Chemical Processing Auditor - Independent Contractor

Overview

This Chemical Processing auditor position is an excellent opportunity for recent retirees or consultants that have knowledge of Surface Finishing and hands-on experience in Anodizing, Chemical Cleaning, Chemical Milling, Conversion/Phosphate Coating, Etching, Laboratory Evaluation, Paint/Dry Film Coatings, Plating, Stripping, Surface Prep Prior to Metal Bond, Surface Treatment/Passivation.

Our auditors enjoy traveling domestically and/or internationally, a flexible schedule (some auditors perform 1 or 2 audits a month, while others desire to audit every week), competitive compensation that includes a daily rate plus travel expenses, meeting new people and keeping in touch with technology and the latest developments, networking with other industry professionals.

Qualifications

The ideal auditor candidate will possess most of the following criteria:

• Bachelor's of Science Degree in Chemistry or Related Field
• Five Years "hands on" experience (preferably in the Aerospace Industry) with two or more of the following processes: Anodizing, Conversion/Phosphate Coating, Plating/Electro/Electroless, Paint/Dry Film Coatings, Chemical Cleaning, Chemical Milling, Etching, Laboratory Evaluation, Stripping, Surface Prep Prior to Metal Bond, Surface Treatment/Passivation
• Five years experience as an auditor (Aerospace Industry Preferred)
• Thorough understanding of aerospace chemical processing specs, processes, and equipment

WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Travel Required: Most audits are conducted on-site at clients’ locations.
• Physical Demands: Auditor is frequently required to walk and to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. The auditor is occasionally required to stand; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Work requires regular physical strain such as long periods of driving and flying. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close distance, distant vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, ability to hear and understand conversation in noisy environments and the ability to adjust focus.
• Work environment: Exposed to a combination of normal office type environments and shop environments. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate with regular exposure to shop elements such as very loud noise, moving parts, odor, dust, fumes, heat, cold or chemicals.
• Personal Protective Equipment: The performance of this position regularly requires exposure to a typical manufacturing area, under certain conditions that may require the use of personal protective equipment such as safety glasses with side shields, mandatory hearing protection, steel toe shoes and hard hats.