Site Inspector Lead – Data Center Manufacturing Quality

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Perform quality inspections at facilities throughout North America.

• Ensure that critical data center equipment is produced according to approved specifications, quality standards, and project requirements.

• Examine electrical, mechanical, HVAC, modular, and prefabricated infrastructure components during the manufacturing lifecycle.

• Detect manufacturing defects, quality risks, scheduling issues, and non-conformances prior to equipment shipping to project locations.

• Assess supplier readiness, monitor production progress, testing procedures, and the completeness of documentation.

• Create, enhance, and implement inspection checklists, quality evaluations, and field reporting processes.

• Record inspection results with comprehensive reports, photographs, observations, and suggestions for corrective actions.

• Monitor and manage quality issues until they are resolved and closed.

• Provide updates and communications to client stakeholders, suppliers, and project management.

• Keep thorough inspection records and maintain equipment traceability documentation.

• Organize inspection timelines with suppliers, manufacturers, and client teams.

• Assist in scheduling discussions and negotiate inspection timings to align with project delivery milestones.

• Proactively escalate quality, production, and delivery risks to stakeholders.

• Collaborate with engineering, procurement, manufacturing, and construction teams to ensure effective equipment delivery.

• Suggest enhancements to supplier quality processes, inspection techniques, and reporting standards.

• Recognize recurring quality patterns and support initiatives for corrective and preventive actions.

• Aid in establishing scalable quality assurance processes across various supplier locations.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Manufacturing Inspection, Supplier Quality, or Industrial Equipment Inspection.

• Experience in conducting inspections within manufacturing or industrial production settings.

• Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes, quality systems, and inspection methods.

• Proven ability to create, enhance, and implement inspection checklists and quality documentation.

• Capability to identify defects, quality issues, and manufacturing risks.

• Strong written communication and reporting abilities.

• Excellent organizational skills and stakeholder management capabilities.

• Ability to work autonomously with minimal supervision.

• Willingness to travel approximately 75% across North America.

• Preferred: Experience in inspecting electrical equipment, switchgear, generators, transformers, cooling systems, HVAC systems, modular infrastructure, or mission-critical systems.

• Preferred: Background as a Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE), Quality Engineer, Manufacturing Quality, or QA/QC specialist.

• Preferred: Experience in supporting projects in semiconductor, automotive, industrial manufacturing, data center, or mission-critical infrastructure sectors.

• Preferred: Familiarity with factory acceptance testing (FAT), production inspections, and supplier audits.

• Preferred: Knowledge of quality management systems and methods for continuous improvement.

• Preferred: Experience with large-scale infrastructure or hyperscale data center initiatives.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary.

• Health insurance coverage.

• 401k plan with employer matching.

• Flexible paid time off (PTO).

• Opportunity for remote work.

• Philanthropic Matching Gift Program.

• Flexible work arrangements.

• Numerous career development opportunities.

• Access to employee resource groups.

• Great Place to Work certification and recognition in the workplace.