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Inspector - All Levels - Night Shift
Requisition ID 2022-7366
Category Quality Assurance/Control
Segment Kaman Aerospace
Shift Shift 2 - 12%
# of Openings 1
Overview
Since our founding in 1945, Kaman has had a mindset of constant improvement and creativity. In this way, we fulfill our most important responsibility: providing our customers with solutions to their critical technical and systems challenges. With the resources to pursue large scale endeavors, we continue to recognize and encourage each person's ability to create significant change.
We have opportunities for Inspectors at all levels on night shift to join our team in Bloomfield, CT. This position will perform basic inspection activities of product, materials, first piece inspection and in-process monitoring as assigned. This position reports to the Value Stream Manager/Sr. Team Leader on work assignments to meet production schedules. The position will have a dotted line reporting relationship to the Sr. Team Leader, Quality Assurance regarding quality issues.
The night shift hours are generally 3:30pm-12:00am for 8 hour shifts or 3:30pm-1:00am for 9 hour shifts. Kaman has great benefits, including vacation and paid holidays with a paid week shutdown at the end of the year.
Kaman Specialty Bearings & Engineered Products, a division of Kaman Corporation, located in Bloomfield CT, is a leader in the design and manufacture of high technology mechanical products, such as self-lubricated bearings and driveline couplings, used in aviation, marine, hydropower and other industrial applications.
Invested in our future together.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
All levels:
Inspection B: All of the above responsibilities at a proficient level with the ability to
Inspection A: All of the above responsibilities at a highly proficient level with the ability to:
Qualifications
Education:
Experience:
Skills/Abilities Essential to the Position:
Physical Demands:
Frequent mental and visual attention
Occasional (15-40%) lifting and moving materials up to 50 lbs
#KAM
kamatics corporati
Kaman Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Minority/Female/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veteran and Affirmative Action Employer
Kaman Corporation considers for employment and hires qualified candidates without regard to age, race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law. Kaman Corporation and all of its related companies fully endorse equal opportunity for all. Kaman provides reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in job application procedures and/or process. Please inform us if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process. For more information, please click here for a notice that provides information concerning the laws and procedures for filing complaints of violations of the laws with the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP).
Positions at Kaman require access to information or technology that is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). These laws limit access rights for non-US Persons or other unauthorized individuals. Therefore, applicants may be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship, U.S. Permanent Residence, or U.S. Immigration Status. All such inquiries are asked solely to comply with ITAR and EAR export licensing requirements.
PI196783816
Requisition ID 2022-7366
Category Quality Assurance/Control
Segment Kaman Aerospace
Shift Shift 2 - 12%
# of Openings 1
Overview
Since our founding in 1945, Kaman has had a mindset of constant improvement and creativity. In this way, we fulfill our most important responsibility: providing our customers with solutions to their critical technical and systems challenges. With the resources to pursue large scale endeavors, we continue to recognize and encourage each person's ability to create significant change.
We have opportunities for Inspectors at all levels on night shift to join our team in Bloomfield, CT. This position will perform basic inspection activities of product, materials, first piece inspection and in-process monitoring as assigned. This position reports to the Value Stream Manager/Sr. Team Leader on work assignments to meet production schedules. The position will have a dotted line reporting relationship to the Sr. Team Leader, Quality Assurance regarding quality issues.
The night shift hours are generally 3:30pm-12:00am for 8 hour shifts or 3:30pm-1:00am for 9 hour shifts. Kaman has great benefits, including vacation and paid holidays with a paid week shutdown at the end of the year.
Kaman Specialty Bearings & Engineered Products, a division of Kaman Corporation, located in Bloomfield CT, is a leader in the design and manufacture of high technology mechanical products, such as self-lubricated bearings and driveline couplings, used in aviation, marine, hydropower and other industrial applications.
Invested in our future together.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
All levels:
- Perform visual and dimensional inspection of various mechanical components and assemblies to close tolerance. Perform first piece and in-process inspection in assigned value stream.
- Identify defects in surface, dimensional, visual and non-conformities (material, documentation and workmanship) to blueprints and Kamatics' quality standards. Report non-conformance of materials or unusual conditions to Quality Supervisor and cell leader.
- Use a variety of conventional and advanced inspection devices and other instruments to verify dimensions to drawing specifications.
- Perform all responsibilities within productivity and quality expectations. Follow work procedures.
- Maintain records, data and logs as necessar via computer files, etc
- Provide leadership/training as needed. Ensure that production schedules are met.
- Maintain clean and safe work environment. Follow safety and environmental procedures and regulations. Report safety incidents to supervisor.
- Make recommendations for improvements to work processes and procedures. Contributes to 5S programs in work area.
- Provide a high level of service to all internal and external customers. Contribute to positive teamwork environment.
- Perform other duties as assigned. Participate in training/learning other positions. Accomplish related results as needed.
Inspection B: All of the above responsibilities at a proficient level with the ability to
- Identify and measure GD&T items (roundness, parallelism, concentricity, runout, perpendicularity, flatness, total runout)
- Condut CMM operations to inspect product
- Provide leadership and ensure production schedules are met.
Inspection A: All of the above responsibilities at a highly proficient level with the ability to:
- Create inspection forms such as IMS, first article and other related forms.
- Prepare products and related paperwork for presentation to customer or source inspection.
Qualifications
Education:
- All levels required a high school degree or equivalent (GED)
Experience:
- Inspector A - minimum of 4 years of inspection experience in a manufacturing environment or demonstrated equivalent expereince
- Inspector B - minimum of 3 years of inspection experience in a manufacturing envionment or demonstrated equivalent experience
- Inspector C - minimum of 1 year of inspection experience in a manufacturing environment or completion of an inspection trainee or certification program
Skills/Abilities Essential to the Position:
- Shop math knowledge
- Basic to expert knowledge of complex blueprints including a solid to deep understanding of GD&T
- Ability to use basic precision instruments, to coordinated measuruing machines depending on position level
- Basic to expert knowledge of Inspection Method Sheets and First Article Inspection
- Attention to detail
- Communication both written and verbal (speaking, questioning, listening)
- Customer focus, occasional interface with internal and external customers
- Dependability is a must
- Initiative
- Problem Solving
- Basic to expert knowledge of complex blueprints including exposure and deep understanding of GD&T
- Results oriented
- Solid Teamwork
Physical Demands:
Frequent mental and visual attention
Occasional (15-40%) lifting and moving materials up to 50 lbs
#KAM
kamatics corporati
Kaman Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Minority/Female/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veteran and Affirmative Action Employer
Kaman Corporation considers for employment and hires qualified candidates without regard to age, race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law. Kaman Corporation and all of its related companies fully endorse equal opportunity for all. Kaman provides reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in job application procedures and/or process. Please inform us if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process. For more information, please click here for a notice that provides information concerning the laws and procedures for filing complaints of violations of the laws with the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP).
Positions at Kaman require access to information or technology that is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). These laws limit access rights for non-US Persons or other unauthorized individuals. Therefore, applicants may be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship, U.S. Permanent Residence, or U.S. Immigration Status. All such inquiries are asked solely to comply with ITAR and EAR export licensing requirements.
PI196783816