South Africa: Quality Control Inspector posted by AC Gear

About the Role

AC Gear is seeking two Quality Control Inspectors to join our team, ensuring that our products meet the highest standards of quality and safety. As a key member of our Quality Control team, you will play a critical role in maintaining our reputation for excellence and customer satisfaction.

Key Responsibilities

• Understand all products and where they are placed.
• Itemise the variables that occur in fabric production to provide a complete check.
• Develop a specification in several parts or sections to ensure design and production staff has a clear idea of what is needed, as per QC documentation and/or sample.
• Check acceptable working tolerances in relation to all values on the specification.
• Establish fault rate recording systems – completing the fault spreadsheet as required.
• Highlight sewing problems and bring them to the Supervisor’s and Production attention.
• Understand all products and where all products form kits.
• Follows checks as per Job card/ QC page – completes job card and signs off.
• Measures product as per pattern, ensuring measurements fall within an acceptable range for tents, awnings, and awning side walls and specific smalls.
• Checks fabric quality – ensures no permanent damage to fabric such as holes, tears, or nicks.
• Cleans chalk markings off fabric.
• Checks seams are stitched evenly/straight and not skew.
• Checks no unpicking; missed stitching double stitching; incorrect thread colour used.
• Pack checked products into Finished Goods Area.
• Ensure all products are packed in the correct shelf according to the label of the product.
• Packs products in delivery bags ready for collection.
• Provide support function to machinists by helping sew or cut, and admin staff during busy periods if necessary.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a quality control inspector or similar role in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of quality control principles, practices, and tools.
• Proficiency in using measurement tools and equipment, and ability to interpret engineering and designer drawings and specifications.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to identify defects and deviations from standards.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to conduct root cause analysis and implement corrective actions.
• Effective communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to interact with diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, as well as collaboratively in a team environment.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to stand, walk, and perform repetitive tasks for extended periods.
• Manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination for handling tools and equipment.

Qualifications

Grade 12 or equivalent

Salary & Benefits

Not specified