Quality Assurance Inspector

Job Title

Job Title: QUALITY ASSURANCE INSPECTOR

Employment Status: Full-Time

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Department: Quality

Position

Reports To:

Quality Supervisor

Test, inspect and troubleshoot problems with products at various stages of the production process and compile and evaluate statistical data to determine and maintain quality and reliability of products.

• Performing product inspections at different stages of the part processes to ensure product quality.
• The product inspections would include visual inspections, borescope inspections and wall thickness inspections.
• Maintain detailed records of inspections, noting deviations or defects found to ensure traceability and quality control.
• Confer with management or engineering staff to determine quality and reliability standards (as required).
• Communicate identified defects promptly to supervisors and collaborate on corrective actions for timely resolution.
• Performing inspections at random to assess product quality.
• Accepting or rejecting products and discussing the inspection results with the production team.
• Provide interpretation of quality requirements on production floor.
• Analyze quality-related customer concerns, identify root causes, and collaborate on solutions to prevent recurrence.
• Recommend modifications of existing quality or production standards to achieve optimum quality within limits of equipment capability.
• Perform any and all other job related tasks as assigned.

Must have High School diploma or GED. Must have strong interpersonal skills including being capable of working with others in the resolution of problems and getting the job done.

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 (up to 10 hours); walk; sit; and use hands to handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is sometimes required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch and crawl.

The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25-35 lbs and occasionally lift and/or move up to 70 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

INSIDE / OUTSIDE:
Inside 100%, Outside 0%

AVERAGE TEMPERATURE RANGE:
Avg Low 70, Avg High 100

HIGH TEMPERATURE EXPECTED: 100+ degrees

SUDDEN TEMPERATURE CHANGES:
No

HUMID / WET:
No

Humid / Wet - (Detail)

EXTREME NOISE:
Yes

NOISE LEVEL: 65-85 dbl

EXTREME VIBRATION:
Occasionally

WALKING SURFACE CONDITION(S):
Concrete

FUMES:
Yes

MIST:
No

ODORS:
Yes

GASSES:
Yes

DUST:
Yes

• Use of overhead cranes and forklift operation
• Periodic heavy lifting
• Handling of molten aluminum
• Hot parts
• Pinch points
• Rotating equipment
• Automated equipment
• Repetitive motion
• Trip hazards
• High ambient temperatures
• Head hazards
• Risk of electrical shock

Disclaimer: This job description is not intended, nor should it be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, or working conditions associated with a particular job. It is intended only to be a general description of the essential functions common to positions of this type.