NDT Level III -FPI

Company: The E.A. Patten Co., LLC
Location: Manchester
Posted on: June 3, 2025

Job Description:

Monday-Friday: 7am-3:30pm

Pay ranges $29.00-$33.00

Eligible for quarterly bonuses

Come Build the World with Us!

This is the career you've been waiting for your whole life. Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven, and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 58,000 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you'll get the unique chance to impact some of the world's most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS, and Black & Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

Who We Are

We're the World's largest tool company. We're industry visionaries. We're solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art "smart factory" products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company.

Where You Will Work

Consolidated Aerospace Manufacturing (CAM) is the primary division of Stanley Black & Decker Aerospace. We are a leading innovator and strategic partner in the manufacturing of fasteners, fittings, and engineered products for the aerospace, defense, and industrial markets. CAM is currently comprised of nine subsidiaries across the United States split among three

Segments

Key Responsibilities:

Interpret engineering drawings and NDT requirements.

Review and interpret inspection data with engineers.

Implement inspection process qualification projects.

Perform NDT performance audits for quality, accuracy, consistency, and reliability.

Mentor, train, and support inspectors.

Proctor and grade certification examinations.

Support onsite vendor inspections and/or audits.

Support data reviews for potential escapes and containments.

Ensure product conformity across all the Value Streams of the site.
Hire, retain and develop quality talent across the site.
Implement and maintain QMS certifications (AS9100, AS13100, FAA, NADCAP, etc).
Maintain a calibration, production control and monitoring systems.
Represent the quality function for the respective SBU, interfacing with internal and

external customers.
Partner with Enterprise Quality to ensure and enable appropriate level of alignment that

both meets customers, standard agencies and companies QMS.
Leverage Enterprise Quality groups for subject matter expertise to obtain BUs quality

planning and execution across product and program lifecycle. To include knowledge and

hand-on experiences in technical and process problem solving methods, Continuous

Improvement, supplier quality standards, human capital investment and training,

executive support and continues improvement efforts.
Ensure front-end Quality Plans are developed and incorporated in the contract and

Statement of Work (SOW), which include budget and scope requirement, and align with

product lifecycle development, production, and supply chain, along with sustainable

compliance.
Partner with the rest of the SBU functions to ensure continuous improvement in

product and process efficiencies by prioritizing and reducing costs associated with

defects, escapes, rework, and scrap.
Incorporate data driven budget planning quality to enable product and process

compliance to integrate Continuous Improvement execution for program and site

quality planning at the platform and business operating levels.
Establish and facilitate the Corrective Action Board and Management Review processes

for the SBU to ensure quality business results are measured, reviewed, and improved in

line with QMS requirements.
Ensure consistent QMS flow-down to sites, suppliers and aftermarket. Establish a

systemic platform for reviews and actions to ensure results are tracing to annual

improvement in reduction of defects and escapes to EA Patten and customers. Effective

measures can be translated in time and efforts as well as net cost improvement.

Manage the effective execution to achieve results.
Establish an on-going review process to ensure compliance, continuous improvement in

results and maturity; internally, suppliers and aftermarket support. Reach-out to

Enterprise Quality for support as needed.

Basic Qualifications:

Must be a U.S. Citizen or permanent resident.

Must be familiar with NAS 410 / ASTM specifications.

Experience with Manufacturing, Operations, Engineering and Quality.
Experience working with multiple sites.

Experience with quality standards including AS9145, AS9100D, ISO9001 or equivalent.
Experience with continuous improvement (CI) tools.
Able to communicate and make presentations to senior/executive level leadership.
Develop and mentor team members & leaders.

Fluorescent Penetrant Testing (PT) Level 3 NAS-410 certification is required

Eddy Current (ET) and Ultrasonic Testing (UT) Level 3 NAS-410 certification is highly recommended

3+ years manufacturing experience applying Lean principles, Kaizen, continuous improvement, 5S.

Must be able to interpret technical drawings and specifications.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with Lean Six Sigma.
Experience with Xtuple and/or other ERP systems.
Experience with advanced structures (aerospace).
Military and Commercial experience.
3+ years of Eddy Current (ET) and Ultrasonic Testing (UT) Level III experience as NAS-410

certified, in a technique/process/training development role.

This position is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) which requires U.S. person status. ITAR defines U.S. person as an U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder').

Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand. The employee is occasionally required to walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms.

The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals.

The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.

We Don't Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too.

Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 58,000 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you'll get the unique chance to impact some of the world's most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

Who We Are

We're the World's largest tool company. We're industry visionaries. We're solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art "smart factory" products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company.

Benefits & Perks

You'll get a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits plan that includes medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, retirement benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Paid Time Off, including paid vacation, holidays & personal days, and tuition reimbursement. And, of course, discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and products and well as discount programs for many other vendors and partners.

What You'll Also Get

Career Opportunity: Career paths aren't linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.

Learning & Development:
Our lifelong learning philosophy means you'll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).

Diverse & Inclusive Culture:
We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that's how the best work gets done. You'll find we like to have fun here, too.

Purpose-Driven Company:
You'll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.

EEO Statement:
All qualified applicants to Stanley Black & Decker are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran's status or any other protected characteristic.

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