**Job Title: Quality Specialist** **Job Description** Our client stocks over 1 million part numbers for OEMs, MROs, and airlines and offers end-to-end services that reduce cost, risk, and complexity. The site in O'Fallon is a distribution center where they receive 3rd party manufactured parts, perform quality inspections on them, and then ship to manufacturing facilities. **Responsibilities** + Verify routine product conformance to design requirements. + Provide objective evidence of results. + Perform auditing, surveillance, and monitoring. + Identify and document discrepancies. + Segregate and control non-conforming items. + Perform preliminary review and disposition of non-conformance. + Conduct product review with customers during product or process verification. + Identify repetitive or significant non-conformances and initiate requests for corrective action. + Inspect incoming parts/material and outgoing orders to verify that certification is correct. + Check parts for processing and special orders using micrometers, gauge controls, calipers, and indicators. + Provide mentorship throughout the Inspection team. + Conduct dimensional inspections per design record and documented AQL levels. + Conduct visual inspections for obvious defects. + Review and disposition all certification documentation to meet traceability requirements per AS9100 and Company Quality standards. + Communicate with vendors as needed for disposition and control of non-conforming products. + Obtain and maintain Customer Designated Supplier Quality Representative Stamps for at least three customers. + Review and approve First Articles from suppliers. + Perform First Articles for submission to customers. + Identify and communicate opportunities to increase inspector productivity and assist with RCCA activities. + Assist in internal, customer, and third-party audits. **Essential Skills** + 2-4 years of related work experience (4-6 years preferred) + Equivalent combination of formal education, on-the-job training, and/or work experience + Previous aerospace inspection experience + Experience in QA inspection methods and procedures, including First Article Inspection + Fluent in English (reading, writing, and verbal communication) + Strong analytical, organizational, and troubleshooting skills + Required to pass documented color and near vision exam + Knowledge of AS9100 requirements + Experience in the usage of calipers, ring/pin gages, comparator, and Smart scope + Proficient PC skills and use of Microsoft Office products (Outlook, Excel) + Understanding of Six Sigma / team concepts + Advanced GD&T Skills – Optical Comparator, CMM, Layout, Vision Scope Systems + Ability to manage multiple and competing priorities **Additional Skills & Qualifications** + Inspection + Quality control + Quality assurance + Aerospace + Aviation + FAA compliance + Distribution center + Export compliance + Quality processes + Experience performing quality inspections within the Aerospace industry + Use of calipers and micrometers + Visual inspection + Quality check + Document control **Why Work Here?** The site is conveniently located right off 40/64 in O'Fallon, providing easy access. The facility is climate controlled, ensuring a comfortable working environment. Employees benefit from working at a recognized name brand company with opportunities for growth and development. **Work Environment** 1st shift, Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm, climate-controlled facility. Overtime projected, details TBD. **Job Type & Location** This is a Contract position based out of O'Fallon, Missouri. **About Aerotek:** We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow. Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.