QUALITY INSPECTOR I

Description

The Quality Inspector performs incoming inspection of materials and components to ensure compliance with purchase orders, codes, and project specifications. Verifies documentation, traceability, and material condition, including dimensional and visual checks. Conducts PMI, maintains inspection records, and ensures proper storage and preservation. Identifies nonconformances, raises NCRs, and manages quarantine controls to maintain material integrity.

Job Requirements

• Review PO, packing list, MTRs, COCs, calibration certs.
• Verify heat numbers, part numbers, tags, labeling.
• Check dimensions vs drawings.
• Check for damage, corrosion, coating defects, cleanliness.
• Verify material meets ASME/ASTM/Project spec.
• Complete Positive Material Identification & create reports.
• Maintain traceability from receipt to fabrication.
• Generate NCR for non-conforming materials.
• Maintain Quarantine Log.
• Verify correct storage & preservation requirements.

Required Skills

• Candidate must be fluent in English. (Spanish a plus)
• Ability to read mechanical drawings (basic level).
• Possess good presentation and communication (written and verbal) skills.
• Competency with Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat is required.

Required Experience & Education

• 3 or more years’ experience as a Quality Inspector, Testing Technician, or Production Process Lead in a facility with a certified QMS (ISO 9001, API, etc.) 
• 1-2 years of experience in quality inspection, warehouse, or fabrication environment
• Basic understanding of material receiving, inspection, and documentation review (POs, MTRs, COCs)
• Exposure to traceability practices (heat numbers, tagging, labelling) preferred
• Familiarity with NCR reporting and handling nonconforming material is a plus
• Experience working in a shop or industrial environment preferred
• High School Diploma or GED equivalent required.
• Associate or Bachelor's Degree in a related field preferred.
• American Society for Quality, Certified Quality Control Inspector (CQI) preferred.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to lift/move materials (typically up to 25–50 lbs with assistance as needed)
• Standing and walking for extended periods in shop/yard environments
• Ability to work indoors and outdoors (exposure to heat, humidity, noise)
• Capability to perform close visual inspections and basic measurements

Offered Benefits

•  401(k)
•  Medical, dental, and vision insurance
•  Basic Life, AD&D, Short and Long Term Disability insurance
•  Voluntary benefits
•  FSA and HSA
•  PTO

W-Industries is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We ensure that no applicant for employment or employee is denied an equal opportunity based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, status as a parent, national origin, age, disability (physical or mental), family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit-based factors.

W-Industries is a participant of E-Verify. E-Verify is an Internet-based system that compares information entered by an employer from an employee’s Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, to records available to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration to confirm employment eligibility.