Quality Inspector (Machining Facility)

Role Overview

This position is for a Quality Control Inspector supporting QA/QC activities within a threading and machining facility that produces machine components. The role focuses on inspection, quality documentation, and general organizational support to help maintain efficient, reliable operations.

What You Will Do

• Check incoming materials against specifications and confirm they meet requirements.
• Inspect threaded connections and parts, ensuring a 10% sample from each batch matches the drawing.
• Approve or reject machined and finished components based on quality standards.
• Support machinists with quality-related technical concerns.
• Work in line with applicable standards, procedures, and quality specifications.
• Coordinate qualification or requalification of premium connections and manage validation control for those connections.
• Use the GP portal for job approvals, electronic procurement forms, and calibration requests.
• Prepare and update daily activity records and related paperwork.
• Carry out other reasonable tasks assigned by the Operations Supervisor.
• Check phosphate connections according to work instructions and procedures, ensuring the phosphate process remains under control.
• Complete daily titration work as required by the work instruction and procedure.
• Make sure phosphate operators understand and follow the complete process, and provide support where needed.
• Verify parts and work orders accurately, help identify causes of defective materials or assemblies, and support daily shop, assembly, and department activities, including training other staff when requested by management.
• Manage the calibration cycle, including gauge and instrument calibration and review of calibration certificates.
• Review material test certificates for purchased and customer-provided materials.
• Provide customers with drawings for manufactured products.
• Review each work order and its specifications before execution.
• Conduct final inspection of serviced items and issue certificates of conformity.
• Keep the tubular tracking sheet accurate, current, and properly maintained.
• Ensure quality records are complete, well organized, and maintained to a high standard.

Requirements

• High school education or an equivalent qualification is required; a diploma or engineering degree is preferred.
• At least 2 years of experience in inspection of rotary shoulder connections such as API, Grant Prideco, and Tenaris, particularly for drill pipe, HWDP, drill collars, and drill stem components, or similar experience.
• Strong English communication skills in reading, writing, and speaking.
• Solid technical understanding of machine shop operations.
• Ability to read and interpret drawings and specifications aligned with API, Grant Prideco, DS1, VAM, and similar standards.

About the Employer

The organization operates in the oil and gas sector and supports drilling and production activities across regions worldwide. It emphasizes technical expertise, advanced equipment, operational support, innovation, and dependable service to help customers achieve long-term success.

Additional Information

This role involves responsibility for quality records, calibration control, inspection reporting, and support for ongoing shop-floor operations. The inspector may also be asked to carry out additional duties that are considered reasonable by the Operations Supervisor or management.