Quality Inspector

About Us:

ALCOM’s impressive growth has been driven by a dedicated team committed to producing the highest-quality aluminum trailers across every category. From our beginnings with a single flagship facility in Winslow, Maine, we’ve expanded to four manufacturing plants across the country. This strategic growth not only strengthens our dealer network but also creates valuable career opportunities, fosters innovation, and enhances our ability to deliver top-tier products with faster turnaround times and lower freight costs.

Our team proudly manufactures 160 standard trailer models, covering a wide range of applications—including cargo, personal watercraft (PWC), horse and livestock, car haulers, snowmobile, landscape and utility, ATV, and motorcycle trailers. We don’t just build trailers; we customize solutions, ensuring our dealers receive open and enclosed models tailored to their customers' needs.

At ALCOM, we take pride in what we build and how we build it. Our success is the result of hardworking, skilled employees who share our passion for craftsmanship and innovation.

POSITION SUMMARY:

Inspects materials and products, such as sheet stock, trailer parts, or components, and finished trailers for conformance to specifications by performing the following duties.

FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Examine material or product for surface defects such as cracks, pits, and incomplete welds.

• Compares the product with the parts list or sample model to ensure completion of assembly.

• Verifies specified dimensions of product or material.

• Rejects defective parts, and marks the type of defect on the part, container of parts, or inspection tag.

• Interprets engineering drawings, diagrams and confers with management or engineering staff to determine quality and reliability standards.

• Selects products for tests at specified stages in the production process, and tests for a variety of qualities such as dimensions, performance and mechanical characteristics.

• Operates any diagnostic equipment needed to perform the job

• Performs all other duties as needed by the supervisor.
   

Responsibilities/Measurements:

• Accuracy of inspection comparing the finished product to the work order

• Input data accurately via iPad to multiple document sources
   

Knowledge, Mental Effort, Communication Requirements:

• High School diploma or general education degree (GED) required.

• 1 year of previous experience in a quality role.

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to read and interpret tape measures.

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving variables in standard situations.

• Above average interpersonal skills with the ability to resolve conflict amicably.

• Ability to communicate issues verbally and in written form.

• Above-average time pressure of decision-making.
   

Physical Requirements:

• Standing – up to 75%

• Walking – up to 80%

• Lifting – up to 50 pounds occasionally

• Bending – up to 15%

• Climbing – approximately 15%

• Crouching – up to 15%

• Kneeling – up to 10%

• Above average coordination, including eye-hand, hand-foot and balance

• Normal dexterity of hands and fingers with average repetition

• Sight with the ability to distinguish color

Alcom USA is proud of its diverse workforce and welcomes employees who speak one or more languages. As a necessity to safely and efficiently perform business operations, employees must be proficient in speaking and understanding English. Alcom will assess the level of fluency required on a job-by-job basis. Employees must be able to speak and understand English for job-related communications and are otherwise welcome to speak their native or other language in the workplace.