Quality Inspector - Night Shift

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE IN THIS POSITION:

The Quality Inspector- Night Shift is responsible for assuring consistent quality of fabricated components, pre-assembled buildings, and received materials by inspecting processes and products to ensure conformance with customer specifications and company quality requirements. This role also serves as the primary on-shift safety authority during night operations, providing safety leadership when engineering, purchasing, EHS, and site leadership resources may be limited. The position supports fabrication, receiving, pre-assembly, and shipping activities during non-day-shift operations, maintaining both quality and safety standards across the facility.

Key Responsibilities:

Quality Inspection & Compliance:

• Perform in-process, pre-assembly, and final inspections to verify conformance to drawings, specifications, and quality requirements.
• Complete required Quality Control checklists.
• Release quality hold points when requirements are met and advance unresolved issues.
• Inspect incoming materials and coordinate supplier quality issues.

Shipping & Order Accuracy:

• Audit pick lists and shipments for accuracy and completeness.

Safety Oversight (Off-Shift):

• Provide on-shift safety leadership during night and weekend operations.
• Verify compliance with JSAs, workplace safety procedures, and PPE.
• Intervene immediately when unsafe conditions or behaviors are observed.
• Exercise stop-work authority and resolve issues prior to restart.
• Carry out compliance with safety programs and procedures.
• Advance safety concerns through the accurate chain of command.
• Initiate and coordinate emergency response actions until relieved by leadership or EHS.
• Identify, document, and communicate hazards, near misses, and incidents.
• Provide structured safety handoff between shifts.

YOU HAVE:

• Able to operate autonomously with limited supervision during off-shift hours.
• Ability to read and interpret drawings and blueprints.
• Practical understanding of fabrication, pre-assembly, and receiving processes.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Experience using ERP / quality systems
• Proven knowledge of fabrication, assembly, lifting operations, machine guarding, and hazardous energy.
• Real-time hazard recognition and behavioral safety awareness.
• Understanding JSAs and safe work practices.
• Basic incident response and reporting skills.
• Ability to work independently with effective judgment.
• Clear, direct communication.
• Strong situational awareness and attention to detail.

WE HAVE:

• A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day

  • nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation.

  • Our principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis. Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, SCHROFF and TRACHTE. Learn more at www.nvent.com.

• Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work

  • We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide

  • Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money

• Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers. We’re known for being:

  • Innovative & adaptable

  • Dedicated to absolute integrity

  • Focused on the customer first

  • Respectful and team oriented

  • Optimistic and energizing

  • Accountable for performance

• Benefits to support the lives of our employees

Benefit Overview

At nVent, we value our people and their health and well-being.  We provide a broad benefits package with meaningful programs for eligible full-time employees that includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.

• A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan — both include a company match.

• Other supplemental benefits may include tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and/or legal & identity theft protection.

At nVent, we connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. People are our most valuable asset. Inclusion and diversity means that we celebrate and encourage each other’s authenticity because we understand that uniqueness sparks growth.