Quality Control - Senior Inspector

Title: Quality Control-Senior Inspector
Reports To: Quality Assurance Manager

Summary:
Manages, plans, coordinates, and executes quality control programs designed to ensure the organization’s products are consistent with established standards, and a culture of continuous improvement is demonstrated.

Responsibilities:
• Become familiar with all aspects of the position, including, but not limited to customers support, interdepartmental support, inspection support and the acceptance requirements of the products that we supply.
• Manage the QC department:
o Inspectors (as required)
• Provide Training for the QC department (as required).
• Inspect incoming and outgoing products to validate compliance with customer print military specification, industry standard and commercial requirements.
• Perform inspections using Optical Comparator, Ring Gauges, Plug Gauges, Micrometer, Calipers, and other handheld measuring tools.
• Complete certifications the maintenance, storage, retrieval and request for certifications.
• Scan all product documentation to be attached to inspection lot tags.
• Maintain all inspection equipment, including calibration and record keeping.
• Review AS9102 FAI’s to ensure compliance with applicable customer requirements.
• Coordinate with our suppliers and customers to ensure customer satisfaction and product acceptance and that customer requirements will be met.
• Ensure all required documentation is maintained electronically.
• Review PPAP’s and complete standard Part Submission Warrants (PSW’S).
• Support inspection (as required) by providing acceptance criteria guidance based on both industry standards and customer supplied drawings. Hands-on inspection for both incoming and outgoing products to ensure compliance with customer prints, military specifications, industry standards and/or commercial requirements.
• Review and disposition of customer returns involving quality escapes.
• Respond to customer corrective action requests.
• Contact suppliers for all rejected products and coordinate delivery of replacement materials in a timely manner.
• Provide backup information to Customer Service department for credit and debit processing.
• Review internal sales orders to ensure adherence to requirements.
• Recommend Operational Improvements.
• Interact with multiple systems to record information accurately and consistently to meet retention requirements.

Requirements and Qualifications:
• High School diploma minimum, bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Must be capable of multitasking and committed to meeting the requirements of the position.
• Experience completing and/or reviewing FAI’s and all supporting documentation is preferred.
• Must be capable of working with PPAP’s.
• Must be able to read mechanical drawings and schematics.
• Must be capable of reading military specifications, industry standards and commercials specs as required to determine product requirements.
• Must be capable of using standard inspection equipment (i.e., calipers, micrometers, thread plugs, thread rings, precision pins, etc.).
• A minimum of two (2) years prior experience working with Quality Management Standards such as ISO 9001 and/or AS9120 is preferred.

Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.

Only qualified candidates will be contacted.