Quality Control Inspector - 3rd Shift

Quality Assurance – 3rd Shift (Inspector, Receiving, In-Process & Final)

Interested in an opportunity to join a leader in the pump industry? The Gorman-Rupp Company, headquartered in Mansfield, Ohio, has been designing, manufacturing, and selling pumps and pumping systems for use in water, wastewater, construction, industrial, original equipment, agriculture, fire protection, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning, and other liquid-handling applications for over 80 years. This position is located at our main plant at 600 South Airport Road in Mansfield, Ohio. The working hours will be from 9:30 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Training

Position Summary

Perform diversified duties involved in checking a wide variety of purchased, customer returned goods, machined, in-process, welded/fabricated, subassemblies and final assembled components of the company’s full range of products and associated equipment as assigned to ensure conformance to quality standards and specification requirements.

Essential Functions and Basic Duties

Assumes responsibility for ensuring proper procedures and policies are followed to inspect incoming, in-process and final parts and components.

• Work from department procedures, checklists, reports, blueprints, engineering/MIL specifications, records, and attribute data.
• Use common hand tools, torque and impact wrenches, and other tools as necessary for checking, disassembly, or uncrating purposes.
• Use a number of fixtures and variety of measuring instruments, scales, micrometers, dial indicators, calipers, height, depth, thread gages, and use continuity type gages for ordinary electrical checks.
• Operate hoist or lift trucks as required to move, relocate, or position work inspected. Obtain available assistance for heavy loads.
• Observe prescribed practices at inspection stations located throughout Gorman-Rupp.
• Promptly advise supervision of critical problems encountered in duties performed.
• Remedy ordinary difficulties within scope of duties performed.
• Hold rejected items as prescribed for determination by others as to disposition.
• Move work, place into storage, or advise other department personnel as required in relocating approved parts or units.
• Inspect purchased or interplant processed components or assemblies for conformity to specified requirements.
• Make visual checks for apparent damage, missing items, or other discrepancies.
• Perform dimensional checks as to allowable tolerances, relationship of holes, and other related configuration measurements as necessary to approve or reject incoming items.
• Perform customer returned goods bench or floor inspections.
• Determine cause of product failure, defective components, or parts of similar nature.
• Check for apparent abuse, inadequate maintenance or other problem areas as well as misapplication of products involved.
• Discuss and/or refer unusual situations to others, supervisors, engineering, or service personnel as necessary to properly identify and resolve customer problems in an equitable manner.
• Check new, unused returned parts.
• Determine acceptance, avoid returning unacceptable or obsolete customer returns to stock.
• Perform fabricated parts inspection involving a normal range of products such as bases, frames, guards, or other similar components.
• Make checks for proper fusion of metals, penetration, distortion, correct size and other weld characteristics.
• Check for proper metals, overall and interrelated measurements and location of holes, stiffeners, mounting pads, and other safety related elements as specified.
• Advise of rework required.
• Inspect in-process pump or fiberglass manufactured parts, subassemblies and final assembly work.
• Assure assemblers correctly use all required, properly calibrated torque wrenches, gages, and other checking devices as prescribed.
• Make sample visual and/or dimensional checks of production work.
• Ensure accuracy of work performed by others.
• Perform prescribed checks and/or minor calibration of own or other department inspection and production tools and gages.
• Maintain required records.
• As necessary, perform duties or assist others to determine dimensional problems, defective parts, and errors of work involved in various operations.
• Visually inspect for proper paint, coverage, film thickness, finish, preservation or protective coating, export, MIL standard markings, decals, nameplates, inclusion of loose or spare parts, and prescribed packaging/crating as required.
• Witness standard and government test as assigned.
• Follow all company safety policies/practices and report any unsafe conditions observed to your supervisor.

Assumes responsibility for maintaining inspection equipment and maintaining work area.

• Detect and report faulty equipment, materials, or unusual conditions to proper supervision.
• Observe all prescribed or standard safety rules and regulations.
• Maintain work area(s) and equipment used in a neat and orderly condition.
• Perform other similar or related duties as assigned or directed.

Education/Certification
High school graduate/G.E.D. ASQ-CQI certification a plus.

Experience Required

One (1) year of quality inspection experience equivalent to Gorman-Rupp QA Department activities or two (2) years machine trades experience using a variety of precision mechanical measuring devices.

Required Knowledge
Basic MS office applications, reading comprehension, shop math

Skills/Abilities
PC skills, Use of company ERP system as applicable to the position, use of a variety of precision measurement devices, read, analyze and interpret drawings, work orders, instructions, BOMs and departmental procedures.

Effective oral and written communication skills, problem solving abilities.

Physical Activities and Requirements of this Position

Requires standing, sitting, walking, bending and lifting a maximum of 40 lbs.

Working Conditions

Typical manufacturing environment with exposure to moderate internal temperature fluctuations and humidity, noise, exposure to lubricants, cleaning agents, layout fluids and die penetrants approved for use in the factory.

Testing Requirements

Passing Grade of Job-Specific Skills Test and Work Keys

Drug Screening, Physical and Background Check

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift

Work Location: In person