Quality & Inventory Control Inspector

Quality & Inventory Control Inspector

Full-time Regular De Queen - Office

Quality & Inventory Control Inspector

Bell Lumber & Pole Co.

Full-Time
1st Shift hours: 7:00AM - 3:00PM, Monday-Friday (Overtime as needed)

Bell Lumber & Pole is seeking a reliable and detail-oriented Quality & Inventory Control Inspector to join our team. In this role, you will help maintain quality and accuracy in our inventory, conduct inbound and outbound load inspections, and support wood flow through our De Queen peeling yard.

Facilitate communication and documentation across yard operations, internal teams, and vendors, ensuring accurate records and timely reporting of discrepancies or issues.

Audit and monitor inbound materials and suppliers for quality and compliance, document recurring issues, and coordinate with internal teams and vendors to resolve concerns and contain nonconforming material.

Inspect and verify incoming materials for quality, quantity, and compliance, documenting and escalating any issues or rejected materials as needed.

Verify outbound shipments for accurate identification, quantities, and documentation, ensuring all loads meet requirements before release.

Serve as a communication link between yard supervision, admin, shipping, scheduling, loaders, grading/framing/kiln leads, QC, Broken Bow, and vendors.

Conduct routine physical yard audits and reconcile system inventory to actual yard condition.

Accurately complete and maintain inspection records and documentation

Communicate inspection results with plant and quality leadership

Maintain a clean, safe, and organized work area

Other yard duties as needed

Education: High school diploma or equivalent

Experience: Experience working outdoors in variable weather conditions, in a fast-paced, heavy-equipment yard environment

Hands-on manual labor experience preferred (consistently lift 50 pounds)

Previous quality control, inspection, and record-keeping experience is preferred

Skills & Requirements:

Strong attention to detail and comfort with counts, paperwork, and physical verification.

Knowledge of or ability to quickly learn pole classes, lengths, tags, markings, barkie/peeled/GRW/KDW/KDF flow preferred

Clear communication with supervisors, admin, loaders, QC, logistics, vendors, and other yards.

Basic computer skills and ability to learn Bell systems, spreadsheets, and inventory tools.

Willingness to stop, hold, and elevate suspect material when the check fails.

Commitment to safety and proper PPE use

Familiarity with inventory systems is helpful

First 30 Days

Days 31-60

Days 61-90

90-Day Readiness

Learn yard flow, material types, key locations, control check forms, inbound/outbound paperwork, and safety expectations.

Begin owning routine inbound/outbound checks with oversight. Learn secondary counts, hold process, and system/inventory updates.

Own daily check rhythm, vendor wood audit documentation, yard audit support, and discrepancy follow-up with limited supervision.

Can independently protect load identity, count integrity, material status, and inventory visibility while escalating issues appropriately.

With a family legacy spanning over 115 years, Bell Lumber & Pole Co. and its businesses (Bell Timber Inc., Bell Structural Systems, Alamco Wood Products) have established a reputation for excellence.

As one of the largest producers of high-quality, renewable wood poles and structures for utility and telecom companies across North America and beyond, Bell plays a vital role in powering the future. We are also a leader in manufacturing mass timber structural components for commercial and industrial buildings. In addition, we provide wood fence posts and barn poles to farmers and ranchers.

Bell operates in 17 locations with a workforce of over 400 employees across the U.S. and Canada.

Our mission TO RADICALLY LOVE AND INFLUENCE LIVES is lived out internally, in the way our employees interact with each other, and externally, in the way we give back to the communities we serve.

Bell Lumber & Pole offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

Health, dental, and vision…