Quality Inspector - 1st Shift - Columbia, CT

Come Build The World With Us!

This is the career you’ve been waiting for your whole life. Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 58,000 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black & Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

Who You Are

The successful candidate will perform all the required inspections on product to assure compliance to CAM’s Quality System, Specifications and Customer requirements for Industrial and Military/Aerospace products.

Key Responsibilities

• Following general inspection guidelines to conduct critical non-routine visual, dimensional, mechanical, and functional inspections on a wide variety of components, assemblies and materials.
• Inspecting in-process production by confirming product meets applicable drawings and specifications.
• Inspecting finished products by confirming product meets drawings and specifications; conducting visual and measurement tests; documenting and communicating required corrections and ensuring defective product is not delivered to the customer.
• Conducting visual and measurement tests.
• Maintaining inspection records and documentation in accordance with government, customer, and company standards.
• Inspecting incoming materials by confirming product meets drawings and specifications; conducting visual and measurement tests; documenting and communicating rejections of unacceptable items.
• Documenting and communicating required corrections.
• Assisting Quality Assurance during internal audits and customer audits as needed.
• Ensuring quality standards are met.
• Maintaining a safe working environment by ensuring compliance with procedures and safety regulations.
   

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Proficient using hand measuring instruments (micrometers, calipers, height gages, optical comparator etc.)
• Proficient in applying the principles of GD&T for blueprint / model interpretation and acceptance activities.
• Ability to read engineering and manufacturing drawings
• Responsible for conducting First Article, In-Process, Final inspections and accurate report generating utilizing AS9102 FAIR format.
• Experience with Quality Management System principles ISO 9001: 2008, AS 9100D etc.
• Generate and maintain nonconformance reports and records.
• Participate in Corrective Action processes, including containment plans, root cause analysis, corrective countermeasures, and providing objective evidence for verification / closure.
• Accurately document the results of inspections and issue Certificates of Conformance.
• Maintain and archive controlled document files and records in a timely and accurate manner.
• Participate in internal and external audit activities as needed.
• Provide feedback on the quality aspects of parts and assemblies to QA and Production.
• Ability to interact with Production for communicating inspection results
• Ability to work well with others and maintain a professional environment.
• Review contracts, purchase orders, drawings, travelers, shop instructions and other planning for quality requirements.

Education/Experience

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• 2+ years inspection in a manufacturing environment, aerospace experience is a plus.

The Details

• Competitive salary $23 - $27.
• Medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off and tuition reimbursement
• Discount on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.

And More

• Grow: Be part of our global company with 20+ brands to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.
• Learn: Have access to a wealth of learning resources, including our Lean Academy, Coursera® and online university.
• Belong: Experience an awesome place to work, where we have mutual respect and a great appreciation for diversity, equity and inclusion.
• Give Back: Help us continue to make positive changes locally and globally through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.

All qualified applicants to Stanley Black & Decker are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran’s status or any other protected characteristic.

We Don’t Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too.

Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 58,000 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

Who We Are 

We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company. 

Benefits & Perks

You’ll get a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits plan that includes medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, retirement benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Paid Time Off, including paid vacation, holidays & personal days, and tuition reimbursement. And, of course, discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and products and well as discount programs for many other vendors and partners.

What You’ll Also Get

Career Opportunity: Career paths aren’t linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.

Learning & Development: 
Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).

Diverse & Inclusive Culture:
We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too.

Purpose-Driven Company:
You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.

EEO Statement:
All qualified applicants to Stanley Black & Decker are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran’s status or any other protected characteristic.

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