QA Inspector Details

Exotic Metals - Kent, WA

Employment Type : Full-Time

Are you ready to join an industry-leading global company that believes in empowering its employees? Are you prepared to use your inquisitive nature and strong work ethic to help our team solve the world’s greatest engineering challenges?


A career at Parker is rife with rewards and opportunities. But a career at Parker is not for everyone. Finding success at Parker requires dedication and an insatiable desire to win. We seek very smart people who also have the equally impressive characteristic of humility. We solve our customer’s challenges as teams, working together to ask the questions that have never been asked before.


Parker understands that solving the world’s greatest engineering challenges requires an inquisitive and intelligent workforce, and we invest in our employees to ensure they are the best in the industry. Our global success relies on empowered employees operating in an environment that breeds ideas and solutions, and we take every possible action to ensure this happens.


Quality Assurance Inspector
An employee in this position will be certified to inspect and check parts to ensure compliance with documents, standards and customer requirements with limited oversight.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Visually inspect or check parts using a variety of precision measuring instruments.
  • Check dimensions and finishes against sketches, blueprints, manufacturing planning and specifications.
  • Interpret and follow written instructions, sketches, weld schedules, drawings and documents.
  • Perform all work in accordance with established standards and safety procedures.
  • Perform detailed first article inspections.
  • Train others.
  • Recommend modifications to inspection procedures.
  • Requires certification and stamp as Quality Assurance Inspector.
  • Work under limited oversight.


Required Skills

Required Experience


Skills and Experience:

  • Requires fundamental knowledge of inspection procedures and tools.
  • Capable of inspecting a broad variety of parts.
  • Requires a general knowledge of company specific manufacturing processes.
  • Reads and understands manufacturing planning, sketches, blueprints, and specifications as necessary to perform the job function.
  • Basic knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T); knows where to find this information at Exotic, and asks for help when necessary.


Working Conditions
Use of protective equipment such as safety glasses as required to prevent injuries.

Physical Requirements
Performs physical activities that require considerable use of arms and legs and frequent movement of the whole body, such as climbing, lifting up to 50 pounds, balancing and handling of material.


This position is subject to meeting export compliance eligibility requirements. Completion of a U.S. Export Compliance Notice is required. Prospective employees must identify their status as a U.S. or Foreign Person, as well as their country of citizenship and residence.

Exotic Metals Forming, Division of Parker Aerospace is committed to non-discrimination in employment and other opportunities. Exotic Metals Forming, Division of Parker Aerospace is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

Posted on : 3 years ago