Built on Experience. Built for Skill. Built for You.
Keel was formed by bringing together three industry leaders combining generations of hands-on expertise in steel fabrication, shipbuilding, aerospace, and defense manufacturing.
That means when you join Keel, you’re joining a team backed by decades of proven craftsmanship and real-world results.
We build ships, defense systems, aerospace components, and heavy steel structures that serve critical missions — and we do it with pride.
Your Mission:
Responsible for dimensional and physical inspection and tests to verify product conformity to customer requirements.
Explore the Depth of the Role:
- Under minimal supervision, product or process inspection utilizing standardized inspection methods.
- Visually and physically check parts against blueprint or work order specifications using a variety of precision measuring instruments.
- Completes Quality Packages to customer standards.
- At this level, worker is in-training for a Level III inspector.
- May recommend, write, or modify inspection procedures.
- May use standard statistical tools.
- May be required to perform calibration of Measuring and Test Equipment.
- Accountable for reporting to management all information crucial to customer satisfaction.
Mission Readiness: (Education and Experience/skills/abilities):
- High School Diploma, or equivalent.
- Four (4) years minimum as a Quality Inspector.
- Solid knowledge of inspection and test equipment, part drawings (including GD&T), technical math (including trigonometry), and materials associated with typical products.
- Knowledge of typical Inspector duties such as sampling, sorting, and containment actions.
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
Travel Requirements:
- Occasional travel between facilities as needed.
Physical Requirements:
- May be required to stand, walk, sit, reach/pull/push with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop or kneel regularly.
- May lift or carry 50lbs. Weights exceeding 50lbs will require mechanical means to maneuver.
Become a part of our Builders and you too can...
- Uphold Safety and Quality Standards
- Embody Team Spirit
- Relentless Customer Focus
- Convey Integrity, Trust, and Professionalism
- Execute with Excellence and Velocity
What Keel will build for you:
- Comprehensive Benefit Package
- Competitive Pay
- 401(k) Match
- HSA/FSA
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Time Off
- Internal Referral Bonus Opportunities
- Shift Differentials
- Overtime Potential
- Paid on the Job Training
- Certification Sponsorship Opportunities
- Committed to Individual Career Growth
- We Do Fun Things, Plus More!
Need Assistance?
If you require a reasonable accommodation at any stage of the employment process, please email talent@keelusa.com with details about your request and your contact information. Accommodation requests are reviewed individually on a case-by-case basis. Please note that this email address is monitored only for inquiries related to reasonable accommodation requests.
Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans
What we build, builds us.
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