Inspector

MetalTek; Watertown (WI); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

MetalTek is seeking an Inspector to support day-to-day foundry quality activities through visual inspection, in-process verification, and QA release support. The role helps ensure products meet internal standards, customer requirements, and production needs before moving to the next operation or shipping.

Key duties include end-to-end inspection, documentation, and collaboration with Quality, Engineering, and Operations to drive containment, corrective actions, and on-time delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience in foundry, manufacturing, finishing, quality, inspection, or production environment.
• Strong visual inspection skills; identify defects, nonconformances, and process variation.
• Ability to read and follow work instructions, drawings, specifications, travelers, and quality documentation.
• Ability to use inspection gauges (calipers, micrometers) and small hand finishing tools.
• Good communication with production, quality, engineering, and operations teams.
• Ability to take ownership, prioritize by production flow, customer needs, and quality impact.
• Computer or data-entry skills for documenting inspection results and quality records.

Responsibilities

• Complete end-to-end visual inspection of product prior to release, movement, rework, or shipment.
• Submit products for review, disposition, approval, or QA release per processes.
• Work with QA clerks to ensure findings, hold points, release activity, and docs are recorded.
• Use specs, drawings, and quality requirements to make inspection decisions; perform corrective finishing as needed.
• Collaborate with Quality, Engineering, and Operations to clarify standards and drive continuous improvement.
• Verify that on-hold/released/scrapped/reworked statuses are handled per procedures.
• Assist with inspection priorities and customer sourcing to maintain shipment schedules.
• Document inspection results and rework findings for decision-making.

Skills

Visual inspection

Quality documentation

Ownership of tasks

Communication

Prioritization

Data entry

Tools

Calipers

Micrometers

Hand finishing tools

Job description

The Inspector is responsible for supporting day-to-day foundry quality activities through visual inspection, in-process verification, end-to-end product review, rework coordination, product submission, and QA release support. This role helps ensure that products meet internal standards, customer requirements, engineering expectations, and production needs before moving to the next operation or shipping to the customer.

The position plays a key part in reducing the cost of poor quality, minimizing avoidable rework, and improving on-time delivery by identifying quality issues early, helping drive containment, and supporting timely disposition of product.

Requirements

PRINCIPLE DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITES:

• Complete end-to-end visual inspection of product as required to verify conformance prior to release, movement to the next operation, rework, or shipment.
• Submit products for review, disposition, approval, or QA release according to established quality and production processes.
• Work closely with QA clerks to ensure inspection findings, rework status, hold points, release activity, and quality documentation are recorded accurately and timely.
• Use available inspection criteria, work instructions, drawings, specifications, visual standards, and quality requirements to make consistent inspection decisions. Perform corrective finishing and marking tasks as needed.
• Collaborate with the Quality, Engineering, and Operations teams to clarify standards, review recurring defects, support corrective action and continuous improvement activities.
• Verify that product placed on hold, released, scrapped, or reworked is clearly identified and handled according to company procedures.
• Assist with inspection priorities, customer sourcing and other activities as required to maintain product shipment schedules.
• Document inspection results, defects, rework findings, and release status clearly so Production/Quality/Engineering teams have accurate information for decision‑making.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience in a foundry, manufacturing, machining, finishing, quality, inspection, or production environment preferred.
• Strong visual inspection skills and ability to identify defects, nonconformances, workmanship concerns, and process variation. Must meet vision requirements.
• Ability to read and follow work instructions, inspection criteria, drawings, specifications, travelers, and quality documentation.
• Ability to use dimensions inspection gauges (calipers, micrometers, etc.) and small hand finishing tools (grinders, files, part marking machines)
• Good communication skills with the ability to work professionally with production, quality, engineering, and operations teams.
• Ability to take ownership of products, establish a sense of urgency and prioritize work based on production flow, customer needs, rework urgency, and quality impact.
• Computer or data‑entry skills for documenting inspection results and supporting quality records.