Shop Inspection

Description:

Inspect, test, sort, sample, or weigh nonagricultural raw materials or processed, machined, fabricated, or assembled parts or products for defects, wear, and deviations from specifications. May use precision measuring instruments and complex test equipment during inspection process.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Discard or reject products, materials, and equipment not meeting specifications.
• Analyze and interpret blueprints, data, manuals, and other materials to determine specifications,
• inspection and testing procedures, adjustment and certification methods, formulas, and measuring instruments required.
• Inspect, test, or measure materials, products, installations, and work for conformance to
• specifications.
• Notify supervisors and other personnel of production problems, and assist in identifying and
• correcting these problems.
• Discuss inspection results with those responsible for products, and recommend necessary corrective actions.
• Record inspection or test data, such as weights, temperatures, grades, or moisture content, and
• quantities inspected or graded.
• Mark items with details such as grade and acceptance or rejection status.
• Observe and monitor production operations and equipment to ensure conformance to specifications and make or order necessary process or assembly adjustments.
• Measure dimensions of products to verify conformance to specifications, using measuring
• instruments such as rulers, calipers, gauges, or micrometers.
• Analyze test data and make computations as necessary to determine test results.
• Collect or select samples for testing or for use as models.
• Check arriving materials to ensure that they match purchase orders and submit discrepancy reports when problems are found.
• Compare colors, shapes, textures, or grades of products or materials with color charts, templates, or samples to verify conformance to standards.
• Write test and inspection reports describing results, recommendations, and needed repairs.
• Read dials and meters to verify that equipment is functioning at specified levels.
• Remove defects, such as chips and burrs, and lap corroded or pitted surfaces.
• Adjust, clean, or repair products or processing equipment to correct defects found during inspections.
• Clean, maintain, repair, and calibrate measuring instruments and test equipment such as dial
• indicators, fixed gauges, and height gauges.
• Stack and arrange tested products for further processing, shipping, or packaging and transport
• products to other work stations as necessary.
• Fabricate, install, position, or connect components, parts, finished products, or instruments for testing or operational purposes.
• Supervise testing or drilling activities.
• Grade, classify, and sort products according to sizes, weights, colors, or other specifications.
• Position products, components, or parts for testing, or direct other workers to position them.
• Make minor adjustments to equipment, such as turning setscrews to calibrate instruments to required tolerances.
• Set controls, start and monitor machines that automatically measure, sort, or inspect products.
• Interpret legal requirements, provide safety information, and recommend compliance procedures to contractors, craft workers, engineers, and property owners.
• Compute defect percentages or averages, using formulas and calculators, and prepare reports of
• inspection or test findings.
• Administer tests to engineers and operators to assess whether they are qualified to use equipment.
• Disassemble defective parts and components, such as inaccurate or worn gauges and measuring
• instruments, using hand tools.
• Compute usable amounts of items in shipments and determine prices, based on quantities and grade assessments.

Requirements:

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Associates Degree (two-year college or technical school)
• 1-2 years related inspection experience
• Must be proficient in operation of a computer and using Microsoft word, excel, and outlook.

RAM Aviation, Space & Defense is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law. In addition, it is the policy of RAM Aviation, Space & Defense to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees who have protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances where a particular employee works.

We welcome former military and law enforcement applicants!

Due to ITAR requirements RAM can only employ US Citizens, Naturalized Citizens and Permanent Resident Alien Card Holders.