Quality Inspector 2nd shift

Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canadathyssenkrupp Materials CA, Ltd.


Type of contract:Full-time, Permanent
Experience level:Professionals
Remote work:Not available
Job field:Quality Management
Status:Ongoing recruitment, entry date flexible
Posting date:2026/08/03
Job number:JR105633
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Job Summary

Inspect raw material and/or parts, audit production practices and processes, and report on non-conformances. Use basic to advanced measurement instruments to complete work. May perform basic root cause analysis.

Job Description

We are hiring on 2nd shift.

Inspection & Measurement

  • Perform incoming, in-process, and final inspections of copper busbars, sheet metal, CNC machined parts, weldments, and assemblies.
  • Verify compliance with engineering drawings, CAD models, specifications, customer requirements, and industry standards.
  • Perform dimensional inspections using calipers, micrometers, height gauges, pin/thread/bore gauges, surface plates, and optical comparators.
  • Measure critical dimensions, hole locations, bend angles, thickness, flatness, perpendicularity, concentricity, and profile characteristics.
  • Conduct visual inspections for workmanship, finish quality, plating, burrs, scratches, dents, contamination, and cosmetic defects.
  • Verify plating thickness, coating specifications, conductivity requirements, and material certifications.

Blueprint Reading & GD&T

  • Interpret engineering drawings, manufacturing prints, customer specifications, and CAD models.
  • Apply GD&T principles and verify dimensions, tolerances, surface finishes, datum structures, material specifications, revision levels, and special instructions.
  • Develop inspection plans and determine appropriate measurement methods based on part geometry and tolerance requirements.

Sheet Metal & Busbar Inspection

  • Inspect formed, bent, punched, laser-cut, and fabricated sheet metal components.
  • Verify bend dimensions, angles, formed features, hole patterns, and finished dimensions.
  • Apply knowledge of bend deductions, bend allowances, K-factors, material stretch/shrink, and flat pattern requirements.
  • Inspect copper busbars for dimensional accuracy, flatness, hole locations, edge quality, plating condition, formed features, and assembly fit.

First Article Inspection (FAI)

  • Conduct FAIs per customer requirements.
  • Create and maintain ballooned drawings and characteristic accountability records.
  • Verify and document all drawing dimensions, notes, specifications, and special characteristics.
  • Prepare complete FAI reports and coordinate corrective actions for nonconformances.

PPAP & Quality Documentation

  • Support PPAP activities for new product launches and customer requirements.
  • Assist with dimensional reports, material certifications, process flow diagrams, control plans, PFMEAs, measurement system records, and capability studies.
  • Review PPAP submissions for accuracy and maintain quality records per customer, ISO, and company requirements.

Non-Conformance & Continuous Improvement

  • Identify, document, and contain non-conforming material; generate NCRs.
  • Support root cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions.
  • Monitor process performance, conduct capability studies, assist with audits, and recommend improvements to quality and manufacturing processes.

Customer & Supplier Quality Support

  • Review supplier certifications, compliance documents, and inspection reports.
  • Support customer audits, quality investigations, and corrective action activities.
  • Ensure customer-specific requirements are incorporated into inspection and quality processes.

Required

  • 3+ years of quality inspection experience in a manufacturing environment.
  • Experience inspecting copper busbars, sheet metal components, CNC machined parts, and fabricated assemblies.
  • Strong blueprint reading and GD&T knowledge.
  • Experience with First Article Inspection (FAI), dimensional reporting, and PPAP support.
  • Proficiency with precision measuring instruments and inspection methodologies.
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and ERP/MRP quality systems.

Preferred

  • ASQ Certified Quality Inspector (CQI).
  • CMM operation/programming experience.
  • ISO 9001 experience.
  • Knowledge of metal fabrication standards.

Key Competencies

  • Strong attention to detail and measurement accuracy.
  • Advanced inspection, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to interpret complex engineering drawings and specifications.
  • Strong organizational, documentation, and communication skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
  • Team-oriented with a continuous improvement mindset and commitment to quality, safety, and customer satisfaction.

The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirement for the performance of this job.  It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements.

Job Compensation

$21.54 - $29.14

Benefits Overview

We offer competitive company benefits to eligible positions, such as:

  • Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
  • Life Insurance and Disability
  • Voluntary Wellness Programs
  • 401(k) or RRSP programs with Company Match 
  • Paid Vacation and Holidays
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • And more!

Benefits may vary based on job, country, union role, and/or company segment. Please work with your recruiter or tk representative for applicable benefits information.

Disclaimer

This is to notify the general public that some individuals/entities are using the thyssenkrupp (“TK”) name, trademark, domain name, and logo without authorization. They are posing as employees, representatives, or agents of TK and its associated/group companies. These individuals/entities are fraudulently offering jobs online through texts, websites, telephone calls, emails, or by issuing fake offer letters. They are also soliciting jobseekers to deposit money in certain bank accounts or providing jobseekers with fraudulent checks to obtain banking information.  


TK does not ask, solicit, or accept any monies in any form from candidates, job applicants, or potential jobseekers, who have applied to or wish to apply to TK, whether online or otherwise as a pre-employment requirement. TK bears no responsibility for money being deposited/withdrawn therefrom in response to such fake offers.

Equal opportunity employer, including people with disabilities and veterans.

Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. For those requiring assistance completing the application or the application process and request information relating to the need for accommodation, please contact reasonableaccommodation@thyssenkrupp.com.


TK does not:


1.    Send job offers from free email services like Gmail, Rediffmail, Yahoo mail, etc.;
2.    Request payment of any kind from prospective jobseekers or candidates for employment;
3.    Authorize anyone to collect money or agree to any monetary arrangement in return for a job at TK;
4.    Send checks to job seekers; or
5.    Make job offers through third parties. In the event TK uses professional recruitment services through a third party, offers are always made directly by TK and not by any third parties.

PLEASE NOTE: 


1.    TK strongly recommends that potential jobseekers do not respond to such fake solicitations, in any manner;
2.    TK will not be responsible to anyone acting on an employment offer that is not directly made by TK;
3.    Anyone making an employment offer in return for money is not authorized by TK; and
4.    TK reserves the right to take legal action, including criminal action, against such individuals/entities.


TK follows a formal recruitment process through its own HR department and applications are evaluated by its HR department through pre-defined processes. Please visit our official careers website at https://jobs.thyssenkrupp.com/en to view authentic job openings at TK. 


If you receive any unauthorized, suspicious, or fraudulent offers or interview calls, please email us at tkmna.employee.care@thyssenkrupp-materials.com.

Important to us

Health and Wellness

Health & Safety

Highest health & safety standards and a wide range of health promotion and healthcare activities.

Highest health & safety standards and a wide range of health promotion and healthcare activities.

Pension and Retirement

Pension

We have various financial models to give you individual support.

We have various financial models to give you individual support.

Collaboration and Teamwork

Collaboration

Collegiality is of huge importance – we treat everyone with respect and appreciation.

Collegiality is of huge importance – we treat everyone with respect and appreciation.

Professional Development

Development

Training and education programs to help you develop professionally and personally.

Training and education programs to help you develop professionally and personally.

Compensation and Salary

Compensation & benefits

Fair working conditions and competitive pay are an important basis for us.

Fair working conditions and competitive pay are an important basis for us.

Diversity and Inclusion

Diversity

We promote an open and tolerant work culture.

We promote an open and tolerant work culture.

Work-Life Balance

Work-Life Balance

Work-Life Balance: we guarantee regular working hours to support work-life balance.

Work-Life Balance: we guarantee regular working hours to support work-life balance.

Creative and Innovation

Creative leeway

We offer a work environment in which you can try out new solutions in a no blame culture.

We offer a work environment in which you can try out new solutions in a no blame culture.

Vacation and Time Off

Vacation and paid time off

Vacation and paid time off: Paid vacation, sick leave and personal days.

Vacation and paid time off: Paid vacation, sick leave and personal days.

Sustainability and Environment

Sustainability

We act with responsibility and environmental awareness. We support sociopolitical initiatives and focus on resource efficiency.

We act with responsibility and environmental awareness. We support sociopolitical initiatives and focus on resource efficiency.

Onboarding and Training

Onboarding

Onboarding: individual and personal support to help you get started in your new job.

Onboarding: individual and personal support to help you get started in your new job.

We value diversity

Diversity promotes appreciation of all the individual strengths and differences in the workforce; it is a driver and an expression of our corporate culture.

We feel companies that give equal support to all employees regardless age, disability, ethnicity, gender/gender identity or sexual orientation enjoy important competitive advantages and are more efficient. So we can harness diversity to the benefit of employees and the company. What's more, greater diversity leads to greater innovation in the company.

thyssenkrupp Materials NA Inc. and the affiliated group companies and business units including Copper and Brass Sales, Engineered Plastics, Ken-Mac Metals, OnlineMetals, thyssenkrupp Steel Services, thyssenkrupp Supply Chain Services, and thyssenkrupp Materials de Mexico. Also including thyssenkrupp Materials Trading NA, LLC and thyssenkrupp Materials, LLC (Aerospace) are equal opportunity employers.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, genetics, disability, gender identity, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other protected characteristic required by applicable law.

Applicants with disabilities who require reasonable accommodation in connection with the application process are encouraged to contact us directly.

Company

With around 480 locations in over 40 countries, thyssenkrupp Materials Services is the biggest materials distributor and service provider in the western world. The broad service spectrum offered by the materials experts enables customers to focus on their individual core business. The area of Materials Services spans two strategic areas: global materials distribution as one-stop-shop – from steel and stainless steel, tubes and pipes, nonferrous metals and specialty materials to plastics and raw materials – and tailored services in the areas of materials management and supply chain management. An extensive omnichannel architecture offers 250,000 customers worldwide cross-channel, round-the-clock access to more than 150,000 products and services. A highly efficient logistics system ensures that all requested services are smoothly integrated into customer production processes “just-in-time” or “just-in-sequence”. Copper and Brass Sales, a division of thyssenkrupp Materials NA, Inc., is the source in your supply base that provides you with the inventory management expertise and value-added processing services necessary to help you compete in today's global market. With our comprehensive line of nonferrous metals and alloys, wide variety of precision processing capabilities, and a focus on customer service that is unmatched in the industry, Copper and Brass Sales earns our reputation as a leading metals service center with each and every With around 480 locations in over 40 countries, thyssenkrupp Materials Services is the biggest materials distributor and service provider in the western world. The broad service spectrum offered by the materials experts enables customers to focus on their individual core business. The area of Materials Services spans two strategic areas: global materials distribution as one-stop-shop – from steel and stainless steel, tubes and pipes, nonferrous metals and specialty materials to plastics and raw materials – and tailored services in the areas of materials management and supply chain management. An extensive omnichannel architecture offers 250,000 customers worldwide cross-channel, round-the-clock access to more than 150,000 products and services. A highly efficient logistics system ensures that all requested services are smoothly integrated into customer production processes “just-in-time” or “just-in-sequence”. Copper and Brass Sales, a division of thyssenkrupp Materials NA, Inc., is the source in your supply base that provides you with the inventory management expertise and value-added processing services necessary to help you compete in today's global market. With our comprehensive line of nonferrous metals and alloys, wide variety of precision processing capabilities, and a focus on customer service that is unmatched in the industry, Copper and Brass Sales earns our reputation as a leading metals service center with each and every order.

From receiving your documents to acceptance: the application process

Step 1

Online application

Have you found an interesting vacancy? Then apply online. You won’t need more than 10 minutes. The entire application process – from initial contact to response – usually takes between four and six weeks.

Step 2

Receipt of your application

You will receive confirmation that we have received your application – within a few minutes if you apply online; it may take a couple of days if you apply by email. Our recruiters check your application documents and get in touch with you. For some positions we will conduct a preliminary telephone interview with you.

Step 3

Review by functional department

Our recruiter submits a preliminary selection of candidates to the specialist department for consideration. The department will then look closely to check whether your qualifications meet the requirements of the job.

Step 4

Interview

If you are a suitable candidate for the job, we’d like to get to know you personally in an interview with the specialist department and HR. If you or we need more time, we'll invite you to a second interview.

Step 5

The offer

Once we have agreed the contractual details, we will send you an employment contract. We will of course also let you know if your application is not successful.

Step 6

Starting out with us

Finally the time has come: welcome to thyssenkrupp!

Step 7

Onboarding

When you sign your contract you take your first step into one of the world’s biggest companies. We’re there to support you – right from the start.

Notes on application

You will have submitted your online application to thyssenkrupp in no time! As long as the position is available on our career page, you have the opportunity to apply.

We have adapted the application process to the current situation and conduct our interviews by video (not in the U.S.), telephone and also personally - in compliance with the applicable and necessary distance and hygienic rules. You will receive detailed information on this topic from our recruiting experts during the application process, while you can find general information and application tips here finden.

Further information about thyssenkrupp, our products and locations can be found directly on the company website.

We wish you every success with your application and stay healthy!

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