Receiving Quality Inspector

PGS Worldwide is seeking a Receiving Quality Inspector in Chandler, Arizona for an approximately six-month onsite contract-to-hire role supporting a leading aerospace & defense company. This position will perform incoming inspection of flight-critical hardware and supplier documentation to ensure materials meet contractual, configuration, dimensional, and quality requirements before release to production.

Required Skills

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Knowledge of receiving inspection for proper part identity and dimensional conformance.
• Experience or knowledge of visual inspection for defects or damage such as corrosion, cracks, dents, scratches, and pits.
• Ability to make pass/fail acceptance decisions on inspected material.
• Ability to accurately maintain inspection records.
• Familiarity with quality documentation such as purchase orders, blueprints, engineering drawings, inspection instructions, and checklists.
• Knowledge of AS9100 or an equivalent aerospace/defense Quality Management System.
• Familiarity with Supplier Quality Assurance Requirements (SQAR) and quality-code application in a government-contract environment.
• Ability to perform visual, dimensional, and documentation-based inspection.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• No security clearance required to start.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with TIPQA inspection management systems, including inspection records, NCR initiation, and inspection closure.
• Experience with Deltek Costpoint for purchase-order lookup, quality-routing verification, or receiving activities.
• Experience with SAP inspection codes or a comparable ERP receiving/inspection module.
• IPC-A-610 Certified Inspection Specialist (CIS) or Certified IPC Trainer (CIT).
• Familiarity with IPC-A-600 requirements for printed wiring board inspection.
• CCAP or AS6081 training related to counterfeit-component detection and avoidance.
• Experience supporting Material Review Board activities in an AS9100 or DCMA-oversight environment.
• Previous experience in quality assurance, supplier quality, receiving inspection, aerospace, or defense manufacturing.

What You'll Do

• Inspect incoming flight-critical hardware including electronic components, printed wiring boards, RF cable assemblies, commercial components, and furnished equipment.
• Verify supplier documentation including Certificates of Conformance, test data, lot traceability, and applicable quality requirements.
• Perform inspection activities in accordance with quality specifications, work instructions, and program requirements.
• Create and complete inspection records within applicable quality systems.
• Verify required quality-routing and inspection status before accepting material.
• Initiate Nonconformance Reports for material that does not meet requirements.
• Support Material Review Board documentation and disposition activities.
• Perform visual, dimensional, and documentation-based inspections.
• Place material on hold when documentation, configuration, or quality concerns remain unresolved.
• Support root-cause and corrective-action activities related to supplier or receiving-quality issues.
• Work with Procurement, Supplier Quality, and Production teams to resolve documentation and material discrepancies.

Work Schedule / Shift

• Full-time onsite in Chandler, Arizona.
• 9/80 A schedule.

Pay

• $32.30 per hour.

Job ID: 1898

Military veterans and transitioning military members are encouraged to apply to all PGS Worldwide positions. All of our jobs are military-friendly, and we work with leaders in Aerospace who rely on your military expertise to support mission-critical programs nationwide. As a Veteran Founded company, we know that the military has given you the skills and training you need to succeed in positions like this, and we want to support your success in the civilian sector however we can. We thank you for your service and humbly offer our own in return by helping you take your career to the next level.