Sheet Metal Fabrication Quality Control Inspector

Job Title: Quality Control Inspector

Position reports to: Quality Control Manager

Position backed by: Quality Manager or Designated Department Foreman

Department: Quality

Job Summary:

Examine and inspect materials, finished parts, and fabricated products for defects and wear to ensure conformance with work orders, diagrams, blueprints and customer specifications completeness.

Essential Functions:

• Discuss inspection results with those responsible for products and recommend necessary corrective actions.
• Examine and inspect materials, finished parts, and fabricated products for defects and wear to insure conformance to customer specifications
• Notify supervisors and other personnel of production problems and assist in identifying and correcting these problems.
• Discard or reject products, materials, and equipment not meeting specifications.
• Mark items with details such as acceptance or rejection status.
• Record inspection data and calibration data.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Skills Required:

• Quality Control Analysis
  • Conduct inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
• Reading Comprehension
  • Understanding written instruction and details.
• Active Listening
  • Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Instructing
  • Teaching others how to perform tasks.
• Learning Strategies
  • Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new skills.

Attributes for success in the role:

• Oral Expression
  • The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Oral Comprehension
  • The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through conversation.
• Problem Sensitivity
  • The ability to sense when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. Alerting the necessary parties involved.
• Near Vision
  • The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Written Comprehension
  • The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Written Expression
  • The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
• Speech Clarity
  • The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• Deductive Reasoning
  • The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that all will understand.