Ndt Penetrant Technician Level I (1St Shift)

At PCC Tilton, we believe that the safe air travel is essential as it ensures our family and friends return home safely each and every day. We support this mission by manufacturing highly complex investment castings utilizing proprietary technology for use throughout the aerospace industry. Our highly skilled team members make vision a reality.

Team Tilton is proud to be PCC Structurals’ only aluminum casting facility. The products that we manufacture support over 70 platforms within commercial and military aerospace. Simply put, the PCC Tilton team has a critical part in how the world gets back to normal.

Our commitment to our employees and customers helps to ensure that missions within commercial and military aerospace are accomplished safely and successfully every day. If you are looking for an opportunity to support aerospace missions, a career at PCC Tilton may be right for you!

SUMMARY:

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBLITIES:

Set up and standardize equipment, process parts, interpret and evaluate indications for acceptance or rejection, and document results.

• Be capable of reading and applying controls as required by customer specifications, codes, standards, and engineering drawings that control the PT method.
• Be capable of developing work instructions from general procedures for approval by the Responsible Level III.
• Must be capable of determining the most economical action needed to repair defective conditions by welding, blending, or other repair operations when allowed.
• Detect faulty operations, defective material or equipment, and report these and any unusual conditions to proper supervision.
• Complete all required inspection records, certifications, and originate rework operations to repair castings using a variety of internal forms.
• Demonstrate the ability to utilize all special inspection equipment including UV borescopes with a high degree of accuracy.
• Be capable of providing the necessary guidance and or supervision to trainees and Level 1 personnel.
• Must have the proven ability to consistently and adequately detect, evaluate, and identify the type or nature of surface indications to determine part conformance to the established acceptance criteria and with a degree of inspection accuracy that ensures defect escapes are a rare event.
• Have a basic knowledge and understanding of the investment casting process as well as the TIG welding process.
• Must be able to communicate effectively with Engineering or Supervision on technical matters or test results.
• Must have the Ability to direct, perform, and document all process control checks as required. (duplicated remove)
• Be thoroughly familiar with the scope and limitations of the PT method.
• Must be confident and capable to perform PT inspections on the most complex castings.

SECONDARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Must comply with all applicable safety requirements, policies and procedures, while maintaining a clean, safe, and orderly work environment.

• Must report any work-related injury or illness immediately to your direct supervisor.
• Meet established attendance standards.
• Work overtime as needed.
• Must wear required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in all designated areas of facility.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Must participate in required training, medical monitoring, safety, and health evaluations and programs.
• Perform all physical functions of position; standing, stooping, bending, sitting, walking, twisting, kneeling, turning and lifting of materials up to 50 lbs.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND REQUIRED SKILLS:

High school diploma or GED preferred but not required.

• Use various types of precision measuring instruments.
• Apply specialized technical or trades knowledge equivalent to 5 years of trade training.
• Must successfully pass all qualification and requalification exams without restrictions and maintain certification as a PT Level II inspector.
• More than 5 years casting experience performing inspections as a certified PT Level 1 Inspector Technician A and with the demonstrated ability to perform reliable and accurate inspections on the most complex castings using all specialized inspection equipment including UV borescope.
• Work from engineering drawings, specifications, charts and tables.
• Must meet the minimum experience and classroom training elements as required by NAS 410 and PCC Procedure RI 4.1 for certification to Level II.
• Use simple shop mathematics.

If internal certification is revoked for audit failure or excessive returns, the technician will not qualify for this position for 2 years from the date of revocation.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.