Quality Inspector

The Quality Assurance Inspector will be responsible for using proven quality techniques to track, analyze and report on materials, processes and products to assure that they meet the company's quality standards.

Shift: 1st Shift Monday - Thursday 7:00am - 5:30pm
Pay: Weekly

Responsibilities include:

• Inspect parts, products and/ or processes to ensure conformance with customer requirements and/or company standards.
• Verify conformance of materials/ products using appropriate measuring/ inspection instruments including fixed and variable gauges and coordinate measurement systems.
• Verify job set-up accuracy prior to production operations to ensure product conformity.
• Use applicable work orders, drawings and similar acceptance criteria to determine final product conformance with applicable requirements and company workmanship standards.
• Perform dock audits of finished goods as directed to determine outgoing quality level of products with required dimensional, cosmetic, packaging and labeling criteria.
• Perform first article inspection of products and support company PPAP activities.
• Perform calibration of basic measuring tools and maintain calibration database.
• Inspect customer returned material to verify/confirm product non-conformance.
• Provide technical support to operations and assist in company lean manufacturing/continual improvement initiatives.
• Perform ISO9001 support activities.

To qualify for consideration an applicant must possess the following skills. Possession of these skills is a prerequisite for employment.

• Must have 2 years of experience in general warehouse operations
• Must have current experience performing dimensional inspection of products in a manufacturing environment using basic measuring equipment and coordinate measurement systems.
• Prior experience working in a quality control or assurance role is preferred.
• Prepares rejection notices and verifies defects on return material.
• Must have basic computer skills.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Education: Associates degree in quality engineering, industrial engineering or related field of study preferred. Non-degree candidates with equivalent experience in the following areas may be considered: inspection, machine operation, programming, warehouse supervision, and/or training.

Desirable skills: the following skills are considered important but may be learned on the job.

• AWS D1.1 welding specification knowledge.
• Prior experience working in an ISO9001 quality management system.
• Familiarity working with ASTM, AISI or similar customer specifications.
• Prior PPAP, FMEA, SPC, and MSA experience.