Quality Assurance Inspector

Job Title:

QUALITY ASSURANCE INSPECTOR

Employment Status:
Full-Time

FLSA Status:
Non-Exempt

Department:
Quality

Position

Reports To:

Quality Manager

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.

• Interpret engineering drawings, schematic diagrams or formulas
• Confer with management or engineering staff to determine quality and reliability standards (as required)
• Review production purchase orders, change orders, blueprints, specifications for compliance to company and customer requirements
• Initiate and follow-up on routing and operations procedure changes per customer purchase orders, blueprints and specification requirement changes
• Review all sub-contractual documents and generate quality attachments and conduct sub-contractor surveys as applicable
• Initiate, submit and follow-up on the completion of internal and external corrective action requests
• Participate in post-award customer surveys
• Responsible for ensuring that AS 9000, ISO 9001, QS 9000 are implemented and adhered to in your area
• Serve as customer contact for quality-related communications, including return goods authorization, surveys and requests for waiver of deviation, etc.
• Provide interpretation of quality requirements on production floor
• Perform and document audits of all phases of current production manufacture, i.e. core making, assembly, molding, cleaning, non-destructive testing, heat treating, etc.
• Responsible for completeness of certifications prior to shipment
• Schedule and present hardware to customer source inspector
• Calibrate all gages used for production/inspection
• Select products for periodic audit at specified stages in the production process and test these products for variety of qualities such as dimensions, performance and mechanical electrical or chemical characteristics
• Record test data, applying statistical quality control procedures
• Evaluate data and write reports to validate or indicate deviation from existing standards
• Recommend modifications of existing quality or production standards to achieve optimum quality within limits of equipment capability
• Provide first article layout and capability studies
• Evaluate data and coordinate acceptance/corrections with engineering, the customer, pattern maker and/or tool and die facility
• Help train employees on Quality Techniques, i.e. SPC, Pareto Charts, Fishbone Diagrams, Cause and Effect Diagrams, etc.
• Perform any and all other job related tasks as assigned

Must have High School diploma or GED and a Bachelor’s Degree (B.A.) from a four (4)-year college or university; or one (1) or two (2) years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Tool maker/pattern maker experience is a plus. Must have strong interpersonal skills including being capable of working with others in the resolution of problems and getting the job done.

• Read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures or governmental regulations
• Write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals
• Effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers and the general public

• Work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry
• Apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations

• Define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid…