Quality Control Inspector I

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

Power Your Career with Purpose at ESL Power Systems

At ESL Power Systems, we’re more than a workplace — we’re an employee-owned community committed to building high-quality electrical solutions and strong careers. When you join ESL, you don’t just take a job — you become an owner, sharing in the success you help create.

Our Values Drive Everything We Do

Our culture is grounded in five core values that guide how we work, collaborate, and grow:

• Ownership – We think long-term and take pride in our work.

• Adaptability – We embrace change and solve problems together.

• Teamwork – We win as one team across departments.

• Continuous Improvement – We’re always learning and getting better.

• Excellence in Customer Experience– Quality and accountability matter.

These values aren’t just words — they show up in our daily decisions, our teamwork on the floor, and how we support one another.

Why ESL?

• Employee Ownership (ESOP): As an employee-owned company since 2019, ESL contributes annually to your ESOP account at no cost to you — allowing you to build long-term wealth alongside company growth.

• Meaningful Work: Your contributions directly support critical electrical infrastructure projects that power communities and industries.

• Career Growth and Stability: We’re a growing company with strong leadership, long-term vision, and meaningful projects. From training to internal growth opportunities, we invest in building careers, not just filling roles.

What We Offer

We support our employee-owners with a competitive and comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage

• 401(k) with company match

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

• Bonus potential tied to company performance

• Paid Time Off, holidays, and work-life balance

• Training, development, and recognition programs

• Year-around employee engagement events

Join a Company Where People Come First

At ESL, we believe work should be challenging, rewarding, and human. We celebrate wins, support growth, and foster a workplace where people feel valued and connected.

Join ESL Power Systems — where your work has impact, your voice matters, and your career grows with ownership.

SUMMARY

Performs receiving, fabrication, in-process, final, and return material inspections under the general supervision of the QC Manager or senior QC personnel. Verifies that products and materials including fabricated metal components, wiring assemblies, and finished electrical assemblies meet drawing requirements, specifications, workmanship standards, and customer requirements using established inspection methods, work instructions, and test procedures. Conducts standard electrical testing (120V–480V), maintains accurate documentation, creates DMRs, processes RMAs, and communicates discrepancies through established channels. This position requires strict adherence to electrical safety procedures while performing testing on equipment ranging from 120V through 480V using equipment such as Hi-Pot testers, Megger testers, load banks, multimeters, current clamps, phase rotation testers, and other electrical test equipment. Safety, quality, and compliance with established procedures, work instructions, and testing protocols are essential functions of this role.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

· Perform receiving, in-process, final, and RMA inspections per established procedures.

· Read and interpret drawings, schematics, specifications, and quality documentation.

· Verify dimensions, material types, finishes, labels, quantities, assembly workmanship, and wiring against requirements.

· Conduct electrical testing (120V–480V) using Hi-Pot testers, Meggers, multimeters, phase rotation testers, and load banks.

· Perform receiving inspections using AQL sampling plans.

· Process inspection transactions in Epicor/MES and maintain accurate records.

· Create DMRs and evaluate RMAs per department procedures.

· Capture and upload photographs and supporting documentation for traceability.

· Assist with padmount inspections and point-to-point verification.

· Identify and communicate discrepancies to appropriate personnel.

· Follow all established quality, safety, and testing procedures.

RESPONSIBILITIES

· Maintain compliance with energized testing procedures, barriers, and PPE requirements.

· Support inspection activities across both buildings as required to meet business needs.

· Adhere to all department protocols, safety requirements, and work instructions.

· Support torque calibration and preventive maintenance of inspection equipment.

· Maintain a clean, organized work area per 5S standards.

· Document inspection and test results accurately in required systems.

· Communicate nonconformances to Leads, Supervisors, and Engineering as needed.

· Participate in continuous improvement activities.

· Assist with training and contribute to work instruction development where proficiency is demonstrated.

· Perform other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

· 1–2 years of relevant experience.

· Working proficiency reading technical drawings, schematics, and specifications.

· Foundational knowledge of QC principles, inspection techniques, and industry standards.

· Proficient with standard measuring tools and test equipment (calipers, multimeter, etc.).

· Ability to follow SOPs, Work Instructions, and verbal direction.

· Strong attention to detail; ability to identify and report discrepancies.

· Basic math skills and data recording accuracy.

· Computer proficiency including Microsoft Office and ERP/MES systems.

· Effective written and verbal communication skills.

· Ability to work independently within established processes.

· Ability to travel locally as needed

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be: 

Standing 35%, sitting 10%, walking 25%, computer use 15%, bending 15%, 

stooping 10%, lifting up to 50 lbs.

· Work with ladders up to 12 feet.

· Wear common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes and safety glasses

WORK ENVIRONMENT

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to normal operating working conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with illnesses or disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) becomes effective January 1, 2020. The legislation was signed into law in 2018, and the draft proposed regulations were made available for public comment on October 10, 2019. While not yet finalized, the draft regulations do provide important guidance to affected businesses and California residents about how to implement the new CCPA law.

• Provides California residents with new rights to protect their personal information that is collected, used, shared or sold by certain businesses.
• Businesses subject to CCPA must comply on or before January 1, 2020.
• Covered businesses include certain for-profit entities doing business in California, including those who are and are not located in the state of California that meet certain conditions
• Requires businesses to provide notice before or at time of collection of personal information

The California CCPA grants California residents several new rights intended to provide consumers with more control over their personal information and how it is used. These include the right:

• To know what categories of personal information is collected, used, shared or sold, including the business purpose.
• To delete personal information in possession of the business and/or associated third party service provider.
• To Opt-out of the sale of personal information; and
• To non-discrimination in pricing or service when consumer is exercising CCPA privacy rights.

A business subject to California’s new CCPA law is any business that:

• Is a for-profit entity.
• Does business in the State of California.
• Collects personal information from California residents.
• Meets one of the following:
  • Has annual gross revenues over $25,000,000.
  • Buy, receive for commercial purposes, sell or share for commercial purposes personal information of 50,000 or more consumers, households or devices.
  • Derive at least 50% of annual revenues from selling consumers personal information.
• In addition, an entity that owns more than 50% of a business and shares common branding with the business is subject to the CCPA requirements.

Businesses subject to the CCPA are required to meet certain obligations under the new law, including comprehensive notice requirements. A covered business must provide a notice to consumers before or at the time personal information is collected. Employers subject to the CCPA must also provide notices to job applicants, contractors, new hires and current employees that are California residents. Notices must include specific details about the personal information collected by the business and meet other requirements, some of which includes:

• The categories of personal information collected.
• The business purpose of collecting and the use of the personal information.
• A link or web address to access the business’s privacy policy.
• Notice must be accessible to those with disabilities or provided in alternative way.
• New notice is required prior to collecting new categories of personal information.
• Businesses cannot use personal information other purposes not previously disclosed, unless they disclose and receive consent from California resident.
• Create procedures to respond to consumer requests, maintain records of requests and responses and verify identity of the requestors.
• Meet training and additional record-keeping requirements.

Under the CCPA, a consumer is defined as a “natural” person who is a California resident. For California CCPA purposes, any person who is a California resident and an employee of a business subject to the new law is a consumer of the business employing them. As such, employees (including, job applicants and contractors) are entitled to the consumer privacy rights provided under the regulations, except where certain temporary exceptions apply.

While the intent of the law is positive, it does not come without unintended consequences. For example, the CCPA’s “right to delete” personal information conflicts with other laws at the state and federal level in the employer setting. If an employer were to delete an employee’s personal information, upon the employee’s request pursuant to the CCPA; there is a greater potential for the employer to not be in compliance with several other laws related to labor, tax, employment and immigration.

To address the unintended consequences of the CCPA, legislation under AB 25 was enacted to provide a temporary exemption to some of the CCPA requirements when related to personal information used for employment purposes. During the period from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020, personal information considered employment data is exempt from most of the CCPA requirements. However, businesses subject to the CCPA are still required to comply with the CCPA privacy notice requirements for all applicants, employees and contractors. The one-year exemption only applies to personal data used for employment related purposes and does not apply to any other personal information a business may collect for other business purposes.

Business subject to the CCPA should document how they collect personal information and for what purposes the information is used, so that this information can be included in the business’s CCPA privacy notices. Paylocity has prepared a California Consumer Privacy Act Resource Guide to provide clients with additional materials and resources. The guide includes FAQs related to the application of the CCPA in the employment context, sample job applicant notices and employee notices. Additional guidance is also available to our clients on how to add the privacy notices for applicants and employees to their Recruiting and Onboarding modules. We encourage all employers subject to become familiar with the law’s requirements and to seek legal guidance to address questions on how to comply with the law.

This information is provided as a courtesy, may change and is not intended as legal or tax guidance. Employers with questions or concerns outside the scope of a Payroll Service Provider are encouraged to seek the advice of a qualified CPA, Tax Attorney or Advisor.