at work station with order card and drawing and other necessary information, including oral or written instructions from appropriate supervision when required.
• Examine the above, noting dimensions, tolerances, required tools and operations.
• Obtain all necessary tools, fixtures, and related equipment.
• Performs layout for winding complex stators and rotors.
• Build up, fit, and assemble complete stator coils and rotors and similar apparatus.
• Prepare and apply potting and insulation compounds, including baking and surface preparation.
• Wind and connect complex stators and rotors where severe space limitations exist.
• Perform all final connecting after treating, space wedges for final shrinking into shall and braze terminal gland studs and bus bars.
• Perform terminal box brazing of shunts to studs.
• Construct and assemble special components, such as shunts, copper fins, thermocouple boards, thermocouples, fins and fin forming blocks, and specialized production wiring (such as RTD’s).
• Insulate, fit cut RTR coils, blocks, baffles and braze connections, following drawings and procedures.
• Perform all operations of RCP, CVN and Trident type windings as required.
• Must be qualified for all brazing, but no limited to, the brazing qualifications summary sheet.
• Perform all potting and insulating functions.
  
  Hand lift lighter parts, crane available for heavier work.

• Minimum of high school graduate plus completion of a four-year Electronics/Electrical Apprenticeship, or two-year associate degree in electronics.
• Due to DoD requirements, candidates must be US citizens.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain DOD security clearance.

Our Values Environmental, Social and Governance EMD a business unit of Curtiss-Wright in Cheswick, PA designs, manufactures, tests, and provides after-market support for the most advanced, proven and reliable critical function pumps, motors, generators, seals, control rod drive mechanisms and power conditioning electronics available anywhere in the world today. Curtiss-Wright EMD has a long-standing and distinguished reputation for the design, development, manufacture, and qualification of critical-function machining solutions for the United States Navy and the commercial nuclear utility industry.

This position may…