Albany Engineered Composites (AEC) is one of the most technically advanced designers and manufacturers of lightweight composite aerospace structures, subassemblies and components. For more than 50 years, AEC has innovated advanced composite solutions for defense and commercial industries in applications from large commercial transports to fighter jets and commercial and military rotorcraft.
Our composite design and fabrication expertise can be found on many commercial platforms such as Boeing's 7-series family, the Airbus A380 aircraft as well as Sikorsky S-76 helicopter. For defense programs, AEC provides a wide range of products including complete structural assemblies, flight critical components, primary and secondary structural elements for platforms such as the F-35 Lightning II, the CH-53K Heavy-lift Helicopter and the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM).
AEC is committed to delivering high-quality, economical composite solutions to our customers. Significant investment in infrastructure and automation ensures AEC is positioned to maximize that value, offering the right processes to meet our customer's needs.
The Composites Process Lead is a skilled and competent Engineer who is beginning their journey in people management. The Lead will be responsible for the development and management of a team of 8-12 manufacturing engineers with strong support from the Manufacturing Engineering Manager. Development and Management of Engineers is the most critical responsibility of the Engineering Lead – the ideal candidate is someone who is passionate about engineering fundamentals and has the ability to approach problems with a teacher/coach mentality. This also includes working to balance the long-term professional objectives of individual engineers with the immediate and future needs of the business. The Engineering Lead will work closely with the Manufacturing Engineering Manager to efficiently allocate Engineers to various programs of competing priority, as well as goal setting and performance reviews.
In addition to leadership responsibilities, the Composites Process Engineering Lead will be capable and willing to act as an individual contributor to solve problems which require particular focus and attention. Key Manufacturing Engineering tasks include process design, work instructions/documentation, equipment specification and layout, root cause corrective action, disposition of defects, and shop floor support.
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As a Department of Defense Contractor, we are required to hire US Persons.
Albany International is a global advanced textiles and materials processing company with two core businesses.
Machine Clothing (MC) is the world’s leading producer of custom-designed fabrics and belts essential to production in the paper, nonwovens, and other process industries. MC has a global market share of approximately 30%, compared to 15% estimated share for the next largest competitor.
Albany Engineered Composites (AEC ) is a rapidly growing supplier of highly engineered composite parts for the aerospace Industry. AEC is the sole supplier of fan blades, fan cases and other advanced composite components for the CFM LEAP engine; current estimates for annual LEAP production rates are approximately 1600 engines by the end of the decade, for which AEC will deliver approximately 100,000 parts per year.
Albany International is headquartered in Rochester, New Hampshire, and operates 22 plants in 10 countries, employs 4,400 people worldwide, and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (Symbol AIN).
Additional information about the Company and its products and services can be found at www.albint.com.
