OPC QA Lead

This job description is a general description of the essential job functions and is not intended to be an employment contract. Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. maintains its status as an at-will employer. Position requirements, skills, and abilities included in this job description have been determined to be the minimal standards required to successfully perform the position. Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc. reserves the right to increase, waive or reduce these minimal standards. In no instance, however, should the duties, responsibilities, and requirements described be interpreted as all-inclusive. All employees of Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. are expected to perform the duties as assigned by Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., supervisory/management personnel, regardless of job title or routine job duties. Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

To perform this job successfully, an individual is expected to be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability expected. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. However, no accommodation will be made which may pose serious health or safety risks to the employee or others or which imposes undue hardship on Eastern Shipbuilding.

POSITION SUMMARY

Under the direction of the quality assurance manager & supervisor perform in-process and final inspections on all OPC (Offshore Patrol Cutter) hulls. Interact and interface with the Company’s production, program teams, regulatory surveyors and customer representatives in the coordination and performance of quality inspections.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES MAY INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING : Because Eastern Shipbuilding is continually growing to meet the needs of our customers, your duties and responsibilities may be different than described.

• Regular attendance at work and the ability to work flexible hours, including overtime, weekends, and holidays.
• Excellent record retention from any inspections or checkpoints.
• Assist QA supervisor with day-to-day QA operations.
• Train and educate inspectors who need development.
• Monitors’ compliance with company Quality Management System, Workmanship standards and Contract requirements.
• Comply with company, Federal, State, and local safety, ethics, and environmental rules, regulations and policies while performing duties.
• Document and report deficient work and make recommendations for corrective actions.
• Interact and interface daily with the ESG’s project team members, craft superintendents, craft supervisors and customer representatives, regulatory surveyors in the coordination and performance of quality inspections.
• Responsible for verification of specifications, drawings, and shipbuilding standards to ensure compliance with specifications and material requirements.
• Perform and document various inspections including ship hull fabrication, module erection, tank close-out, tank leak testing, pipe fabrication, and machinery placement, etc.
• Work with minimal supervision.
• Perform other duties as assigned by QA Manager.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This role is to prepare a 1/C inspector to transform into supervisor position with ease. There will be specific supervision duties assigned by QA Manager.

REQUIREMENTS

Education/Experience : High school diploma or GED equivalence plus three or more years of maritime/ship construction/repair and/or shipbuilding related industry experience desired. Previous experience in Quality Control (QC) and/or Quality Assurance (QA) required. Requires an understanding of commercial and/or government shipbuilding specifications.

An equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be considered. An understanding and experience in welding and Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) Level II experience with PT/MT/UT to conduct visual inspections of completed welds to ensure they meet industry standards is desired. Experience in the shipyard of Electrical, Machinery, Piping, Outfitting or Mechanical may be considered.

Skills : Intermediate level Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook Express. Ability to make good judgement. Ability to read and understand documents such as blueprints, drawings, Safety rules, written, verbal, or diagram forms or plans and government documents and regulations. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out written and verbal instructions. Effective verbal and written communications skills with the ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from supervisors, employees, and customer representatives. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure.

Behavioral Attributes : Attention to detail, Integrity, ethics, flexibility/adaptability, initiative, interpersonal skills, safety consciousness, and multi-tasking. Maintain the confidential integrity of details pertaining to Eastern Shipbuilding Group. Ability to obtain and maintain a valid driver’s license.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Ability to obtain and maintain a valid drivers’ license.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing throughout the workday. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. The employee must be physically and medically qualified to wear all the required personal protective equipment, as prescribed under Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards. The employee must be able to work above ground at heights of a minimum of 50 feet aloft and/or working from scaffolding and/or man-lifts while working with machinery; in confined spaces and withstand extreme heat and cold in an outside climate or confined space.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Employees may be exposed to the risk of electrical shock, moving mechanical parts, vibration, fumes, airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, continual loud noise, and other hazards found in a heavy industrial shipyard environment. Rigorous compliance with safety procedures, policies, and personal safety equipment requirements is therefore mandatory.

We are equal opportunity/affirmative action employers, committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under state or local law.