Process Inspector C
Stratford, CTJob$39.53–42.35/hrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
Most applications go out cold — see where you stand first. No sign-up to start.
You apply on the employer's site, with no Olive account needed.
Watch jobs like this. New roles like this one near Stratford, CT, by email.
Don't just apply. Show up ready.
Olive works from this exact posting.
At a glance
Olive lists jobs from US employers, including remote roles you can work from the United States.
Job overview
The Process Inspector C performs inspections of parts and materials after chemical treating, painting, and other processing operations. The role checks adherence to specifications, records process and test data, performs dimensional and hardness checks, and reviews nonconforming material. Candidates need basic dimensional inspection capability and short specialized quality-control training or equivalent; experience with special finishes and aerospace quality standards is desired.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Benefits
Full job description
Standard Job Description
Function
- Perform standard operations to inspect a variety of parts and materials for prescribed chemical treating and paint processes.
Typical Responsibilities
-
Be trained to follow standard inspection procedures, specifications, drawings, written or oral instructions and general methods to check all parts and materials for adherence to specifications process requirements.
-
Be trained to inspect items after completion of shot peening, spot welding, chemical etching, photo etching, anodizing, alodining, plating, painting, aging, sand blasting and other processing operations and enter data into the Quality Automated Inspection Sampling (AIS) system, as requried.
-
Be trained to identify material and check for completion of processes, noting any deviations.
-
Be trained to check and record times and temperatures of furnaces, ovens and chemical baths.
-
Take samples and maintain test data and other inspection records.
-
Be trained to perform standard dimensional checks and Aluminum hardness tests, inspect parts and assemblies for coverage, thickness, and finish, and perform other inspection operations necessary to check surface treatments, welds, or other processes affecting strength or surfaces of materials.
-
Be trained to perform routine Aluminum heat treat inspection operations and other related duties as directed.
-
Refer all unusual conditions to working leader or supervisor.
-
Be trained for the review and disposition of all nonconforming material using the electronic NMRR database.
-
Perform operator checklist as required and comply with all EH&S procedures.
-
As required segregate waste material and follow good housekeeping practices.
Basic Qualifications
-
Requires knowledge of decimals and fractions and the ability to use various measuring instruments and perform basic dimensional inspection checks.
-
Requires short specialized training in quality control processing methods and procedures, or the equivalent.
-
3 months to 1 year or equivalent Sikorsky experience.
Desired Skills
-
Experience with special finishes and related processes (e.g., heat treating, carburizing, rockhard, shot peening, anodizing, Alodining, copper plating, and tin-zinc plating.
-
Prior inspection experience in an aerospace, defense, or manufacturing environment.
-
Familiarity with MRB processes, AS9100, or other aerospace quality standards.
-
Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings.
-
Strong attention to detail and ability to follow established procedures.
Pay Information
- $39.53 - $42.35
At Lockheed Martin, we know mission success starts with taking care of our people. Our Total Rewards program is designed to attract top talent, support your well-being, and help you grow—both professionally and personally.
The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only.
Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.
-
Additional specific benefits are dependent upon the business unit and the collective-bargaining agreement.
-
Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
-
For (Washington state applicants only) Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.
Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
How this job compares
Set against the 633 open Quality Inspector jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$39.53–42.35/hr
- US median$25–33/hr289 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $40.94/hr, is 41% above the US median midpoint ($29/hr) — in the top quarter of Quality Inspector hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 11 open Quality Inspector jobs in Connecticut and 633 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- SpaceX41 open
- Aerotek27 open
- RTX Corporation20 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for no prior experience — less than three in four Quality Inspector postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 395 postings).
- Education
- 9 of the 633 open Quality Inspector jobs (1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
Prepare for this role
You've read the whole posting — now see how you match it.



