Composite Technician

Number of employees

2000

Feltham, United Kingdom

Posted on: 2022-03-08

Category: emobility

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Intermediate

Salary

Salary not provided

About the company:

Zero-emission solutions for cities. Human-centred, intelligent design - to revitalise public transportation.

At Arrival, our team is creating best-in-class electric vehicles using a radical new method of design and production. We work with some of the world's leading businesses and governments to achieve our goal of redefining mobility and transport ecosystems, transforming how people and goods travel and enhancing urban environments for all communities.

Innovation, rapid development and testing help us to push the boundaries. Our New Method takes our portfolio of patented technologies created in-house, and combines it with assembly in Arrival Microfactories. It’s a groundbreaking approach, leading to products with maximum functionality, peak efficiency, and an elevated experience – at a much more competitive price than other electric vehicles, and even fossil fuel vehicles.

At Arrival, our team is creating best-in-class electric vehicles using a radical new method of design and production. We work with some of the world's leading businesses and governments to achieve our goal of redefining mobility and transport ecosystems, transforming how people and goods travel and enhancing urban environments for all communities.

Innovation, rapid development and testing help us to push the boundaries. Our New Method takes our portfolio of patented technologies created in-house, and combines it with assembly in Arrival Microfactories. It’s a groundbreaking approach, leading to products with maximum functionality, peak efficiency, and an elevated experience – at a much more competitive price than other electric vehicles, and even fossil fuel vehicles.


 

Are you looking for a role, where you can learn new skills within a company that is revolutionising how vehicles are produced? 
 
As a start-up, we still have many processes to be defined and you will be key in this development phase. There will be constant continuous improvement of processes until we create the ideal production operations template that can be rolled out to future production facilities and Microfactories. 
 
We are looking to hire a Composite Technician who is looking for a new and interesting opportunity. The correct candidate would be expected to be the go-to person for Composite production tasks within a tightly knitted team, whilst assisting with tooling discussions, process improvements and documentation creation and  working to drive forwards the possibilities of Composite Manufacturing. This role would also allow the candidate to be key in setting-up a production area for a successful future of manufacturing complex parts and assemblies. 

At Arrival we want all of our employees to feel comfortable bringing their passion, creativity and individuality to work. We value all cultures, backgrounds and experiences, as we truly believe that diversity drives innovation. Join our mission to bring better, more sustainable transportation to communities around the world.

What you'll be doing

  • Manufacture of composite components, tooling and assemblies to the required quality standards for production
  • Prepare trim, bond and fit composite components/assemblies as required
  • Running oven cure cycles for multiple materials, setting experience would be advantageous
  • Actively and proactively work to help with prototypes, process development work, first-off and repeat production runs
  • Shape the future production methodologies and best practices for a fledgling department
  • Operate and work with Arrival manufacturing systems
  • Liaising with Engineering and Suppliers during part, tooling and process development
  • Creating Work Instructions and Route Cards
  • Investigating potential new machinery, processes and working to rewrite the Handbook on composite manufacturing
  • Monitor and record aspects critical to part quality where required
  • Development of Processes alongside Engineering and Automation
  • Communicate efficiently throughout the shop floor and whilst feeding into technical discussions
  • Comply with all workplace health and safety and ergonomics guidelines, ensure safety of workplace and fellow co-workers
  • Comply with all COSHH and environmental regulations
  • Ensure cleanliness and organisation of allocated workstation
  • What you'll need

  • A desire to grow professionally and improve your own skills whilst looking to set the framework for future Technicians
  • Experience working in a tightly controlled industry e.g. Aerospace, Medical, Automotive
  • Ability to read complex Engineering Drawings for both composite lay-up and mechanical assemblies.
  • CAD Experience would be highly advantageous.
  • Background in lay-up of complex composites including Pre-Preg and Infusion.
  • Experience of Tooling and/or Thermoplastics would be advantageous.
  • Experience of Trimming, Fitting and Composite Repairs.
  • Experience of setting up 5S and performing audits would be advantageous
  • Willingness to train other Technicians
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