operator

contrôleur qualité

continuous improvement manager

finisher

quality control inspector

STELIA Aerospace North America

My workday had a regimen of being organized to comply with the fast pace required to process and prepare client product. There are multiple steps to a daily process which I had been trained to do, and had been empowered to apply the knowledge of these tasks to make decisions which help the team reach their daily production goals.
The management has been thorough to its mandate of following the needs of their clients using Industry approved standards(IOS) of lay-up, cure, assembly, and finishing. I enjoyed the empowerment of my mostly unsupervised position, as the team would promptly be engaged in the required daily duties, and our productivity was never in question. If a situation would arise, we would notify the individual in the chain of  command, who would address the subject and make appropriate decisions as needed. The team which I most often worked with are also very personable and conscientious, which made the work enjoyable to do with them, overall. As I had been  in a few other departments while employed there, I had found some challenges that I had met, and others which I could not, but the diversity of the whole operation made the work there very interesting.

If you enjoy being lied to by management and promised that your low wage will increase then this is the place for you. Add to that near non existent training (you're only making airplane parts so I guess that isn't important) and an HR team that gives out free coffee and donuts a couple times a year and thinks that will erase everyones problems.

This might be a good summer job for a student or someone who doesn't plan on sticking around more than 3 months, but aside from that I can't imagine why you would want to stay here. While the pay scale has since been adjusted, it ends up punishing long time employees and making them feel less valued than someone there for 3 years as they now end up at close to the same wage. When the company can't keep a CEO for more than 2 years that should tell you everything you need to know. 

The production workers there however are some of the best people I've ever worked with and have made life long friendships. The problem with Stelia is they're very top heavy and aren't particularly interested in changing their ways, no matter how many powerpoint presentations they put on to convince people otherwise. I watched a lot of good people get snapped at like dogs and escorted out the door during layoffs in the utmost unprofessional manner possible. 

If you couldn't tell by now, I don't recommend applying here.

My co-workers are great. Most very helpful and fun  to work with. With saying that it stops there. The human resources is awful. The women is out for her and no one else. It makes it very hard for the rest of the management to do there jobs so they give up and it trickles down to the production floor. There great potential if they change some management. The plant has about 300 employees and been open for 25 years. They are on employee number 1400 so 1100 people have left been played off or fired. The human resource lady likes to restructure people who don't agree with her.

Stelia is an ok place if you just want a paycheck.  Scheduling is very disorganized and requires employees to work various shifts to make up for the lack of continuity between departments. They did pay overtime after 8 hours, or 40 hours a week,  which was a bonus, but became tiring when it was required for several months to try and eliminate backlogs due to poor planning. The shift work is hard on anyone.

What is the best part of working at the company?
I enjoyed the job of making the parts

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The whole environment. Unhappy employees.  Poor wages. Lack of supervision and proper training. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very toxic environment.  Too much middle management.  

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Going in do job, see who is singled out for errors. Hope you do a,good job.

Stelia is a decent place to work if you enjoy production work. It is repetitive, can be boring, but at the end of the day it's honest work and you've built something.

Like most companies, they have their mix of good and bad employees. Unfortunately, the bad ones rarely face repercussions and it shows in the general mood of the plant. It's a rather negative place to work, and morale isn't helped by the low wages. 

I would suggest looking elsewhere for a production job. The benefits are good here, but the atmosphere is toxic.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Experience of working in aerospace industry 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The unorganized shop floor and the fact that they don't have production master plan

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Needs improvement a lot as there is a toxic work place culture 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
It is not clear what to do so you would do whatever you need to be done

What is the best part of working at the company?
The people the atmosphere and organization 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Learning the variety of French accents from France

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
I enjoyed the people very much

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Assembly of kits to move on to bnext fuselage

Was told numerous times before I was hired, that there would be no night shifts. And there are night shifts. Also wasn’t told I needed to be clean shaven. And you do. Wasn’t told any of this until my first day. Have to go through a thorough background check and despite working with airplane parts, the wages are insulting. Definitely not a lot of clarity on their part and poor communication.

The most enjoyable part of the job was seeing your finished work leave the plant.

I learned very valuable people skills, problem solving skills, it also helped hone my attention to detail.

The hardest part of the job was meeting production goals on time due to shear quantity of demand.

I would work here again.

Top Job Titles	Average salary
Operator 2 salaries reported	$22.50 per hour
Contrôleur qualité 5 salaries reported	$26.20 per hour
Continuous improvement manager 6 salaries reported	$83,333 per year
Finisher 4 salaries reported	$23.00 per hour
Quality control inspector 2 salaries reported	$25.68 per hour

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