CMM Quality Inspector – GD&T & Metrology

Professional Recruiting Consultants, Inc.; Barkhamsted (CT); On-site; USD 30,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Professional Recruiting Consultants, Inc. is seeking a detail-oriented CMM / Quality Inspector for a precision manufacturing client in Connecticut.

The role focuses on dimensional and visual inspections of complex components using CMMs, micrometers, calipers, and GD&T to ensure products conform to drawings and customer requirements. You will support receiving, in-process, and final inspections, document results, and communicate quality concerns with manufacturing and engineering.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent; technical training preferred.
• Experience with CMM and quality inspection in a precision manufacturing environment.
• Ability to read engineering drawings and interpret GD&T.
• Proficiency with precision measuring instruments.
• Strong attention to detail and documentation skills.
• Ability to communicate inspection findings clearly and work collaboratively with production teams.
• Basic computer skills for entering inspection data.

Responsibilities

• Set up and operate CMM equipment to inspect parts against engineering drawings and specifications.
• Run approved CMM programs, review measurement results, and identify out-of-tolerance conditions.
• Perform receiving, first-piece, in-process, and final inspections.
• Use micrometers, calipers, height gauges, bore gauges, indicators, and other precision measuring instruments.
• Interpret blueprints, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), and customer requirements.
• Verify part identification, revision levels, and required inspection documentation.
• Record inspection results accurately and maintain traceable quality records.
• Identify, document, and communicate nonconforming material according to established procedures.
• Collaborate with machinists, manufacturing engineers, and quality personnel to resolve dimensional issues.
• Verify measuring equipment calibration status before use.
• Support first article inspections and corrective action investigations as needed.

Skills

CMM operation

GD&T interpretation

Blueprint reading

Inspection documentation

Dimensional inspection

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Technical training in machining/metrology

Tools

CMM software

Precision measuring tools

Job description

Professional Recruiting Consultants, Inc. is seeking a detail-oriented CMM / Quality Inspector for a precision manufacturing client in Connecticut.

The role focuses on dimensional and visual inspections of complex components using CMMs, micrometers, calipers, and GD&T to ensure products conform to drawings and customer requirements. You will support receiving, in-process, and final inspections, document results, and communicate quality concerns with manufacturing and engineering.