INSPECTOR QUALITY CONTROL
SUMMARY
The Quality Inspector’s basic functions revolve around the overall goal of preventing and/or correcting any quality problems as early in the production process as possible and to minimize the quantity of parts leaving our facility that do not meet our quality standards. Quality Inspector conducts quality checks, paperwork evaluation, and studies necessary to successfully carry out his/her duties. The Quality Inspector is to make recommendations for improvements to departments or processes that will result in eliminating the root cause of any quality issues.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Inspection during the manufacturing process, monitoring the production quality and ensure that each product is built properly according to specifications.
Responsible for examining materials for quality and identifying defects. Ensures that people, equipment, and materials are used properly to maximize productivity.
Check parts, assemblies, and manufacturing processes on product against the specifications on the drawing to ensure they meet designated specifications.
Documenting all problems/errors found in drawings, bills of materials, jigs, equipment, processes, etc. and reporting these to the appropriate department for correction.
Maintaining this documented list and following up on open items until they are fixed and can be closed.
- Ensure quality of manufactured product.
- Examine materials from suppliers before sending them to production line.
- Inspect components, subassemblies, assemblies, and completed product.
- Test, measure, and analyze products.
- Record pass/fail grade of products.
- Produce detailed inspection reports.
COMPETENCIES
- Incoming Material Check
- Mechanical Inspection
- Discrepancy Reporting
- Air Leak Testing
- Torqueing
- Welding Inspection
- Identify Air Valves
- Read Schematics
- Dimension Requirements Inspection
- Perform Audits of Calibrated equipment
- Technical Capacity
- Organizational Skills
- Problem Solving
- Customer/Client
- Product knowledge
- Mechanical Knowledge
- Critical Thinking
- Quality Control Analysis
WORK ENVIRONMENT
This job operates in an office and manufacturing environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. The noise level in the work environment and job sites can be loud.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand. The employee is frequently required to use hands and fingers to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls and to climb or balance. The employee is occasionally required to walk; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; and talk or hear.
The employee must regularly lift and move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and move up to 30 pounds, and occasionally lift and move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY
This position manages all employees of the quality department and is responsible for the performance management and hiring of the employees within that department.
TRAVEL
As required to fulfill duties.
REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
College degree preferred or Minimum of 1 year of experience in manufacturing.
Experience of Quality Systems (preferably ISO 9001) and Six Sigma or other analysis experience preferred Advanced level computer skills.
ADDITIONAL ELEGIBILITY QUALIFICATIONS
None required for this position.