QC Inspector I

Our Company: C/A Design is part of the Heico Companies, and in the aggregate, Heico’s businesses generate more than $3.2 billion in revenues. C/A Design is a global leader in innovative thermal management solutions for a diverse range of markets. Building on over four decades of leadership and experience, C/A Design manufactures and sells thermal management products that remove excess heat generated by electronic components.

Our Mission: Our businesses have made an all-encompassing commitment across all levels of the organization to never sacrifice safety. Deliver industry-leading quality, and on-time delivery while providing an exceptional customer experience. Position ourselves as a leader in the industry through technological advancements and supply chain excellence. Promote a culture of success and excellence through collaboration, accountability, transformative, and shared belief in our vision.

Summary:

The QC Inspector I performs all quality inspection, review, and sorting functions of parts made by C/A Design. This position requires excellent communication and collaboration with employees in a cross-departmental capacity. The QC Inspector I plays a pivotal role in supporting and serving as a technical resource to the production team to address and resolve issues related to quality. 

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Strive toward a culture of proactive safety
• Perform incoming inspections to disposition material shipped by suppliers
• Strive toward a culture of proactive safety
• Perform final and in-process inspections to disposition material
• Record, summarize, and report on inspection & non-conforming data
• Ensure all gauges and test equipment are verified
• Document non conformances, root causes and corrective actions in QCBD.
• Support development of root cause and corrective actions for internal/external defects
• Acts as a technical resource to production addressing issues related to quality
• Independently able to read blueprints & measure parts using shop gauges
• Perform product inspections including First Article Inspections
• Support production team as needed to solve issues as they arise
• Interpret customer requirements per drawings and relay information to team members
• Other duties as assigned

Experience & Requirements:

• High School diploma or GED required
• Minimum 2 years of experience using quality instruments to measure parts
• Minimum 1 year of experience in machining/manufacturing environment
• Proficiency with MS Office – Word & Excel 
• Understanding of Metrology, CMM
• Experience interpreting GD&T data on prints
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong quantitative, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Knowledge and experience with ISO9001:2008, AS9100 Quality Management System

Physical Demands:

Frequent mental and visual attention where the flow is intermittent with intermittent checking. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms.   The employee is frequently required to stand and occasionally required to walk, sit, kneel, crouch, or crawl.   The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Reasonable accommodations can be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Environment:

While performing the essential functions of this position, the employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and is exposed to airborne particles and chemicals.   The noise level is usually moderate. 

The employee is required to wear safety glasses, earplugs and safety shoes.

Note:  This job description provides an outline of the essential functions and qualifications necessary for this position.  It is not all-inclusive, and duties may change, be added or deleted according to business need.