Essential Duties and Responsibilities
CERTIFICATIONS, RECEIVING

• Review product certifications for release acceptance or discrepancy resolution
• Receive purchased material in system
• Apply and release quality hold status of product as applicable.
• Scan certifications and testing reports into the operating system
• Process and administrate requests for certification updates

INSPECTION

• Conduct inspection of product when required or requested
• Inspect and resolve questionable material issues involving product integrity
• Assist with inspection layout, set-up as needed
• Understand and apply measuring techniques with internal operating procedure and equipment

NONCONFORMING PRODUCT

• Identify and quarantine nonconforming material
• Enter/Maintain vendor rejection reports
• Process and provide follow up for supplier rejections
• Maintain corrective/preventative action system
• Schedule QIR/Training meetings with both the Production and Sales Departments as needed
• Schedule meetings, as needed, to resolve non-conforming and process issues
• Conduct follow-up actions regarding QIR/Customer Complaints issues until matter is resolved
• Issue Return/Scrap Authorizations
• Investigate and resolve non-conformities

SPECIFICATIONS AND SUPPORT

• Assist with customer quality system requests and approvals
• Assist with the quality orientation for new employees
• Support sales with certification and compliance requests
• Support operations and production with order and material technical needs

• Perform periodic specification revision check for updates

EQUIPMENT

• Oversee the inspection and measuring of test equipment
• Maintain identification of the testing equipment and documentation providing traceability and calibration frequency

SUPPLIERS

• Initiate and maintain the ongoing assessment and approval of subcontractors
• Perform periodic audits of suppliers and subcontractors

CUSTOMER AND REGULATORY SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES

• Oversees and coordinates management of testing using outside approved resource
• Responsible for administration of supplier release program
• Assist as needed with compliance audits
• Maintain approvals and certifications
• Assist with internal, customer and regulatory audits

OTHER

• Maintain a full understanding of United Performance Metals' Quality Manual, Operating Procedures, and Work Instructions: How they relate to AMS, ASTM, AISI, AS9100 and ISO-9001 Requirements
• Continued education and training of metals applications, industry requirements, and customer focus activities
• General housekeeping in accordance with the quality expectations
• Assist as needed with internal audits

Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience
College degree or coursework and at least 3 years related experience and/or training
Aerospace experience is a must.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)