Job Title: Quality Control Inspector 2nd Shift (3:00pm-1:00am Mon–Thurs)
Department: Quality
Accountability: Reports to the Director of Quality and Research
Responsibilities
- Perform inspections required to support factory production, including but not limited to first-pieces, incoming production materials, incoming samples, prototypes, in-process materials, finished goods, outgoing materials, and resource-specific production audits.
- Provide front-line support to production in determining acceptance/rejection criteria and with general quality-related issues and questions.
- Support investigations into quality issues, including locating, quarantining, and sorting suspect materials.
- For all inspections and inquiries, as applicable:
- Analyze and interpret engineering drawings, data, manuals, and other materials to determine specifications, inspection and testing procedures, formulas, and measuring instruments required.
- Inspect, test, or measure materials, products, and work for conformance to specifications using appropriate instruments, including measuring dimensions using instruments such as rulers, calipers, gauges, and micrometers.
- Analyze test data and make computations necessary to determine results.
- Record inspection or test data, including marking items with details such as grade and acceptance or rejection status.
- Reject products and materials not meeting specifications, and assist in creating MRRs, CAPAs, and engineering change requests.
- Discuss inspection results with those responsible for products, recommend necessary corrective actions, and follow-up as needed for open corrective actions.
- Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems, and assist in identifying and correcting these problems.
- Perform calibrations as directed.
- Perform and/or participate in internal and external ISO audits as directed.
- Perform and/or assist in training personnel as directed.
- Keep records as required regarding corrective actions, inspection results, calibration records, engineering changes due to nonconformances, and related items.
- Other related tasks as directed.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or GED
- Technical Certification, a plus
- Comfortable presenting findings and recommendations both one-on-one and in meetings
- Experience using calipers, gauges, and related inspection equipment in a manufacturing environment
- Ability to read and interpret work instructions, production documents, and engineering drawings
- Must be detail-oriented, with excellent organizational and record keeping skills
- Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite with an emphasis on Microsoft Excel
- Ability to communicate professionally both inside and outside of the company by email and phone
- Corrected 20/20 vision
- Ability to understand written and verbal instructions in English
- Ability to work in a team environment and communicate effectively
- Must be able to tolerate long periods of sitting and standing
- Ability to occasionally lift and move up to 50 lbs.
- General knowledge of workplace safety, a plus
Work Environment — Office/Manufacturing
- Office Equipment
- Chemicals (See SDS)
- Dust
- Paint
- Noise
- Protective clothing and equipment may be required