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FAA Inspector

TAD PGS, Inc.

Torrance, CAContract$30/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$30/hr
Location
Torrance, CA
Schedule
Contract
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Job overview

TAD PGS is hiring an FAA Inspector for a contract position in the Torrance area. The inspector performs quality control inspections, checks, and tests on products and production materials at different stages of manufacture, records observations, and may recommend process improvements. The role works under immediate supervision and typically reports to a supervisor. Applicants must meet U.S. person or government authorization requirements for access to export-controlled technologies and hardware.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Quality Control InspectionProcess Improvement

Qualifications

High School Diploma or Equivalent4 Years Related ExperienceUS Person or Government Authorization

Full job description

We have an outstanding Contract position for an FAA Inspector to join a leading Company located in the Torrance, CAsurrounding area.

Pay Rate: $30.00 /hour

Job Responsibilities:

  • Performs quality control inspections, checks, and tests during the manufacture of products. Inspects materials, parts and products at different stages of production.

  • Records observations and may make recommendations for improving processes.

  • Relies on limited experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.

  • Performs a variety of tasks.

  • Works under immediate supervision.

  • A certain degree of creativity and latitude is expected.

  • Typically reports to a supervisor.

Basic Hiring Criteria:

  • High school diploma or its equivalent.

  • Minimum 4 years of related experience.

Desired Qualifications:

  • 4-6 years of related experience.

  • Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field.

Special Considerations:

  • Lifting is generally in the 10 to 15 Lbs. range with minimal repetitions.

  • Exposure to machinery, chemical, biological, and physical risks is minimal.

This position requires access to technologies and hardware subject to US national security-based export control requirements. All applicants must be US Persons (8 USC 1324b(a)(3)), or otherwise authorized by the U.S. Government. No company sponsorship will be offered.

Military connected talent encouraged to apply.

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The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

  • The California Fair Chance Act

  • Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance

  • Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers

  • San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

How this job compares

Set against the 1,283 open Inspector jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$30/hr
  • California median$30–44/hr43 hourly ranges
  • US median$40–50/hr590 hourly ranges

This rate, $30/hr, is 14% below the California median midpoint ($35/hr) — in the middle half of Inspector hourly ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 74 open Inspector jobs in California and 1,283 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Inspector postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (878 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a high school diploma; 817 of the 1,283 open Inspector jobs (64%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 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.

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