Quality Production Specialist
Location: Enfield, CT
Work Schedule: 8 AM – 4:30 PM | 100% Onsite

About the Role:

We are seeking a Quality Production Specialist to support inspection activities, validate product non-conformances, participate in root-cause investigations, and ensure compliance with engineering, customer, and aerospace quality requirements. This role involves working hands-on with inspection tools, reviewing technical documentation, and learning company and industry quality systems, including AS9100 and customer-specific requirements.

You will collaborate closely with engineering, production, and quality teams to ensure products meet standards and corrective actions are properly implemented.

Key Responsibilities:

• Observe and validate product non-conformances, dispositions, and quality procedures.

• Assist in gathering data and participating in investigations to determine root cause of nonconforming products, plans, or processes.

• Learn and follow Quality Management System (QMS) requirements, company procedures, contractual requirements, and government regulations.

• Perform First Article Inspections (FAI) for customer submission.

• Support failure and forensic analysis of aerospace components and systems.

• Assist in developing and documenting corrective and preventive actions.

• Manage and navigate customer portals to support quality processes.

Qualifications:

Required (Basic):

• 2+ years of related work experience in quality, inspection, or aerospace manufacturing.

• Experience working with customer quality systems and managing customer requirements.

• Ability to maneuver and utilize customer portals.

• Previous aerospace inspection experience.

• Knowledge of QA inspection methods and procedures, including First Article Inspection.

• Strong analytical, organizational, and troubleshooting skills.

• Knowledge of AS9100 requirements.

• Proficiency with inspection tools (calipers, ring/pin gages, comparator).

• Blueprint reading skills.

• Fluent in English (reading, writing, verbal communication).

• Strong PC skills, including Microsoft Outlook and Excel.

• Equivalent combination of education, on-the-job training, and experience accepted.

Preferred:

• High school diploma.

• 2+ years of supervisory experience.

• Proficiency with Net-Inspect.

• Understanding of Lean/Six Sigma principles.

Additional Information:

• Travel: None

• Hours/Week: 40

• Strong PC skills, including Microsoft Outlook and Excel.

Benefits:

• Weekly Pay
• Holiday Pay
• After 60days: Health, Dental, Vision, GAP, Short Term Disability, Accident, Critical Illness and Life Insurance.
• Milestone Bonus of 40 hours for every 2000 hours.

Ascendo is a certified minority owned staffing firm, and we welcome and celebrate diversity.

Ascendo is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, parental status, military service or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Ascendo is a certified minority owned staffing firm, and we welcome and celebrate diversity. Ascendo is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, parental status, military service or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Contact information

Andres Diaz