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- Mid-level
- Forklift
- High school diploma or GED

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Composite Operator Multiple Openings and Shifts

GKN Aerospace -
Cromwell, CT

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Qualifications

Operations coordination planning
Shop math
High school diploma or GED
Project task coordination

Full Job Description

Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.

GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 32 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.6bn in 2025. There are no limits to where you can take your career.

Job Summary

The Manufacturing Composite Technician is responsible for planning, laying out, and performing a wide range of manufacturing operations to fabricate, assemble, repair, and develop composite parts, assemblies, tooling, fixtures, molds, and related components used in the aerospace industry. Working independently and as part of self-directed teams, the technician performs tasks with minimal supervision while adhering to engineering specifications, work instructions, process documentation, quality standards, and established manufacturing methods.

This role involves preparing materials, cutting and kitting composite materials, lay-up, vacuum bagging, curing, trimming, bonding, assembly, inspection, and finishing of composite components for both production and developmental programs. The technician is responsible for ensuring all work is completed safely, accurately, and efficiently while meeting customer, regulatory, and company quality requirements.

The Manufacturing Composite Technician operates a variety of hand tools, power tools, measuring instruments, and manufacturing equipment, maintains a clean and organized work area, and actively participates in continuous improvement initiatives. The position requires strict compliance with aerospace quality standards, environmental health and safety requirements, and company policies while contributing to the successful delivery of high-quality aerospace products.

Job Responsibilities

Organize work areas, plan tasks with team, perform assigned work and meet or exceed cost, quality and schedule needs. Assure product quality.
Train other employees, as needed, to perform assigned tasks.
Capable of providing assistance to process problems, documenting issues effectively and following up on open issues.
Use hand, power and machine tools to facilitate preparation, cleaning, processes of molds, equipment, parts, assemblies, or machinery. Equipment used may include hand knife, automated power or hand cutters, injection mold presses, cranes or other lifting devices, oven operations or shop equipment such as grinders, drills, fork lift or tow motors, etc.
Follow standard and non-standard operating procedures to cut, shape, bond, lay-up, form, inject, cure, trim, drill and make simple repairs to composite parts.
Record all fabrication or machine operating parameters accurately and legibly on parts where required, routing sheets, resident operation sheets, department documentation or terminals to ensure recording completion of work-in-process, inventories, schedules, labor expenditures, and/or other documentation where required.
Use simple inspection devices such as protractors, calipers, micrometers, tapes, tension or weight scales, gages, etc. to ensure quality of operation processes performed. Will be required to inspect and certify own work to establish standards.
Maintain a clean work environment (including assigned storage and cleaning duties) in full compliance with all internal, safety, environmental, customer and government regulations

Job Qualifications

Education:

High School Diploma or GED required; proof of completion must be provided after offer acceptance.

Essential:

MUST BE A U.S Citizen.
Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing;
Read, comprehend and write written instructions;
Have knowledge of and be able to perform basic shop mathematics;
Perform work to a defined plan and be capable of defining plans and organizing work area/tasks and people to meet that plan;
Specific Vision abilities required; including close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to focus with a specific requirement for corrected vision at 20/25 or better;
Must be able to work in a production environment and travel throughout the facilities and corporation to obtain information needed to perform job functions;
Requires eye-hand coordination and manual dexterity;
Employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 45 lbs., using proper lifting techniques.

Physical requirements or other local role requirements

Specific Vision abilities required; including close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to focus with a specific requirement for corrected vision at 20/25 or better.
Must be able to work in a production environment and travel throughout the facilities and corporation to obtain information needed to perform job functions.
Prolonged standing and have the ability to move around a manufacturing environment;
Employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 45 lbs., using proper lifting techniques.

We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?

A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working

Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.

We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.

We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.

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