Quality Control Inspection Lead

About the role

The Quality Control Inspector Lead will provide daily direction to quality control inspectors and material receiving inspectors, assigning activities, escalating issues, and training new hires on quality control procedures and standards. The role involves managing and coordinating quality control activities and projects, motivating the team to meet quality goals, and developing, implementing, and maintaining quality control processes and systems. The lead will assist upper management in enforcing compliance with relevant regulations, standards, and procedures, identify areas for improvement, conduct quality audits and inspections, implement corrective actions, maintain accurate records, and communicate findings to stakeholders. Collaboration with other departments and feedback provision to improve quality and processes are also key responsibilities. The role requires interpreting drawings, procedures, instructions, and specifications to determine product acceptance, preparing nonconformance reports, participating in root cause investigations, reviewing Inspection and Test Plans, coordinating with third-party inspections, and conducting daily safety/quality meetings.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily direction to quality control inspectors and material receiving inspectors, assigning activities and escalating issues to the Quality Supervisor as needed
• Train new hires on quality control procedures and standards
• Manage and coordinate quality control activities and projects
• Motivate and empower the team to achieve quality goals
• Develop, implement, and maintain quality control processes and systems
• Assist upper management in enforcing and ensuring compliance with relevant regulations, standards, and procedures
• Identify areas for improvement in quality control processes and systems
• Conduct quality audits and inspections to identify and address potential issues
• Implement corrective actions to address quality issues
• Maintain accurate and complete quality records
• Review quality reports and ensure compliance with documentation requirements
• Communicate quality issues and findings to relevant stakeholders
• Collaborate with other departments to ensure quality standards are met
• Provide feedback to improve quality and processes
• Interpret drawings, procedures, instructions, and specifications for determining the acceptance of the product undergoing inspection
• Prepare nonconformance reports for found defects and participate in root cause investigations to eliminate recurrence
• Assist in the training of other personnel as required by management or specific tasks
• Review Inspection and Test Plans as required
• Coordinate with third-party inspections
• Conduct daily safety/quality meetings

Requirements

• Minimum of two years of experience in quality assurance, quality control, or quality management
• Minimum of two years of experience with ISO-9000 or similar quality management systems
• Minimum of one year of experience with ASME Section VIII, IX, V, ASME B31.1, ASME B31.3, ASME B31.5, ASME B31.9, AWS D1.1, SSPC, or similar welding, construction, and quality codes

Education and Training

• High School Diploma or Equivalent
• Associates Degree in Applied Science or any other relevant field (engineering, science, quality management) is a plus

Minimum Requirements

• Ability to obtain Visual/Magnetic Testing Level II certification within six months of employment

Preferred Requirements

• Qualifications in NDE methods
• Certified Level II ISO 9001 trained

Physical Requirements / Work Environment

• Ability to lift up to 30 pounds occasionally and/or a negligible amount of weight frequently to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body
• Performs other physical activities including use of fingers, stooping, crouching, talking, hearing, and performing repetitive motions
• Visual acuity requirements include color, depth perception, and field of vision necessary to prepare and analyze data and figures, operate a computer terminal, and read and understand English
• The incumbent will be subject to shop environmental conditions