FAI Coordinator

Position: FAI Inspector

Shift: 1st Shift

Department: Quality Assurance

Reports to: QA Supervisor

Status: Hourly

Position Purpose

This employee is responsible for completing First Article Inspection Reports (FAIR’s) per AS9102 Standard, and will involve working with multiple departments, including the Quality Dept. itself, Final Inspection/QC/Testing Dept., NPI Dept., Planning, Production, and Engineering Dept. Responsible for assigned jobs/tasks by Quality Supervisor and Quality Engineers. Must complete work in a timely manner with accuracy, have strong attention to detail, integrity, and ensure conformance to operating procedures and customer requirements.

To be fully successful in this role, you’ll have a solid understanding and prior work knowledge in the basic Quality Control, First Article Inspection per AS9102, Net Inspect, material certification reviews, and Counterfeit Parts Avoidance.

Essential Duties and responsibilities:

· Complete AS9102 FAIR’s per customer and industry requirements. ·

• Review the following documents for accuracy when completing FAIR’s: Drawing Notes, Specifications, Travelers/Routers, Pick Lists, BOM’s, CMM Reports, Supplier Certifications, and any other applicable documents necessary in order to complete FAIR’s.
• Ability to verify the FAI part(s) with inspection gages, measuring tools, microscope, and camera, as needed.
• Maintain safe working environment and report any potential hazards.
• Be punctual in attendance and general work schedule breaks and lunch.
• Reliable and flexible to work additional hours on short notice to complete orders and special projects to meet customer or internal demands.
• Ability to meet challenging time targets to meet customer demands.
• Performs Inspection and maintenance of gauges and fixtures.
• Performs dimensional and functional inspection per Sample Requests, Validation Protocols, Work instructions and special requests from customers.
• Executes specific responsibilities as defined within the company quality operating system.
• Other inspection duties as assigned

Job Qualifications/Requirements

• High school education or equivalent with 2-4 years office or document control experience.
• 3 years experience completing FAI’s per AS9102.
• Effective communication skills across departments and teams/Customer service skills.
• Ability to read engineering drawings and OEM specifications.
• Ability to understand QMS and customer requirements for maintaining documents and specifications.
• ISO9001/AS9100 experience highly desired.
• Experience working with databases and/or spreadsheets required.
• Strong alpha-numeric filing skills required.
• Familiarity with Portal is highly desired.
• Excellent interpersonal skills required.
• Good organizational skills, detail-oriented, ability to prioritize required.
• Must be able to work independently and as part of a team, with minimal supervision.
• Previous Document Control experience is a plus.
• Thorough knowledge of various kinds of office software is required.
• Experience with basic measuring instruments (calipers, micrometers, optical comparator, and microscope) Optical Gauging Product Optical Machine.
• Able to read and interpret Blue Print and understanding of GD&T