Quality Control Inspector - Eddie Kane Steel Products
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
About the Job
Eddie Kane Steel Products has been a family owned and operated business providing exceptional service in the steel industry for over 24 years. The company motto has always been to "Treat others as you would have them treat you" and we are in search of a full time Quality Control Inspector.
General Description: Responsible for ensuring quality products leave our production facility. Key responsibilities include part inspection, document collection and verification, quarantining non-conforming material, root cause analysis and corrective action of rejections.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
- Visual and physical spot inspections of products received and produced (Nuts, Washers, Bolt Threads, Flame Cut Steel Plate).
- Visual inspection of anchor bolt cage welds.
- Ensure inspected products meet company quality requirements and safety standards.
- Perform inspections using tape measures, micrometers, calipers, thread gages, comparators, weld inspection tools, etc.
· File and maintain all inspection and other quality documents.
· Maintain equipment calibration and measuring & testing equipment.
· Monitor and control non-conforming material.
· Evaluate problems, determine root causes, and make recommendations for possible corrective actions.
· Ensure identification and traceability of all finished goods in the yard.
- Work with engineering to make sure all customer quality specifications are being met.
- Perform projects as assigned by Corporate Quality and Service Engineer.
- Other duties as assigned.
Required Knowledge and Skill Sets:
- Excellent (English) oral and written communications skills .
- Good interpersonal skills, phone manners and the ability to work with others.
- Ability to establish positive relations with customers and vendors as necessary.
- Ability to provide guidance, in a constructive manner, in the event of a non-conformance.
- Basic reading and mathematical skills (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division).
- Proficient with tape measure and other measurement tools (micrometer, caliper, straight edge, etc.).
- Knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, and Basic Data Entry.
- Good organizational, planning and time management skills.
- Steel Manufacturing background (preferred).
- Welding/VT Inspection Experience/Certification (preferred).
- Working knowledge of AWS D1.1 / D1.4 welding code (preferred).
- Ability to interpret ASTM/ASME Code as they apply to the product (preferred).
Education/Experience:
- High School Diploma or equivalent
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- Associates Degree or equivalent (preferred)
- Quality Inspector Experience (preferred)
- Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing Methodology (preferred)
Expectations:
- Familiarity with all EKSP forms, documents, reports related to your job function, including but not limited to forms and reports related to NCM, inventory, logistics, & production/operations departments
- Maintain neat and accurate written documentation as required
- Communicate all pertinent job related information to supervisor/manager on a daily basis
- Forward-thinking while learning from errors, with focus on quality and customer service, solutions and continual improvements
- Focus on efficiencies and time- and labor-saving steps; cost reduction; increased profitability
- Conduct job duties in a safe and efficient manner. Abide by all safety policies and guidelines.
- Maintain a clean and safe work environment at all times
- Promptly report any accidents, incidents, near misses or hazardous conditions to your supervisor
- Performs all duties as assigned
- The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee may be required to frequently lift and/or move steel products.
- Prioritize daily duties and tasks throughout the workday and week as needed.
- The employee will be expected to walk or stand for prolonged periods of time.
- The employee will be expected to work frequent overtime to include 10 hour shifts and some Saturdays.
Pay rate: $18.00 to $22.00/hour
The health and safety of our Eddie Kane Steel Products employees is of the utmost importance to us and ensure that we have all PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) and hand sanitizer available to our employees, take employee, visitor and vendor temperatures, disinfect all common areas, practice social distancing and washing hands throughout the day to maintain a safe and healthy work environment!
**NO AGENCIES ** NO CALLS **NO WALK IN's
Eddie Kane Steel Products is a family owned business and has been a well known vendor in the steel industry for over 24 years. With it's corporate offices located in Sea Girt, New Jersey, the company has 7 plants throughout the United States located in: North Carolina (2), Ohio, New Jersey, California, Alabama and Kentucky
As a steel service center and distributor of hot-rolled prime and non-prime steel plate, Eddie Kane Steel sells on- and off-gauge, pattern and non-pattern plate sizes, ranging in thickness from 3/16 to 8 inches. Eddie Kane Steel maintains a diverse inventory of prime and non-prime steel plate and, for its strategic customer partners, stock inventory of custom-made parts. Value-added products include OEM parts, counterweights, and steel burn outs for diverse industries, including the waste industry, general building construction, transportation, agricultural and industrial equipment, drilling, theatrical stage, and elevator industries.
Eddie Kane Steel’s flagship processing facility in Ohio (180,000 square-foot warehouse and production plant) has a crane capacity up to 100 tons and has full rail access. The North Carolina and California facilities are also fully served by rail.
Eddie Kane Steel’s processing capabilities include high-definition plasma and oxy-fuel flame cutting, shearing, bending, drilling, punching, welding, beveling, Blanchard grinding, stress relieving, and light machining. With two plasma burning machines (including high-definition plasma machines), plate thicknesses up to 14 inches can be cut. Our oxy-fuel cutting capabilities include several multi-torch multi-head machines with several hundred feet of cutting surface. Through close partnerships with vendors offering proven high-quality workmanship, we provide services such as painting and coating, stamping, embossing, slitting, sawing, turning, annealing, leveling, and pressing.
Eddie Kane Steel's diversified product range, processing capabilities, and regional facility locations benefit our customers time-wise and cost-wise. We ship anywhere in the US, Canada, and Mexico. Eddie Kane Steel’s logistics department maintains strong relationships with the best transportation companies in the country, which translates to reliable service for our customers.
