Quality Inspector II

Built on Experience. Built for Skill. Built for You.

Keel was formed by bringing together three industry leaders combining generations of hands-on expertise in steel fabrication, shipbuilding, aerospace, and defense manufacturing.

That means when you join Keel, you're joining a team backed by decades of proven craftsmanship and real-world results.

We build ships, defense systems, aerospace components, and heavy steel structures that serve critical missions — and we do it with pride.

Your Mission:

Responsible for dimensional and physical inspection and tests to verify product conformity to customer requirements.

Explore the Depth of the Role:

• Under minimal supervision, product or process inspection utilizing standardized inspection methods.
• Visually and physically check parts against blueprint or work order specifications using a variety of precision measuring instruments.
• Completes Quality Packages to customer standards.
• At this level, worker is in-training for a Level III inspector.
• May recommend, write, or modify inspection procedures.
• May use standard statistical tools.
• May be required to perform calibration of Measuring and Test Equipment.
• Accountable for reporting to management all information crucial to customer satisfaction.

Requirements:

• High School Diploma, or equivalent.
• Four (4) years minimum as a Quality Inspector.
• Solid knowledge of inspection and test equipment, part drawings (including GD&T), technical math (including trigonometry), and materials associated with typical products.
• Knowledge of typical Inspector duties such as sampling, sorting, and containment actions.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.

Travel Requirements:

• Occasional travel between facilities as needed.

Physical Requirements:

• May be required to stand, walk, sit, reach/pull/push with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop or kneel regularly.
• May lift or carry 50lbs. Weights exceeding 50lbs will require mechanical means to maneuver.

Become a part of our Builders and you too can...

• Uphold Safety and Quality Standards
• Embody Team Spirit
• Relentless Customer Focus
• Convey Integrity, Trust, and Professionalism
• Execute with Excellence and Velocity

What Keel will build for you:

• Comprehensive Benefit Package
• Competitive Pay
• 401(k) Match
• HSA/FSA
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off
• Internal Referral Bonus Opportunities
• Shift Differentials
• Overtime Potential
• Paid on the Job Training
• Certification Sponsorship Opportunities
• Committed to Individual Career Growth
• We Do Fun Things, Plus More!

Need Assistance?

If you require a reasonable accommodation at any stage of the employment process, please email  with details about your request and your contact information. Accommodation requests are reviewed individually on a case-by-case basis. Please note that this email address is monitored only for inquiries related to reasonable accommodation requests.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans

What we build, builds us.

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