Quality Inspector

0118 Vetco Gray, LLC; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & welfare programs

Thrift Plan (401k)

Job summary

Baker Hughes in Houston seeks a Quality Control Inspector to perform comprehensive inspections of serviced equipment and assemblies, ensuring conformance to drawings, BOMs, work orders, and customer requirements. You will document nonconformances and interface with customers and third parties.

The role emphasizes meticulous measurement using micrometers and gauges, participation in FATs and testing, and maintaining traceable quality records within the Baker Hughes QMS.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required or equivalent.
• Experience in quality inspection or related industrial environment.
• Ability to read engineering drawings, BOMs, and work orders.

Responsibilities

• Perform receiving, in-process, assembly, and final inspections.
• Conduct visual and dimensional inspections using precision tools.
• Perform hardness testing when required and trained.
• Verify product configuration and traceability against drawings and BOMs.
• Witness FATs and other testing activities and document results.
• Identify nonconformances and initiate NCRs with precise details.
• Maintain calibration status of inspection equipment and records.

Skills

Attention to detail

Clear and objective communication

Teamwork and collaboration

Problem-solving

Quality mindset

Education

High school diploma or GED

Technical certificate or associate degree

Tools

Micrometers

Vernier calipers

Gauges

Measuring equipment

Job description

The Quality Control Inspector performs receiving, in-process, assembly, testing, and final inspections of serviced equipment and newly assembled products. The role verifies conformity to applicable drawings, bills of material (BOMs), work orders, procedures, specifications, acceptance criteria, and customer requirements. The inspector performs visual and dimensional inspections, supports testing activities, documents nonconformances, and interfaces with customers and third-party inspectors.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Perform receiving, in-process, assembly, and final inspections of serviced equipment, components, and newly assembled products.
• Perform visual and dimensional inspections using micrometers, vernier calipers, gauges, and other applicable measuring equipment.
• Perform hardness testing when required and appropriately trained or qualified.
• Inspect threads, threaded connections, sealing surfaces, coatings, markings, components, assemblies, and workmanship for compliance with applicable requirements.
• Verify product configuration, identification, traceability, and assembly against applicable drawings, BOMs, work orders, procedures, and specifications.
• Witness and verify applicable pressure or hydrostatic tests, functional tests, factory acceptance tests (FATs), and other required testing activities.
• Verify inspection and measuring equipment is suitable for use, properly identified, within its required calibration or verification period, and in acceptable physical condition.
• Remove from use or report equipment with expired, missing, illegible, or questionable calibration status.
• Review inspection records, test reports, checklists, and quality documentation for completeness and accuracy.
• Identify nonconforming conditions and initiate Nonconformance Reports (NCRs) with clear, factual, and objective descriptions, including the applicable requirement, actual condition, measurements, discrepancy location, and supporting evidence.
• Do not accept or release product when applicable inspection requirements, acceptance criteria, testing, or quality documentation have not been satisfactorily completed.
• Interface professionally with customers and third-party inspectors during inspections, testing, witness points, hold points, and FAT activities.
• Participate in internal, customer, and external audits by providing applicable records, explaining inspection activities, and presenting objective evidence within the inspector's area of responsibility.
• Support quality investigations and corrective actions by providing inspection results, measurements, photographs, and other objective evidence as required.
• Obtain and maintain applicable Baker Hughes internal qualifications or external certifications required for assigned inspection activities.
• Maintain accurate and traceable quality records and perform activities in accordance with Baker Hughes Quality Management System (QMS), safety requirements, and applicable procedures.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• High school diploma or GED.
• Relevant experience in quality inspection, equipment service, assembly, testing, machining, or a related industrial environment.
• Experience using micrometers, vernier calipers, gauges, and precision measuring equipment.
• Ability to perform detailed visual and dimensional inspections of mechanical equipment and components.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, BOMs, work orders, procedures, specifications, and acceptance criteria.
• Working knowledge of calibration requirements and proper use of inspection and measuring equipment.
• Basic knowledge of ISO 9001 and Quality Management System principles.
• Ability to clearly document inspection results and write detailed, factual, and objective NCRs.
• Basic computer skills, including Microsoft Office and electronic quality documentation systems.
• Effective communication skills and ability to work with Operations, Engineering, Quality, customers, and third-party inspectors.
• Ability to meet the physical and work environment requirements of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Three or more years of quality inspection experience, preferably in oil and gas, equipment service, repair, assembly, testing, or a related industrial environment.
• Technical certificate or associate degree in mechanical, manufacturing, inspection, quality, or a related field.
• Experience with pressure testing, functional testing, FATs, and customer or third-party inspection activities.
• Experience participating in ISO 9001, API, customer, internal, or external audits.
• Knowledge of nondestructive testing (NDT) methods, welding, coating inspection, hardness testing, machining, material identification, and traceability.
• Current applicable NDT certification is preferred but not required unless specified by the governing acceptance criteria.
• Knowledge of API Spec Q1, API Spec Q2, or other applicable oil and gas quality requirements is a plus.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Attention to detail
• Integrity and accountability
• Clear and objective communication
• Organization and documentation
• Problem-solving
• Customer focus
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Quality and safety mindset

• You will be eligible to participate in Company-sponsored benefit programs, including health & welfare programs and the Thrift Plan (401k).
• You will have a choice of coverage options that best suit your needs.
• Coverage options and contribution amounts are related to your benefit elections, base salary level, and specific requirements of each of these plans.
• This position is eligible for our comprehensive and competitive benefits package, which can be found here, and is further eligible for additional forms of compensation such as bonuses subject to the terms of the applicable benefit plans or policies.

The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Inspection - QC III At Baker Hughes, we are transforming the future of energy. With operations in over 120 countries, we are developing and deploying industry-leading technologies and services to take energy forward. For more than a century, our inventions have revolutionized energy. Today, we are bringing our expertise to make oil and gas safer, cleaner, and more efficient. Our people are the trusted experts, relied on to solve customer challenges big and small. We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent, and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other. We believe in creating an environment of diversity and inclusion, without bias. We know we are better when all of our people are developed, engaged, and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We're makers, inventors, and leaders who aren't afraid of the tough challenges. We believe pushing boundaries will help to lead the way for a new energy future.