Associate Quality Inspector

Leonardo DRS, Inc.•West Plains, MO

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Leonardo DRS Land Systems business is a recognized leader in the design and integration of complex technologies into new and legacy systems and platforms for global military and commercial customers. We are a 5 year running Top Workplace in the Greater St. Louis area. This role involves performing inspection activities to assess the conformance of products to design specifications, inspecting products, components, subassemblies, and systems to ensure they meet requirements, and creating organizational value by implementing innovative solutions and best practices. The position also includes assisting Quality Engineers with identifying non-conforming conditions, preparing inspection plans and checklists, generating discrepancy notices, initiating Material Review Board actions, and performing material movement transactions. The role may specialize in various inspection areas such as receiving, in-process, process verification/auditing, or final inspection. Additionally, the Associate Quality Inspector will support, communicate, reinforce, and defend the mission, values, and culture of the organization.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED
General knowledge of relevant manufacturing standards (such as J-Std-001/IPC-A-610) or common mechanical techniques (such as geometric dimensioning and tolerance practices)
Ability to use various measurement devices (calipers, pin gauges, go/no-go gauges, etc) to verify mechanical part compliance
Ability to read mechanical and electrical drawings and able to verify parts dimensions against drawing requirements
Ability to effectively interpret data and present as information and respond to questions from engineers and other technical staff

Responsibilities

Perform inspection activities to assess conformance of products to the design as defined by the engineering drawings and/or models
Inspect products, components, subassemblies, and/or systems to ensure conformance to requirements
Create organizational value by implementing innovative solutions and best practices involved in all processes of the product realization value stream
Assist Quality Engineers with identifying non-conforming conditions of products that present existing or impending defective conditions at the system or subsystem level of assembly
Assist Quality Engineers prepare inspection plans and checklists for inspection
Generate discrepancy notices and initiate Material Review Board actions
Perform material movement transactions after completing inspection process
May specialize in receiving inspection, in-process inspection, process verification/auditing, final inspection, etc.
Support, communicate, reinforce and defend the mission, values and culture of the organization