**IPS – RMB Products** is seeking a **Quality Inspector (2nd shift)** who develops, implements, maintains, and evaluates quality assurance systems, procedures, and processes to ensure all products and materials meet company and customer standards, specifications, and quality expectations. The employee has the authority to reject and prevent discrepant parts from being moved to next manufacturing operation, and to place product on hold for management review before being shipped to customer. This position will require over time.
**About IPS:** Integrated Polymer Solutions (IPS) is a leading developer and manufacturer of advanced materials and engineered components, focused exclusively on high-value end markets such as aerospace, defense, medical, semiconductors, robotics, energy, and industrial applications. The group consists of 9 highly respected brands: AkroFire, ABBA Roller, Icon Aerospace Technology, IRP Medical, MAST Technologies, Northern Engineering Sheffield (NES), RMB Products, Rubbercraft, and Swift Textile Metalizing (STM). Our product range includes elastomeric seals, gaskets, tooling, hoses, ablatives, survivability tiles, coatings and tapes, EMI and thermal shielding, electrically conductive metalized fabrics, encapsulated O-rings, as well as polyamide foams and high-temperature thermoplastics for aircraft interiors. We also provide rotational lining for corrosion protection with seamless liners for pipelines and equipment, and additive manufacturing capabilities for advanced flight hardware production.
**Job Accountabilities:** Excellent understanding and practice for inspection, testing of materials and product qualities such as dimensional, mechanical visual, and performance characteristics. Stays current on industry standards by maintaining certifications or education. Ability to trouble shoot both in process and field returns for root cause of defect. Maintains all aspects of ISO 9001:2000 and AS9100:2001 quality system registration by ensuring that company follows all requirements of the standards in relation to job duties. Performs necessary calculations to determine angles, tolerances, dimensions, and measurements. Prepares parts for customer source inspectors by coordinating assembly of required documentation, which may include inspection reports, drawings, bills of materials, process specifications, purchase orders, material certifications, and shipping paperwork. Assists source inspector as required. Identifies appropriate parameters, functions, and data to test and validate. Identifies and communicates issues raised, offering recommended solutions relevant to business and risk for any dimensional, process, or quality discrepancies discovered during the inspection process. Investigates documents, and analyzes faulty processes and provides input for their resolution to managers and the QA Team. Performs 1st article, in-process and final inspections of subcomponents and assemblies, and documents results of those and other inspections as required. This will include requirements as they relate to the Aerospace industry’s standards and documentation. Designs, installs, and evaluates quality assurance process sampling systems, procedures and statistical techniques - Design implement, and execute test plans/cases based on product functional specifications. Presents results of investigations to senior staff and is required to prepare written reports concerning investigation activities citing and explaining appropriate defects that do not align with internal policies, customer guidelines, compliance and/or other regulations. Provide timely feedback on issued before parts leave the line. Establishes filed and computer databases to retain inspection acceptance/rejection reports and data.