Quality Inspector A (Contract)

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Job Description:

This position is a temporary (contract) position with no specific time period but could be extended or shortened as needed. Contractors are employed by a 3rd party vendor and placed on assignment to Airbus in America.

Airbus Helicopter's is looking for a Quality Inspector A to join the quality team in Grand Prairie, Texas.

In this role, you will be responsible in ensuring compliance with Airbus Helicopters Inc. policies, procedures and Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) and/or European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) regulations as.  You will perform preliminary, hidden damage, in-process and final inspections; performs receiving inspections approving or rejecting incoming materials through established receiving inspection processes while recording quality inspection results.

Meet The Team:

From building to servicing the next generation of aerospace, our team focuses on quality, productivity and efficiency. We ensure the highest quality of care and safety is built into each aircraft we assemble and maintain. Our team members make it happen.

Your Working Environment:

A suburb just outside the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area is home to Airbus Helicopters U.S. regional headquarters, where we have more than 1,000 employees. Check out one of the seven professional sports teams that also call Dallas home - you may even see a special, custom Airbus helicopter dedicated to the Dallas Cowboys flying during home games.

Your Challenges:

Inspection: 60%

• Perform required technical inspections to receive or reject incoming material, airframes, aircraft components and to detect/report suspected unapproved parts

• Perform in-process inspections for components in electrical back-shop, manufacturing, composites, MRO and paint shop to judge the serviceability or rejection of manufactured parts, electrical components, and paint

• Perform detailed inspections of manufactured components such as but not limited to dimensional checks and acoustic tap testing

• Inspect aircraft aluminum, titanium or steel structures for cracks, corrosion, damage and improper assembly.

• Determine proper shimming and joining of structures with rivets or other hardware in accordance with design drawings, engineering disposition, and other approved data

• Detect hidden damage during inspections of airframe structures, components and sub-assemblies that could occur during shipping, receiving, or manufacturing

• Verify build of aircraft system wiring harnesses, connectors and electrical terminations as per design drawings 

• Physically and systematically quarantine non-conforming components and assemblies identified during inspections

• Monitor the use of Measuring and Test Equipment to ensure it is well maintained and current relative to its calibration cycle

• Perform stock inspections/purges when notified of possible non-conforming/suspected unapproved material

• Evaluate and disposition sales returns

• Select product samples and check them using appropriate methods (measuring dimensions, testing functionality, comparing to specifications etc.) to validate conformity to approved drawings and manuals

• Accomplish in-process and final quality inspections for conformity, maintenance, repair, modification, rework and overhaul of aircraft components and sub-assemblies

• Perform conformity inspections for Supplemental Type Certificated (STC) development projects, parts manufacturer approval (PMA) parts