General Helper

**Job Snapshot**:
**Location**:
Orange, CA**Job Type**:

- Management-
**Date Posted**:

- 4/18/2024**General Helper**

Assist shop personnel with a variety of support tasks that are based on department placement. The following describes in general terms the purpose and scope of the position. Under direct supervision assists in various shop activities by performing the following duties.

**Who are we?**

Founded in 1849, Ducommun is the oldest company in California. Starting as a hardware supply store during the California Gold Rush and eventually assisted in the birth of the aerospace industry in Southern California by providing aircraft aluminum to early aerospace pioneers like Lindbergh, Douglas and Lockheed.

Our facility in Orange is a leading global supplier of large stretch formed aircraft skins, hot forming of titanium, superplastic forming, chemical milling and complex fastened and welded assemblies.

**Why Ducommun?**
- Excellent company culture - as recognized by Newsweek’s Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces
- Clean and climate controlled working environment
- Opportunity for career growth

**Job Summary**
- Assist the operators in conduct the shop processes.
- Loads & unloads materials, parts, or products onto or from pallets, skids, conveyors, or trucks.
- Transport aircraft/aerospace parts to various designated work areas for processing.
- Assist operators in conducting the various shop processes, such as, racking parts, washing parts, striping masking, drill work holes in raw stock, and clean the various hardware such as hooks, chains, shackles, placing tooling on parts.
- Provide support to shop personnel where needed.
- Operate hand tools and handling equipment when instructed.
- Read traveler or work instructions necessary to assist in operational process.
- Move materials and supplies for department personnel.
- Assist with housekeeping and cleanup operations.
- Lifts metal part or stock onto machine and secures it on machine table, in chuck, or holding fixture to assist in setting up machine.
- Perform light mechanical assembly.

**Below are examples of information that may be included in the Qualifications section of the job posting**

**Required Skills and Qualifications**
- Ability to read and comprehend simple directions, traveler or work instructions, MSD Sheets, part numbers.
- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one.
- or two-step instructions.
- Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.
- Critical thinking skills and good decision making thought processes.
- Adhere to company policies and procedures.

**Required Experience and Education**
- H.S. Diploma or GED

Equal Opportunity Employer Veterans/Disabled

1885 N. Batavia Street
Orange, California, 92865
United States