Summary:

The QA Inspector's primary responsibility is to assist the organization in achieving its goal of improving product quality, assist operators in recognizing and correcting areas of problems, and reduce the margin of error. The QA Inspector leads on new government/commercial samples. Knows how to read and interpret work instructions and quality critical points specifications.  Writes reports accordingly.  Maintains a higher level of communication with the QA supervisor. Knows almost all products produced at GWI.  Works with production floor supervisors and sewing operators to motivate, persuade, and retrain sewing operators to eliminate defects. Learn the Exenta and Eton system.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• QA Inspector is qualified to inspect any government or commercial product   
• Learn the inspection process of all government and commercial products
• Inspect the product for compliance with the quality standard.  Measures and visually inspects the garment according to the Work Instructions.
• Report findings from the inspection and record findings according to Quality Work Instructions.
• Must learn Exenta and Eton systems
• Reports findings in Exenta or ETON
• Reads and interprets work instructions/government/commercial specifications
• Works with the production supervisor and operator to motivate, persuade, and improve quality standards.
• Prepare summaries of problem areas or operations
• Provide suggestions to increase productivity while decreasing errors.
• Lead in new commercial/government PDMs/Samples as necessary
• QA Inspector assists in the final audit area as necessary
• Assist the QA Supervisor in classifying 2^nd garments
• Must know the metric system in inches
• Must have sound judgment to make quality determinations
• Maintains a safe and clean work environment.
• Practice Continuous Improvement principles.
• Supports vision, values, culture, and commitment to excellent customer service to all customers
• Other duties as assigned based on department needs.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities; however, it does assist in re-training, persuading, and motivating employees.

Education and/or Experience:

• A high school diploma or equivalent is preferred, but not required. 
• The ability to make good decisions and the ability to solve problems. 
• Good interpersonal and verbal communication skills, delivering clear and precise instructions.
• Must know the US metric system. 

Language Skills: Basic English communication skills required.  Spanish or Creole a plus.

Competencies: 

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Appearance/Personality - Listens well, dependable, and takes pride in work.
• Oral Communication - Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; listens and gets clarification; responds well to questions.
• Diversity - Shows respect and sensitivity for cultural differences.
• Ethics - Treats people with respect; Keeps commitments; inspires the trust of others; Works with integrity and ethically; Upholds organizational values.
• Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Applies feedback to improve performance; Monitors own work to ensure quality.
• Quantity - Meets productivity standards; Completes work promptly; Strives to increase productivity; Works quickly.
• Safety and Security - Observes safety and security procedures; Determines appropriate action beyond guidelines; Reports potentially unsafe conditions; Uses equipment and materials properly.
• Attendance/Punctuality - Is consistently at work and on time.
• Dependability - Follows instructions, responds to management direction; Takes responsibility for own actions; Keeps commitments; Commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals; Completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate person with an alternate plan.
• Initiative - Volunteers readily; Undertakes self-development activities; Asks for and offers help when needed.
• Reasoning Ability - Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.  Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand and walk most of the day, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and talk or hear.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.  Additionally, you must be able to lift and carry at least 10 pounds. 

Work Environment: Be prepared to work in a noisy manufacturing environment with heavy traffic and floor vibrations.

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