Quality Inspector

The Oshkosh Corporation Vocational segment leverages the power of our people, brands, and strength in technology to improve the safety, cleanliness, and productivity of our communities. The Vocational segment includes market leading brands McNeilus, Oshkosh S-Series, IMT, Pierce, MAXIMETAL, Oshkosh Airport Products, and Frontline Communications. Our purpose-built products serve our communities with carefully designed and engineered refuse trucks, front-discharge mixer trucks, fire apparatus, Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting trucks, service vehicles, and command trucks.

Our products are designed to perform under the toughest conditions.

The Quality Inspector I will be responsible for ensuring that every functional area is producing parts or products that meet the designed intent and fulfills a customer’s expectation regarding the performance of the machine they are purchasing; verify everyone is following the Standard Work outlined and report on any nonconformance. The Quality Inspector will write reports and gather data not expected of assembly team members, communicate customer expectations, and confirm all functional testing has been completed and documented per business test procedures;

verify the operational stability of all new product during startup and report out on the performance to engineering and Top Management.

These duties are not meant to be all-inclusive and other duties may be assigned. Navigate the computer system programs utilized by department to develop and report on the quality of the process: MDS, QMS, JDE. Understand how to interpret assembly, mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic, prints and schematics; use inspection hand tools (go / no go, thread gauges, calipers, tape) to verify compliance.

Understand the expectations of paint quality utilizing the A-B-C surface method and use basic paint inspection tools such as: surface finish gauge, thickness gauge, evaluate paint finish. Verify that all items and/or assemblies manufactured comply with Engineering and Quality Control specifications, through all phases of the manufacturing process. Understand basic weld symbols, their meaning and usage on a blueprint/drawing; be able to perform inspection for weld compliance using size weld gages, liquid penetrant, and magnetic particle.

Ensure tools used by production are following calibration procedures and identify tool compliance and follow process if tools are found that are not in compliance of QMS. Partner with Supervisor and production team to provide exemplary customer service including process control and quality service while communicating quality updates/changes effectively to production. Ability to run basic root cause analysis on quality defects.

• Six (6) months of applicable position experience or an evaluated equivalent.

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Ability to read blueprints.
• Experience using Microsoft Suite (PowerPoint, Word, Excel).
• Experience utilizing basic measuring tools such as measuring tapes and check gauges.

Oshkosh is committed to working with and offering reasonable accommodations to job applicants with disabilities.

Oshkosh Corporation is a merit-based Equal Opportunity Employer. Job opportunities are open for application to all qualified individuals and selection decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected characteristic. To the extent that information is provided or collected regarding categories as provided by law it will in no way affect the decision regarding an employment application.

Oshkosh Corporation will not discharge or in any manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have…