Quality Control Inspector - Kempton Park at Wabtec Corporation

Primary Objectives:

• Set up and operate test equipment
• Control and monitoring of measuring and test equipment and ensure all measuring equipment are within their calibration schedule or status.
• Evaluate engineering proposals, shop drawings and design comments to ensure conformance with established safety and design criteria, and recommend approval or disapproval
• Do regular reporting on findings, keep record of all operations and test reports
• Collaborate with production personnel to identify, define, and solve quality problems
• Conduct daily inspections of incoming goods, in-process, final process and pre delivery parts.
• Conduct FAI inspections at suppliers’ premises for quality control and assurance programs.
• Compile a report to highlight any equipment failures, product defects, materials and identify the cause of errors or other problems
• Conduct internal and Supplier quality audits and compile a report, follow up on closing of open Audit items.
• Conduct Weekly/Monthly inspections and compile a report
• Daily/Weekly NCR reports to be updated and sent to the necessary stakeholders.
• Liaise with production supervisors to Plan for daily in-process and final inspections
• Join daily Gemba meetings to align business deliverables (Daily/weekly/monthly targets)
• Analyse and interpret test information
• Plan method and sequence of operations for testing parts and assemblies
• Reporting, Monitoring and following up of internal and external non-conformances
• Achieve quality targets.
• Daily requirements/ inspections:
• Weld inspections
• Paint inspections & Process
• Incoming Part / component inspections/ dimensional measuring
• CMM (coordinate measuring machine) ability to operate the measuring equipment to perform measuring of components.
• Finished goods inspections

Formal Education/Training

• N6 / Technical qualification

Essential work skills

• 5 – 10 years as a quality inspector & auditing background
• Ability to solve practical problems
• Adherence to company policies and procedures including Quality Assurance and safety
• Knowledge of Health and Safety Legislations
• Computer literacy (MS Office)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Sound verbal and written communication skills  
• QC Audit experience
• Experience of Quality Management System
• Pneumatic experience / QC inspection recommended.
• Brake components manufacturing experience / QC inspection will be an advantage.
• Experience with physical tools such as vernier, micro-meters, multimeter.
• Experience with quality tools such as 5 Why, G8D, Root cause analysis.