Job Title: Quality Assurance / Quality Control Inspector (Entry-Level)
Department: Quality Assurance / Quality Control (QA/QC)
Shift: 1st Shift 6am-6pm
Role Summary
The Entry-Level QA/QC Inspector performs in-process, receiving, and final dimensional and visual inspections on forged, machined, and fabricated metal components (flanges, fittings, valves, and specialty forgings). Working under the supervision of the QA Manager / QC Supervisor, this role ensures all manufactured products adhere to ISO standards, customer specifications, engineering drawings, and industry codes (ASME/ASTM/API).
Key Responsibilities
- Dimensional & Visual Inspection: Perform first-piece, in-process, and final inspections of machined forgings, flanges, and piping components using basic hand precision measuring tools (calipers, micrometers, depth gauges, thread gauges, height gauges, and bore gauges).
- Blueprint & Drawing Review: Read and interpret standard manufacturing mechanical blueprints, process routing sheets, and tolerance callouts.
- Traceability & Documentation: Verify heat numbers, material grade markings, and part serializations against Material Test Reports (MTRs) and job travelers to ensure complete product traceability.
- Non-Conformance Reporting (NCR): Identify, flag, and quarantine out-of-spec or defective parts; log Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs) and collaborate with machine operators and production leads to determine root causes.
- Testing & Calibration Support: Assist in organizing tools for routine calibration and support destructive/non-destructive testing (NDT) prep or hardness testing (e.g., Brinell/Rockwell) as trained.
- Data Entry & Sign-Off: Enter daily inspection results and sign off on completion tags/routing packets within the internal production tracking or ERP/quality database.
- Shop Safety & Cleanliness: Adhere strictly to plant PPE standards, safe lifting practices around overhead cranes/forklifts, and 5S workplace cleanliness.
Qualifications & Requirements
- Education: High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent trade school certificate.
- Experience: 0–2 years of experience in a manufacturing, machine shop, industrial fabrication, or warehouse environment. Prior exposure to metal manufacturing or quality inspection is a plus, but entry-level candidates with mechanical aptitude will be trained.
- Measurement Skills: Ability or demonstrated aptitude to learn standard mechanical inspection tools (micrometers, dial calipers, tape measures, pitch gauges).
- Blueprint Literacy: Basic understanding of reading technical drawings or mechanical schematics, with the ability to do basic shop math (fractions, decimals).
- Communication & Detail: High attention to detail, consistent documentation habits, and clear verbal communication to coordinate with machinists and shop supervisors.
- Physical Demands: Ability to stand, bend, and move across a manufacturing shop floor throughout the shift; capable of lifting up to 40–50 lbs safely.
Preferred Skills (Helpful but Not Required)
- Exposure to ISO 9001 quality management systems.
- Familiarity with API, ASTM, or ASME standards.
- Basic familiarity with coordinate measuring machines (CMM) or optical comparators.
- Experience in oil & gas, energy, heavy industrial, or forging/machining operations.
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