What are the responsibilities and job description for the Fiberglass Laminator position at The Hinckley Company?
Description
Hinckley Yachts has been building and servicing America’s finest yachts since 1928. With ten YachtCare Centers spanning from Maine to Florida, we offer comprehensive service, refits, transportation, and storage, providing our customers with pinnacle ownership experience. Our production facility is in Trenton, Maine near Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park.
Hinckley offers competitive wages, training, and full benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k with an employer match, and paid time off. Our expanding network allows the opportunity of upward mobility and a clear career path to achieve personal success.
The Hinckley Company, known for building and servicing, strong, seaworthy and beautiful yachts is seeking a Fiberglass Laminator for our production facility in Trenton, Maine. The Fiberglass Laminator performs basic lamination of fiberglass on molds to form boat decks, hulls, fiberglass bodies and parts for assembly. The Fiberglass Laminator removes fiberglass boat decks and hulls from molds and may grind, repair, and clean molded fiberglass parts preparatory to assemble into boats.
Essential Duties:
- Performs rough preparatory work for lamination.
- May inspect, clean, and assemble molds prior to start of work. May apply wax to surface of mold to facilitate assembly and removal of laminated parts. May apply resin to surfaces of mold prior to placement of fiberglass mats.
- Selects precut fiberglass mat/cloth according to design specification.
- Places layers of mat and cloth in mold; trimming excess material from mold.
- Mixes catalyst into resin and works saturated mat into shape of mold.
- May assist in removing hulls from mold.
- Follow defined instructions and procedures in the performance of tasks.
- Follow prescribed safety rules and regulations and maintain safe, clean work area.
- All work to be performed and manufactured to Hinckley Company quality standards.
- Perform other related duties as necessary and assigned.
The Hinckley Company is an equal opportunity employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status, genetics or any other category protected under applicable law.
Requirements
- High school diploma or general equivalency degree (GED).
- Zero (0) to twelve months experience or the equivalent combined years of experience and education. Work experience may be attained on-the-job and by company training.
- Knowledge and operation of: jig saw, band saw, grinders, buffer, skill saw, drill, vacuum pump, dremel, tape measure, hand saw, and scale rule.
Physical Requirements:
- Lift and Carry 25 lbs. and up to 60 lbs. on a frequent basis.
- Requires frequently lifting or moving average weight material.
- Requires continuous mental and visual attention.
- Must be able to stoop, bend, kneel, lift, push, and pull.
- Requires working under extremely disagreeable conditions on a frequent basis where intensive exposure to elements such as dust, dirt, heat, fumes, cold, noise, vibration, water, and chemicals may be present.
