Do you enjoy working on a team, open communication and focusing on Quality? Do you have the ability to read engineering drawings and technical documents? Have you utilized dimensional and tolerance measurement tools in your past roles? If so, this might be the perfect job for you! We are looking for an experienced Quality Inspector in Knoxville, TN with excellent communication skills! If this sounds like a great match, submit your resume with a quick online application today!
As a family-owned business for over 80 years, Magnum Venus Products (MVP) is a global manufacturer of fluid movement and production solutions for industrial applications in composites and adhesives. MVP provides equipment for the marine, infrastructure, pool and bath, oil & gas, transportation, aerospace, and wind industries. What benefits do we offer? We offer a culture of transparency with values focused on Family, Friendly, Forward. We recognize that success takes everyone, we communicate openly, and we drive innovation to inspire passion and to have fun at work! In addition, we also offer a full package of benefits including; Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Disability Plan, 401k, 13 days of Paid Time Off, 9 Company-paid holidays and 2 Floating holidays.
In this role, you will develop inspection processes and support creation of product inspection and sampling plans, perform inspections, analyze trends, and report findings. You will also manage Receiving, In-Process, Final and Return Inspections. In addition, you will participate on Material Review Board (MRB), supplier audits, or plant improvement projects.
What You Will Do:
- Develops inspection processes; including determining the appropriate gage for specific applications, programming and operating inspection equipment/devices, developing first article inspection criteria, and creating Acceptable Quality Level (AQL) based sampling plans
- Support creation of product inspection and sampling plans, perform inspections, analyze trends, and report findings
- Receiving inspections:
- Coordinate resolution for non-conformances up to and including supplier audits
- Enter receiving data into tracking system and/or route reports to QA and Purchasing
- Review Material Test Reports (MTRs), Certificates of Conformance (COC), or Certificates of Analysis (CoA) for variances
- Inspect purchased materials against business and compliance requirements
- In-Process inspections (Pre-Unit Assembly or Pre-Shipment Unit Assembly): Conduct planned and unplanned audits/inspections on assigned processes during manufacturing process and record findings.
- Final inspections (Pre-shipment): Conduct fabrication, machine shop, and/or final assembled product inspections to confirm quality of outgoing finished goods (may include analysis of welds, finish, markings, components or configuration and packaging standards with visual inspection and/or analysis tools).
- Return inspections (Post-shipment): Assess and document condition of product returns from customers and ensure findings are communicated for commercial resolution.
- Participate on Material Review Board (MRB), supplier audit, or plant improvement projects
What You Will Need:
- High school degree or GED equivalent and 2 years as a professional inspector and/or equivalent experience.
- Basic computer skills and effective communication and organizational skills
- Ability to read Engineering drawings and technical documents.
- Experience using dimensional and tolerance measurement tools (calipers, micrometers, plug and thread gages, ID/OD gages, Mil thickness testers, optical comparator, tape measure)
- Ability to read signs and differentiate colors, perform visual inspections and the ability to see color, close, along with distant and peripheral vision and depth perception
- Ability to work in a noisy, fast-paced environment where forklifts and other machinery and ability to lift and/or carry objects weighing up to 50 pounds
What We Would Like:
- Professional inspection related certifications (CMI)
- Experience programming and using analytical test or measurement equipment, supplier audits
- Experience with supplier audits.
- Exposure to best practices in Quality and to Epicor ERP software
- Reach truck, forklift, and/or electric pallet jack experience
Magnum Venus Products, Inc. is committed to compliance with its obligations under all applicable state and federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. In keeping with this commitment, it attempts to reasonably accommodate applicants and employees in accordance with the requirements of the disability discrimination laws. It also invites individuals with disabilities to participate in a good faith, interactive process to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made without imposing an undue hardship. Magnum Venus Products, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.