Quality Inspector - Certifying Staff

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Job Description:

Satair is looking for a Certifying Staff Quality Inspector to join our team based in Sterling, VA.

You will be part of the team to perform receipt and evaluation inspections of complex components and assemblies using pre-set inspection plans. You will also ensure compliance with all associated quality procedures, airworthiness control plans, and quality management system requirements.

Your working environment:

Located minutes away from the Washington Dulles International Airport, and approximately 30 miles from the U.S. Capitol, this site serves as our major parts distribution hub in the Americas. The facility is a 24/7 fulfillment center, with an Aircraft on Ground (AOG) support desk, and Quality Assurance (QA) operations. To best support our customers, our 20,000-square-foot warehouse features a brand new technology called Autostore, aiming at increasing productivity.

How we care for you:

• Financial Rewards: Competitive base salary, incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”)
• Work/Life Balance: Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program.
• Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans), prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”) and other supplemental benefit coverages. 
• Individual Development: Upskilling and development opportunities through our global Leadership University, including unlimited access to 10,000+ e-learning courses focusing on ways to develop your employability, certifications, career path as well as the opportunity to participate in accelerated development programmes and both national and international mobility.

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and accessibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

Your challenges:

• Using existing aerospace knowledge and expertise to inspect varieties of finished articles to ensure conformance with FAA/EASA/TCCA Part 21 specifications and established quality standards, including customer requirements.
• Review, analyze, and approve aerospace articles that have been maintained under FAA/EASA/TCCA regulations and/or received special certification processes.
• Perform inspection procedures and issue TCCA Form 1 on all New Articles manufactured under ASQR 4.6. All inspections shall be performed in accordance with Satair’s QAD 3.8.4.6.1CS, Quality Management System, Airbus QAD and SAP inspection plans.
• Accept the responsibility for a rotating 24-hour “On-Call” shift schedule.

Your boarding pass:

• Minimum of 5 - 7 years of aviation maintenance experience and knowledge of aircraft operations, systems and practices OR 5 - 7 years of manufacturing experience under one of the following: FAA FAR Part 21, EASA Part 21G TCCA Part 21.
• FAA Airframe & Powerplant license preferred but not required.
• Familiarization with aerospace quality control and quality assurance systems.
• Familiarization with First Article Inspection.

Citizenship:

• US Citizenship is required

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