Quality Inspector - Night Shift

nVent; Eleanor (WV); On-site; USD 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision

401(k) plan with company match

Disability & life insurance

Paid time off & volunteering

Job summary

nVent is seeking a Quality Inspector - Night Shift to ensure quality of fabricated components, pre-assembly, and received materials while maintaining safety standards during night operations. You will inspect processes to meet customer specifications and coordinate with ERP/quality systems.

The role supports fabrication, receiving, pre-assembly, and shipping activities on non-day shifts, requiring autonomous work, strong reading of drawings, and strict adherence to safety protocols.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and interpret drawings/blueprints.
• Proficient with MS Word and Excel.
• Experience using ERP/quality systems.

Responsibilities

• Quality inspections of in-process, pre-assembly, and final products to ensure conformance to drawings and quality requirements.
• Audit pick lists and shipments for accuracy.
• Provide on-shift safety leadership during night/weekend operations and enforce safety programs.

Skills

Blueprint reading

MS Word

MS Excel

ERP systems

Hazard recognition

Safety awareness

Clear communication

Independent work

Situational awareness

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions. We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE IN THIS POSITION:

The Quality Inspector- Night Shift is responsible for assuring consistent quality of fabricated components, pre-assembled buildings, and received materials by inspecting processes and products to ensure conformance with customer specifications and company quality requirements. This role also serves as the primary on-shift safety authority during night operations, providing safety leadership when engineering, purchasing, EHS, and site leadership resources may be limited. The position supports fabrication, receiving, pre-assembly, and shipping activities during non-day-shift operations, maintaining both quality and safety standards across the facility.

Key Responsibilities:

• Quality Inspection & Compliance: Perform in-process, pre-assembly, and final inspections to verify conformance to drawings, specifications, and quality requirements. Complete required Quality Control checklists. Release quality hold points when requirements are met and advance unresolved issues. Inspect incoming materials and coordinate supplier quality issues.
• Shipping & Order Accuracy: Audit pick lists and shipments for accuracy and completeness.
• Safety Oversight (Off-Shift): Provide on-shift safety leadership during night and weekend operations. Verify compliance with JSAs, workplace safety procedures, and PPE. Intervene immediately when unsafe conditions or behaviors are observed. Exercise stop-work authority and resolve issues prior to restart. Carry out compliance with safety programs and procedures. Advance safety concerns through the accurate chain of command. Initiate and coordinate emergency response actions until relieved by leadership or EHS. Identify, document, and communicate hazards, near misses, and incidents. Provide structured safety handoff between shifts.

YOU HAVE:

• Able to operate autonomously with limited supervision during off-shift hours.
• Ability to read and interpret drawings and blueprints.
• Practical understanding of fabrication, pre-assembly, and receiving processes.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Experience using ERP / quality systems.
• Proven knowledge of fabrication, assembly, lifting operations, machine guarding, and hazardous energy.
• Real-time hazard recognition and behavioral safety awareness.
• Understanding JSAs and safe work practices.
• Basic incident response and reporting skills.
• Ability to work independently with effective judgment.
• Clear, direct communication.
• Strong situational awareness and attention to detail.

WE HAVE:

A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day. nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world’s most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation. Our principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis. Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, SCHROFF and TRACHTE. Learn more at www.nvent.com.

Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work. We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide. Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money.

Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers.

• Innovative & adaptable
• Dedicated to absolute integrity
• Focused on the customer first
• Respectful and team oriented
• Optimistic and energizing
• Accountable for performance

Benefits to support the lives of our employees

Benefit Overview

At nVent, we value our people and their health and well-being. We provide a broad benefits package with meaningful programs for eligible full-time employees that includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.
• A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan — both include a company match.
• Other supplemental benefits may include tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and/or legal & identity theft protection.

At nVent, we connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. People are our most valuable asset.

Inclusion and diversity means that we celebrate and encourage each other’s authenticity because we understand that uniqueness sparks growth.

At nVent, we are committed to equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by national, federal, state or local law.