Professional First Article Inspector Jobs in Baton Rouge, LA

About Austin Industrial: Austin Industrial provides premier self-perform maintenance, construction, and soft craft service to leading industrial companies across the U.S. An industry leader for more than 60 years, we offer single-source solutions to our customers in the oil, gas, chemical, food, agriculture, power, and manufacturing industries. To learn more about us, visit https://www.austin-ind.com/what-we-do/industrial. 

Job Description

QA/QC NDT Inspector - This position requires NDT certifications- Level ll UTT, Level ll VT and Level ll PT. May require an API-570 for piping inspection.

QA/QC Inspector that can do UTT thickness readings, PTs, VT and API-570 for piping inspection, will inspect, test, and sample products, materials, or parts, for deviations and defects from specifications. The inspector may have to use calibrated measurement/test equipment that can include but is not limited to digital micrometers, pin gauge, digital height gauge digital calipers. The inspector will reject anything that does not meet with company standards. A QA or QC inspector will see production operations and equipment to ensure that specifications are being met and to make or order necessary adjustments to processes or assemblies. Diligence is essential to the job of detecting defects that could be easily missed by the customer but still present a safety risk, and the ability to communicate clearly and effectively when reporting issues and defects is necessary. An inspector should be able to interpret blueprints and other drawings that detail product specifications. Experience with measuring tools is needed as well. 

Responsibilities:  

• Performs daily construction surveillance at project sites, including welding, structural and civil inspections.
• Inspect, test, and sample materials or assembled parts or products for defects and deviations from specifications.
• Reject products, materials, and equipment not meeting specifications.
• Observe and report construction progress.
• Drafts daily reports based on observations made.
• Reports discrepancies to QA/QC Manager and Project Manager.
• Coordinates code compliance inspections per client specifications and State laws.
• Maps welds to be performed.
• Effectively collaborates with client QA personnel.
• Checks produced in slots daily to make certain products that are set up for shipping are up to acceptable standards.
• Communicates with buyers all quality issues and helps them in resolving them to ensure the customer receives the highest quality products possible.
• Monitor variance reports for correct accounting of spoilage, warehouse damage, truck damage.
• Conduct incoming material inspection, in-process inspection, and final inspection to procedures.
• Conduct first article inspections to specification.
• Inspect electronic, electromechanical or mechanical assemblies, subassemblies, components and finished products for compliance with acceptance criteria as defined by work instructions, specifications, drawings, samples or illustrations.
• Review and Maintenance of DHR Documentation per established procedures
• Execute quality procedures for documentation and control of materials.
• Reviews of work of less experienced
• Other duties as assigned.
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States. 
• Austin is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.

Physical Demands:

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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 25 pounds and may frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Qualifications Required for this Position:

Education:  Bachelor's or Graduate's Degree in computer science, business, engineering or information systems, or equivalent experience. 

Experience: 5 plus years of performing inspections using various NDT techniques in UTT, VT and PT methods in accordance with the company and customer specifications. The Inspector will develop and support processes to ensure all operations staff follow regulations.

Certification/License: Must have NDT certifications below and Valid DL

• Level ll UTT (Ultrasonic Testing)
• Level ll VT (Visual Inspection)
• Level ll PT (Liquid Penetrant) 
• May require an API-570 for piping inspection.

Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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No Third-Party Inquiries Please

• This Company does not accept and will not consider unsolicited resumes, or any other unsolicited candidate information submitted to the Company or any of its employee-owners by staffing agencies, search firms, or third-party recruiters in response to a posted vacancy. The Company will not pay any placement fee(s) without a written agreement to do so (e., payment must be required pursuant to the terms of a written agreement). 

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