Installation Site Inspector & Designated Manufacturing Inspection Representative

Summary

Performs inspection of company-produced aircraft products and associated documentation, completes first article inspection reports, performs receiving inspection as required, records data, prepares formal reports, and completes FAA and customer-required certification documents.  Performs conformity certification tasks on behalf of the FAA.   

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Inspector

• Inspects company-produced aircraft products and associated documentation.
• Performs receiving inspection.
• Performs inspections on laboratory test samples.
• Completes first article inspection reports.
• Records data and prepares formal reports.
• Performs in process and final inspections.
• Assists with internal quality system audits when requested.
• Completes FAA and customer-required certification documents.
• Prepares inspection plans and instructions.
• Selects sampling plan applications.
• Analyzes and resolves customer related corrective actions.
• Analyzes quality costs and other quality data.
• Provides technical support to internal and mod center quality control, material, production and other department personnel.
• Identifies and recognizes process errors and initiates resolution using the appropriate quality forms.
• Supports customer reviews and meetings as required.
• Meets target hours and completes tasks to support aircraft mod schedule.
• Maintains a neat, organized work area and helps with the general daily housekeeping of the department.
• Maintains regular attendance including being at work, being on time to work and working full shifts.
• Other duties as assigned.

Designated Manufacturing Inspection Representative (DMIR)

• Assumes responsibility for performing authorized functions (i.e. part and installation conformity inspections), concerning products and/or articles, as produced and controlled by their employer’s production approval.
• Provides conformity inspection information to managing office in accordance with required schedule.
• Performs authorized functions in accordance with FAA directives, pertinent regulations, and any specific instructions conveyed by their managing office(s).
• The DMIR will maintain sound judgment and is empowered to administer relevant FAA regulations effectively without undue pressure or influence from Greenpoint organizational elements.        
• Performs functions only within the limits of their FAA authority.

Competencies

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

Greenpoint Core Competencies

• Adaptability - Adapts to changes in the work environment, manages competing demands, and accepts constructive criticism/feedback and changes approach or method to best fit the situation.
• Communications - Expresses ideas and thoughts effectively in verbal and written form, exhibits good listening and comprehension, and keeps others informed and uses appropriate communication methods.
• Dependability - Responds to requests for service and assistance, follows instruction and responds to management direction, takes responsibility for own actions and doing the best job possible, keeps commitments, and maintains reliable attendance.
• Initiative - Sets and achieves challenging goals, demonstrates persistence and overcomes obstacles, measures self against standard of excellence, recognizes and acts on opportunities, and takes calculated risks to accomplish goals.
• Teamwork - Balances team and individual responsibilities, exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views, gives and welcomes feedback, contributes to building a positive team spirit, and puts success of team above own interests.
• Work Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness, displays commitment to excellence, looks for ways to improve and promote quality, applies feedback to improve performance, and monitors own work to ensure quality.
• Safety– You observe safety and security procedures, you determine appropriate action beyond guidelines, you use equipment and materials properly, and you report potentially unsafe conditions.

Job Competencies

• Judgment – You display a willingness to make decisions, you exhibit sound and accurate judgment, you support and explain reasoning for decisions, you include appropriate people in decision-making process, and you make timely decisions.
• Problem Solving – You identify problems in a timely manner, you gather and analyze information skillfully, you develop alternative solutions, you resolve problems in early stages, and you work well in group problem solving situations.
• Relationship Building – You builds rapport up, down, and across the organization, you establish collaborative relationships to achieve objectives, you seek win-win solutions to conflict, you develop network of professional contacts, and you display empathy and tolerate diverse viewpoints.

Summary of Education, Experience & Certification

• High school diploma or equivalent, a minimum of three years of recent experience in either:
• Making conformity determinations or managing programs involving the determination that articles conform to the proposed type design; or
• Applying quality control methods and techniques to determine whether prototype articles conform to type design.

Experience should include knowledge of FAA-approved data, first article, in-process, and final assembly inspections; quality assurance requirements for special processes; destructive and nondestructive inspection methods; manufacturing processes; airworthiness assurance; development and implementation of quality control systems and procedures; and testing procedures.

Employees working on programs subject to International Traffic in Arms Regulations must qualify as a US Person which is defined as a US Citizen, a Permanent Resident who does not work for a foreign company/foreign government/foreign governmental agency or organization, or a political asylee for legal compliance purposes.

Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to work well independently and cross-functionally as part of an established and growing team.
• Familiar with Aerospace quality terms and concepts.
• Knowledge of aircraft parts and assembly.
• Strong communication, time-management and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints, engineer drawings and additional customer supplied data.
• Designees must be familiar with and have ready access to all appropriate FAA publications and documents.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Knowledgeable in mathematical operations and performing measurement conversions.
• Ability to identify the difference between accuracy and precision.
• Ability to use measuring devices required to complete inspection activities.
• Familiar with GD&T, and recognition of basic NDT terminology.
• General knowledge of ANSI Y14.5M-1994 and AS9100.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Applications.
• Ability to communicate in English (read, write and verbally communicate).
• Ability to travel as required.
• Ability to work outside of core business hours as required.

Physical Requirements

• Able to climb and work on step stools and/or ladders.
• Able to lift 25 lbs. without assistance/able to lift up to 100 lbs. with assistance.
• Able to reach overhead.
• Able to work in a non-dust-free environment.
• Normal or corrected vision (required to perform exacting tasks).
• Full range of motion with both hands.
• Can work in a stooping, kneeling or standing position and in cramped areas.

The expected WA salary range for this position is between $90,000.00 - $124,000.00 USD. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, education, location, and other factors permitted by law.