Group Lead/Inspector

Siemens; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Siemens is seeking a Quality Assurance Group Lead Inspector to oversee inspection procedures, coordinate QC efforts, and drive continuous quality improvement in the manufacturing process. This role leads complex inspections and mentors inspectors on a second shift.

You will train staff, prepare reports, and ensure compliance with 6S and quality records while supporting equipment maintenance and workflow optimization.

Qualifications

• High school education or equivalent.
• 5 years minimum of increasingly difficult production and/or inspection experience involving quality equipment and techniques.
• Ability to work under little or no supervision.
• Ability to interpret instructions from written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate inspection schedules with Production Supervisors and develop inspection procedures, guidelines, and training materials.
• Lead complex visual, dimensional, mechanical, electrical, and functional inspections on components, assemblies, systems, and materials, including first article inspections when required.
• Independently perform critical inspection processes and interpret test data from multiple sources.
• Train and mentor inspectors, lead root cause investigations, corrective actions, and continuous quality improvement.
• Prepare and approve inspection reports, quality records, and conformance documentation while maintaining 6S standards.

Skills

Quality inspection

Leadership

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Education

Associate degree

Bachelor’s degree (technical/management)

Certified Quality Inspector

Certified Quality Technician

VT Level I

NACE Level I

Tools

Inspection equipment

Job description

Siemens offers a variety of health and wellness benefits to our employees. Details regarding our benefits can be found here: https://www.benefitsquickstart.com/siemens/index.html

Position Overview:

The Quality Assurance Group Lead Inspector plays a pivotal role in ensuring the quality and safety standards are maintained within the manufacturing process. This position leads all aspects of all inspection procedures, coordinates quality control efforts, and collaborated with multi-functional teams to maintain and improve product quality.

This is a second shift position.

What your day will look like:

• Coordinate inspection schedules with Production Supervisors to ensure timely execution of quality activities and support the development of inspection procedures, guidelines, and training materials.
• Lead complex visual, dimensional, mechanical, electrical, and functional inspections on components, assemblies, systems, and materials, including first article inspections when required.
• Independently perform critical inspection processes, interpret test data from multiple sources, and establish specialized set-ups for new or unique equipment.
• Train and mentor less experienced inspectors while leading root cause investigations, corrective actions, statistical analyses, and continuous quality improvement initiatives.
• Prepare and approve inspection reports, quality records, and conformance documentation while maintaining 6S standards, coordinating department consumables and tool orders, and supporting equipment maintenance activities.

This posting outlines the primary responsibilities of the role, but is not all-inclusive; additional duties may be assigned in alignment with business needs.

What you will need to be successful:

• High school education or equivalent
• 5 years minimum of increasingly difficult production and/or inspection experience involving the application and working knowledge of quality equipment and techniques, specification interpretation, and quality control terminology, and significant leadership or coaching experience.
• Ability to work under little or no supervision.
• Aptitude to solve moderately complex practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where standardization exists.
• Capability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

What would make you stand out:

• Associate or bachelor’s degree in technical or management field.
• Certified Quality Inspector, Certified Quality Technician, VT Level I certification and/or NACE level I certification.

Additional information:

Upon offer of employment, candidates will be subject to a background check and drug screen.

The physical demands described here are representative of those necessary to successfully perform the essential job duties:

• Frequently walk, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Frequently required to climb stairs, steps, and ladders
• Frequently required to work on elevated platforms.
• Perform work overhead.
• Occasionally lift and move at most 40 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

Candidates should be willing to work in non-climate-controlled environments and inclement weather if required or if applicable.

Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without needing current or future employer-sponsored work authorization.

Purpose is the reason a company exists. It's not about making money or selling products - it's the deeper "why" behind everything we do. It answers the question: What problem are we solving? What positive change are we creating?

For Siemens, our purpose has been clear for over 175 years: We create technology to transform the everyday, for everyone.

The world needs technologies that work. Technologies that matter. Technologies that solve today's challenges and help shape a better tomorrow. And that's exactly what we build. By bringing together the real world (factories, buildings, power grids, trains) with the digital world (software, data, AI, digital twins), we help our customers become more competitive, resilient, and sustainable.

Our technology is everywhere - in trains and transportation, we help move people faster, safer, and more sustainably.

$27.84 10% shift differential for second