QC Mechanical Inspector - Texas, United States - Ethos Distributed Solutions

Description

Introduction

At Ethos Distributed Solutions, we deliver competitive and professional wind, solar and wireless services. Our customers are leading renewable energy developers/owners with utility scale wind, solar, and energy storage projects across the United States. Our achievements are a direct result of the dedication and diligence of our team. We expect our team members to actively work to enhance processes, systems, and their own performance while upholding our culture standards, based on the 'Ethos Way' which encompasses our core values:

• Respect: Fundamental belief in treating all team members fairly, and doing the right thing for employees and customers, leading to "win win win."
• Accountability: In a remote, field-oriented business, we rely on our people to be personally accountable for their actions and results every day.
• Oriented: As our work is custom in nature, we rely on our team to not just find problems, but to creatively identify and drive solutions.

At the heart of this is the belief that respect, personal accountability, and operating from a solutions-oriented mindset always leads to a "win win win." Our core values underscore and reinforce our safety culture. We actively drive safety by respecting policies, standards, and leadership, by holding ourselves personally accountable to follow all standards, and seeking appropriate creative solutions to complete the job in a safe manner.

Job Description

This inspector position is a front-line customer facing role verifying the quality of our products from delivery to customer handover at our new construction project sites in the U.S. The position reports to the performance quality manager.

The quality inspector is responsible for monitoring, reporting, and evaluating various quality aspects of a project before, during, and after the installation phase.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Verification of Turbine installation/ Solar Module Array Specifications – The inspector's main responsibility is making sure the turbine/Solar are built according to the technical specifications.
• The Quality inspector will need to perform audits and inspections in order to fulfill this responsibility.
• Main inspections consist of receiving inspection, mechanical inspections during construction/installation, final Inspections before turnover and after commissioning.
• Additional Inspections can be required based on the project and corporate requirements.

Communication:

• Responsible for scheduling meetings with the customer and site manager to discuss the findings on the turbines in order to ensure continual improvement.
• Report and assist in any meetings needed with the back-office personnel and management.
• Interpret and implement quality assurance processes with relevant site personnel.

Non-Conformance Record:

• Find, document, and follow up non-conformance occurrences.
• Follow up on effectiveness of containment and corrective actions.
• Provide support to the investigation of the nonconformance. (pictures, measurements, documents, etc).
• Verify the effectiveness of the implemented corrective action.

Documentation Verification:

• Review Assembly records, commissioning reports, and component traceability for accuracy, and compliance with the contractual specifications, agreements, and milestones.
• Ensure that quality assurance standards and regulatory requirements are met.
• Read and interpret work orders, inspection manuals engineering diagrams, drawings, and schematics to determine inspection and test procedures.

Qualifications And Skills

• Team oriented with Excellent Communication skills.
• Fast learner and able to meet the standards, requirements, and training.
• Very Detailed Oriented Mindset
• Well, organized with ability to create and maintain reports.
• Quality oriented with an ability to identify non conformances to technical standards.
• Perform and use calibrated hand tools.
• Proficient in reading and interpreting plans and specifications and comparing with the customer or engineers' standards.
• Proficient and comfortable working with computers and iPads in MS Office and learning other customer specific applications.
• Strong mechanical and electrical inspection experience.
• Legally authorized to work in the US for any employer.
• Valid US Driver's License
• Able to pass an MVR Check, Background Check, Physical, and Drug Test
• OSHA 10 Certification
• Preferred Bi-lingual English/Spanish (fluent spoken and written)

Education and/or Experience

• 1-2 years of field experience in the wind industry
• 1 year in a QA/QC position performing walk-downs preferred or technical training from a wind turbine technician training program
• or technical degree related to renewable energy, primarily wind

Physical and Other Requirements

Included but not limited to;

• This job may require you to work up to 12 hr days, 5 to 6 days a week if project requires
• Able and willing to travel and stay for a minimum of 6 weeks at a time for a project
• Must be able to work in extreme weather conditions for up to 12hrs a day
• Must be able to wear company-provided PPE for the entire shift while onsite
• Able to lift a minimum of 50 lbs or more at any given time throughout the day
• Must be able to walk on average 3 to 5 miles per day across rough terrain and/or unlevel surfaces

Successful candidate may be located locally or may work on a 6-7 week rotation schedule, depending on project location.

Ethos Distributed Solutions, Inc is an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity. Employment is decided based on qualifications, merit and business need.

Job post details:

Job Type: Full-time

Pay rate: $26 - $32 per hour

Company Disclaimers:

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills and working conditions. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the principal job elements essential for making decisions about the job and evaluations about an individual's performance.

In no event shall the job description be construed to represent a contract of employment. Ethos Distributed Solutions maintains "at-will" employment, where either party is free to dissolve the relationship at any time.