Materials Testing Auditor - Independent Contractor

Overview

This Materials Testing Laboratories position is an excellent opportunity for recent retirees or consultants that have working knowledge of: Chemical and Mechanical Test Methods, Calibration Procedures, Relevant Industry Standards, Processing, Inspection and Testing.

Our auditors enjoy traveling domestically and/or internationally, a flexible schedule (some auditors perform 1 or 2 audits a month, while others desire to audit every week), competitive compensation that includes a daily rate plus travel expenses, meeting new people and keeping in touch with technology and the latest developments, networking with other industry professionals.

Qualifications

The ideal auditor candidate will possess most of the following criteria:

• Bachelors of Science degree in Materials Science/Engineering or Chemistry/Chemical Engineering
• "Hands-on" experience as a technician or engineer (preferably in the aerospace industry) in a testing laboratory with a range of equipment and manufacturers
• Seven (7) years auditing experience in the aerospace/defense industry
• Knowledge of aerospace and defense quality system requirements
• Working knowledge of military and industry specifications (ASTM, S-400)
• Experience with Metallography/Micro-indentation
• Working knowledge in ISO 17025
• Current Technical knowledge of: Chemical and Mechanical Test Methods, Calibration Procedures, Relevant Industry Standards, Processing, Inspection and Testing

WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Travel Required: Most audits are conducted on-site at clients’ locations.
• Physical Demands: Auditor is frequently required to walk and to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. The auditor is occasionally required to stand; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Work requires regular physical strain such as long periods of driving and flying. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close distance, distant vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, ability to hear and understand conversation in noisy environments and the ability to adjust focus.
• Work environment: Exposed to a combination of normal office type environments and shop environments. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate with regular exposure to shop elements such as very loud noise, moving parts, odor, dust, fumes, heat, cold or chemicals.
• Personal Protective Equipment: The performance of this position regularly requires exposure to a typical manufacturing area, under certain conditions that may require the use of personal protective equipment such as safety glasses with side shields, mandatory hearing protection, steel toe shoes and hard hats.