Founded in 1945, Barfield has six facilities located near airports in Miami (MIA), Phoenix (PHX), Louisville (SDF), Atlanta (ATL), Doral 1 (MIA) and Doral 2 (MIA), to satisfy the needs of customers operating commercial or regional aircraft in North, Central and South America. Barfield is part of the Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) network, a major MRO provider. With a workforce of 14,000, AFI KLM E&M offers technical support for airlines, ranging from airframe maintenance to engine overhaul and repair and supply of components.

Position: Inspector

Department: Quality Control

FLSA status: Non-Exempt

Reports to: QA Manager

General:

To make sure the shop complies with all applicable Federal Aviation Regulations, manufacturer’s specifications and recommendations.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintain and keep current a file of pertinent FAA regulations, Advisory Circulars, Type Certification Data Sheets, and Air-worthiness Directives.
• Assure that periodic checks are made of all inspection tools and test equipment used by the shop and to remove from service any item found to be beyond its recertification due date. Assure current records of those inspections and tests are maintained.
• Determine that no defective, unserviceable, or un-air-worthy parts are installed in any component or articles released by the shop.
• Notify Director - Quality of any circumstance requiring the execution of a malfunction and defect report. Such report will be filed by the Miami station within the prescribed time after the malfunction or defect has been discovered, or FAA will be contacted for instructions.
• Accomplish final acceptance of all incoming material including new parts, supplies and the airworthiness of articles on which work has been performed outside the shop by contract.
• Conduct preliminary, hidden damage, in-progress, and final inspection of all articles processed by the shop and record results as outlined in the manual.
• Oversee the proper tagging and identification of all parts and components as outlined in this manual.
• See that rejected and unserviceable parts are handled in such a way as to prevent their use as serviceable parts.
• Maintain files of completed work order and inspection forms in such a manner that the file pertaining to a specific item repaired can be readily located for review.
• See that all Life-Limited products, such as adhesive, sealants and lubricants are not kept beyond their “Do not use after” date.

Requirements and skills

• Knowledgeable with FARs
• Knowledgeable with inspection methods, equipment and tools to determine airworthiness of article or unit
• Able to perform inspections on maintenance, preventive maintenance or alterations done to articles
• Able to use mechanical, electronic and visual inspection aids
• Knowledge of ISO9000 series
• Knowledge of basic electronic theory
• 3 or more years of experience in aviation.

Essential Functions

• Understand, read and write English.
• Communication skills
• Organizational skills
• Knowledge of CMMs
• Read and interpret schematics
• Basic math knowledge
• Basic Microsoft and Excel

Education:

• Pre-employment related training records
• College education a plus

“All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.”