Senior Quality Inspector

Location Profile:

Walden's Machine offers a complete range of products and services including high speed machining (3, 4 & 5 axis medium/complex aluminum and hard metal machining), kitting, assembly and integration, decorative coatings, airfoil/propulsion structures specialist and global supply chain management. Walden's is a 24 hour facility and is staffed with 340 employees.

Walden's has a reputation for market leading performance and responsiveness in high speed machining. Some of their well-known customers included, but are not limited to, Boeing, Bombardier, Spirit Aerosystems, Bell Helicopter, Airbus, and GE Aviation. The Company is fully certified for IS0 9001 and hold Revision "C" registration for AS9100.

Position Summary:

Works without supervision and will demonstrate expert understanding of Geometric Dimension and Tolerancing (GD&T) methods per ASME 14.5. Demonstrates expert level blueprint reading and manufacturing/inspection related math skills and the ability to program Coordinate Measuring Machines/Scanners (CMM). In addition, will demonstrate the ability to review and critique AS9102 reports. May be expected to provide leadership and assistance to lower level inspectors as well as provide input in creating new inspection processes. Typically 5+ years of experience.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Work with NC programmers to develop CMM programs
• Create mechanical inspection processes and procedures
• Review and critique AS9102 reports created by lower level inspectors
• Customer Liaison for Discrepant Parts, Tag write ups and defect descriptions.

Required Skills:

• CMM programing
• Advanced competencies in mechanical inspection techniques
• Ability to create diagrams, bubble drawings
• Technical writing (2 years plus), ability to create detailed work instructions and customer communication
• Computer proficiency in required software (MS Suite, CATIA, PC-DMIS, etc.)

Required Experience:

• Requires evidence of successfully mastering level three competencies and at least three years of experience in the aerospace industry.
• Typically 5+ years of experience

Level of Education:

• GED or High School diploma preferred but not required.
• Certification or two year degree preferred but not required.

With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability - not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.

PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.