Qa Inspector 1/C

Job Title
QA Inspector 1/C
Location
Panama City, FL US (Primary)
Job Type
Full-time
Education
High School / GED
Travel
None
Security Clearance Required
None
Job Description
INTENT AND FUNCTION OF JOB DESCRIPTION
This job description is a general description of the essential job functions and is not an employment contract. Position requirements, skills, and abilities included in this job description have been determined to be the minimal standards recommended for the position. Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc. reserves the right to increase, modify, or reduce the position requirements, skills, and abilities included in this job description. The duties, responsibilities, and requirements described should not be interpreted as an all-inclusive or comprehensive listing of all activities, duties or responsibilities that are associated with this job. This job will report directly to the Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., OPC QA Manager.
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions. However, no accommodations will be made which may pose serious health or safety risks to the employee or others or which impose undue hardship on Eastern Shipbuilding. The headings in this Job Description are for convenience only.
POSITION SUMMARY
Under the direction of the OPC Quality Assurance Manager perform in process and final inspections on government and commercial shipbuilding projects and ensure the company processes, contractual requirements and QMS are adhered to. Interact and interface with the Company's Project Managers, Craft Superintendents, Foreman, Supervisors, Outfitting Coordinators, Subcontractors and Customer Representatives in the coordination and performance of quality inspections.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES MAY INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: Because Eastern Shipbuilding is continually growing to meet the needs of our customers; the essential duties and responsibilities may be different than described.

• Regular attendance at work and the ability to work flexible hours, including overtime, weekends and holidays.
• Excellent record retention from any inspections, checkpoints or Objective Quality Evidence (OQE).
• Monitors compliance with company Quality Management System, Workmanship standards and Contract requirements
• Comply with company, Federal, State, and local safety, ethics, and environmental rules, regulations and policies while performing duties.
• Document and report deficient work and make recommendations for corrective actions.
• Interact and interface with the Company's project construction team members, craft superintendents, and customer representatives, regulatory body inspectors in the coordination and performance of quality inspections.
• Responsible for verification of specifications, drawings, and shipbuilding standards to ensure compliance with specifications and material requirements.
• Schedules, performs and document various inspections including ship hull fabrication, module erection, tank close-out, tank leak testing, pipe fabrication, and machinery placement, etc.
• Perform and document in-process and final inspections as required by contract inspection plans as well as for Suppliers and/or Subcontractors.
• Conduct daily product verification inspections and surveillances to ensure compliance with contractual requirements.
• Work with minimal supervision.
• Conduct visual inspections of completed welds to assure they meet the acceptance criteria.
• Perform other duties as assigned by OPC QA Manager.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
This position has no supervisory responsibilities
Job Requirements
REQUIREMENTS
Education/Experience: High school diploma or GED equivalence plus three or more years of maritime/ship construction/repair and/or shipbuilding related industry experience desired. Previous experience in Quality Control (QC) and/or Quality Assurance (QA) required. Requires an understanding of government and/or commercial shipbuilding specifications.
An equivalent combination of educations and/or experience may be considered. An understanding and experience in welding and Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) Level II experience with PT/MT/UT to conduct visual inspections of completed welds to ensure they meet industry standards is desired. Experience in the shipyard of Electrical, Machinery, Piping, Outfitting, NDT, Welding or Mechanical may be considered.
Skills: Intermediate level Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook Express. Ability to read and understand documents such as blueprints, drawings, Safety rules, and government documents and regulations. Ability to read and comprehend written, verbal, or diagram forms or plans. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out written and verbal instructions. Effective verbal and written communications skills with the ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from supervisors, employees, and customer representatives. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure.
Behavioral Attributes: Ability to obtain and maintain a valid driver's license. Integrity, ethics, flexibility/adaptability, initiative, interpersonal skills, attention to detail, safety conscious, and multi-tasking. Maintain the confidential integrity of details pertaining to Eastern Shipbuilding Group.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Ability to obtain and maintain a valid drivers' license.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing throughout the workday. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Either natural or corrected near distance acuity in at least one eye such that you can read a minimum of Jaeger Number 1 or equivalent type and size letter at a distance on a chart but not less than 12 inches away using a standard Jaeger test chart. The employee must be physically and medically qualified to wear all required personal protective equipment, as prescribed under Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards. The employee must be able to work above ground at heights of a minimum of 50 feet aloft and/or working from scaffolding and/or man-lifts while working with machinery; in confined spaces and withstand extreme heat and cold in an outside climate or confined space.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The employee may be exposed to the risk of electrical shock, moving mechanical parts, vibration, fumes, airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, continual loud noise, and other hazards found in a heavy industrial shipyard environment. Rigorous compliance with safety procedures, policies, and personal safety equipment requirements is therefore mandatory.
We are equal opportunity/affirmative action employers, committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under state or local law.