Manufacturing Quality Inspection & Metrology Technician

Sintel Inc.; Spring Lake (MI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Sintel Inc. is seeking a Quality Inspector to help protect the customer experience by ensuring parts meet specification at every stage.

You will follow our Quality Policy and Manual, supervise first-piece through final inspections, and support the resolution of quality issues with operators and supervisors. You will interpret customer quality requirements, complete ISIRs, and prepare PPAP documentation to ensure conformity.

Qualifications

• Quality inspection experience.
• Quality control experience.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints.

Responsibilities

• Perform first-piece, in-process, and final inspections against engineering prints, ISIRs, and control plans using a range of measurement gages.
• Configure and stage gaging and fixturing for operators as requested to maintain reliable measurement at the point of use.
• Assist customers and vendors to address and resolve quality-related issues.
• Support operators and supervisors with inspection techniques and product quality problem-solving.
• Interpret customer-specific quality requirements and translate them into actionable inspection criteria.
• Complete ISIRs and prepare, compile, and submit PPAP documentation per customer requirements.
• Drive nonconforming material through the 8D process, documenting actions and following through to resolution.
• Perform and record gage calibration activities to keep measurement systems reliable.
• Inspect parts processed by outside special processes such as e-coat and plating to verify conformance.

Skills

Quality inspection

Quality control

Blueprint reading

Job description

Help us protect the customer experience at Sintel by ensuring every part meets spec, every time. In this role, you will uphold Sintel’s Quality Policy and follow our Quality Manual, operating procedures, and job-specific work instructions.

Day in the life

You start on the floor, confirming first-piece setups, move through in-process checks to keep production on target, and finish shifts by validating final inspection results and gage calibrations. Along the way, you provide clear guidance to operators, collaborate with supervisors, and jump on any quality concern before it becomes a defect.

What you will do

• Perform first-piece, in-process, and final inspections against engineering prints, ISIRs, and control plans using a range of measurement gages.
• Configure and stage gaging and fixturing for operators as requested to maintain reliable measurement at the point of use.
• Assist customers and vendors to address and resolve quality-related issues.
• Support operators and supervisors with inspection techniques and product quality problem-solving.
• Interpret customer-specific quality requirements and translate them into actionable inspection criteria.
• Complete ISIRs and prepare, compile, and submit PPAP documentation per customer requirements.
• Drive nonconforming material through the 8D process, documenting actions and following through to resolution.
• Perform and record gage calibration activities to keep measurement systems reliable.
• Inspect parts processed by outside special processes such as e-coat and plating to verify conformance.

Quality system expectations

Consistently adhere to Sintel’s Quality Policy, Quality Manual, operating procedures, and all work instructions tied to this position.

What you bring

• Quality inspection experience
• Quality control experience
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints