Tool & Gage Inspector

With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability - not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.

PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.

PURPOSE:

Under supervision, maintain, control, and calibrate all measuring and test equipment (M&TE) used to determine conformance to product quality requirements.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Perform calibration of M&TE in accordance with ANSI Geometric and Tolerancing Specifications and the Groton Calibration Manual.
• Use standard inspection equipment and the coordinate measuring machine to perform calibration.
• Make routine repairs of gauges and fixtures. Coordinate non-routine and specialized repair with the responsible engineer.
• Maintain the Recall system using the tooling files on the main computer system. Accurate documentation of this system is required by both internal and external sources.
• Issue weekly calibration reports to notify supervisors and engineers of overdue calibrations and calibrations coming due.
• Work with supervisors and leads of all departments to plan the recall of M&TE around production demands.
• Order new and replacement gauges and maintain a stock of the more commonly used gauges.
• Establish an adequate vendor base and work with these vendors to design specialty gauges for unique applications.
• Coordinate calibrations through third party vendors for calibrations that cannot be performed in-house. This will include communicating requirements with vendors, creating purchase requisitions, shipping parts, and reviewing vendor calibration certificates for accuracy.
• Create fixture drawings for jobs which have missing fixture blueprints.
• Assist the Layout department in performing first piece layout inspection and other miscellaneous duties of a layout inspector as required.
• Support audits by presenting the calibration system including requested records and data to internal and external auditors in a professional manner.
• Maintain tool and gauge area in a clean and orderly manner.

SPECIAL SKILLS AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Familiarity with CMM inspection.
• Proficient with various types of dimensional inspection equipment. This includes, but is not limited to dial calipers, micrometers, thickness gauges, height stands, and sine plates.
• Must be able to perform the dimension inspection requirements of any equipment activated by the recall system.
• Basic understanding of ANSI Y 14.5 M 1994 specification and the ability to read complex customer blueprints in addition to fixture blueprints.
• Must have a basic understanding of shop math and be able to solve simple right angle trigonometric problems.
• Must be comfortable with the use of computers for maintaining the recall system, recording data, and creating purchase requisitions.
• Must be organized and able to keep track of a large number of gauges and tools.
• Will have the ability to extract and/or create drawings using Solidworks.
• Must possess the ability to evaluate and document inspection findings.
• Use of judgment to plan and perform unusual and difficult work, including use of computerized databases, writing technical reports, creating drawings using Solidworks and evaluation of inspection findings.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS:

• Reports directly to the QMS Supervisor.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• High school diploma
• Trade school diploma preferred.
• Minimum of three years of manufacturing experience including the use of various hand tools and gauges and an understanding of general industry requirements related to calibration and tool use.