Reporting to the Quality Assurance Manager, the Quality Control Inspector is directly accountable for product control including final inspection, in process inspections, documentation and control of non-conforming material; control and verification of production process changes, tooling control, and control of monitoring and measuring devices.  

Key Responsibilities:

• Acquire knowledge of process specifications and materials
• Implementation and continual improvement of product inspection plans
• Perform in-process and final inspection of detail parts, minor and structural assemblies, plans their execution, documentation, and record retention
• Perform inspection duties to ensure all products, processes and services comply with applicable airworthiness, Company, or customer quality requirements
• Manage nonconforming material control in accordance with company’s quality assurance procedures
• Provide assistance in quality review of Engineering Masters
• Liaise with quality engineering, methods engineering, design engineering and supply chain to develop resolutions and implement root cause corrective actions to technical or quality problems
• Manage the control of monitoring and measuring (inspection and test) devices in accordance with established company’s quality assurance procedures
• Actively participate and contribute as a member of the quality assurance team
• Monitoring, measuring and communicating product and process metrics
• Propose and support improvement projects related to quality assurance procedures
• Participate and support corrective action request as a result of nonconforming trend analysis

Qualifications:

• Transport Canada accredited College Diploma in Aeronautics is required an asset
• Transport Canada Aircraft Maintenance Engineer’s license (AME) is an asset
• Technical degree or diploma in Aerospace Engineering is an asset
• A minimum of 2 years aerospace specific quality inspection and or equivalent
• A minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience in an inspection, production, or handling product role
• Experience in the maintenance of De Havilland DHC1 thru DHC6 aircraft types is an asset
• Working knowledge of Canadian Aviation Regulation CAR 561, 571 and CAR Std. 57,561
• Understanding of Certificates of Conformance (CofC) issues by part makers and Airworthiness Release Certificates (FAA 8130/TCAA Form One/Easa Form 1)
• Experience in continuous improvement
• IFS ERP system experience (or similar i.e. Total FBO, TRAX etc.) for the control and issue of aeronautical parts and materials is an asset

Skills:

• Must have a strong attention to detail skills
• Knowledge and ability to read and understand complex aircraft design drawings/blueprints and perform measurements/testing of parts made to these designs
• Strong focus on both internal and external customer service with excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Good understanding of Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc.