Quality Assurance Inspector

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Inspect incoming aero-engine hardware and completed shipping orders using visual inspection and applicable gaging methods.
• Measure components using hand gages, optical comparators, and advanced thread gages, including Johnson gages.
• Review blueprints, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), specifications, and quality requirements to determine inspection criteria.
• Verify certificates of conformance and other technical records for availability, accuracy, and completeness.
• Enter, retrieve, and maintain technical quality data in internal databases, customer systems, forms, and data-submittal portals.
• Support First Article Inspection Report (FAIR) packages by completing FAI inspections and verifying supporting quality records in accordance with AS9102.
• Identify, segregate, and document nonconforming material in accordance with established procedures.
• Create clear digital photographic documentation when required.
• Collaborate daily with the project or team leader and peers to meet quality, delivery, and customer-service expectations.

• Associate degree in a technical discipline preferred, plus at least 3 years of relevant inspection or quality experience; or at least 5 years of relevant experience without a technical degree.
• Working knowledge of blueprint interpretation, quality requirements, and GD&T as they relate to inspection and gaging.
• Hands-on experience performing manual inspection with hand gages, optical comparators, thread gages, visual inspection methods, and photographic documentation.
• Ability to obtain, review, understand, verify and compile technical records and quality documents, including certificates of conformance.
• Experience supporting AS9102 First Article Inspection Reports.
• Daily working proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Demonstrated accuracy and focus while completing recurring and detail-intensive tasks.
• Ability to work effectively in a procedure-based, regulatory-controlled environment.
• U.S. Person status is required due to the nature of the work.

• Relevant technical certifications such as DQR, CQT, or CQE.
• Customer-focused service mindset with strong integrity and professional ethics.
• Self-motivated, disciplined, organized, and able to work independently as well as within a global team.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and professional customer interaction.

• On-site role in Enfield, Connecticut. Reliable personal transportation is required to meet scheduled working hours.
• Operations run Monday through Saturday between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. The initial schedule is expected to total 48 hours per week within that window and may change based on business demand.
• Hourly employees are paid 1.5 times their regular rate for hours worked over 40 in a week.
• Distribution and shop-floor environment involving desk work, walking, standing, and occasional lifting of up to 40 pounds.
• Safety shoes are required. Travel is minimal to none.