Quality Control - Line Inspector

AppleOne Employment Services; Livermore (CA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

AppleOne Employment Services is seeking a Quality Control - Line Inspector in Livermore, CA for a temp-to-hire role focused on hands-on inspection and documentation to support product quality on manufacturing and packaging lines. Collaboration with production and quality teams is essential to meet batch instructions, procedures, and standards.

Responsibilities include inspections, line clearances, first article checks, and sampling, plus maintaining QC logs.

Qualifications

• Perform in-process quality inspections and production line checks.
• Review batch records, labels, inspection reports, and quality documentation for accuracy and completeness.
• Support line clearance, AQL checks, retain sample collection, and follow-up inspection of reworked products.
• Communicate quality issues clearly and help ensure production meets required standards.
• High school diploma or GED preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality support to production lines by verifying adherence to batch instructions, procedures, specifications, and quality standards.
• Perform and document inspections, checks, line clearances, first article inspections, first pallet inspections, and random sampling inspections.
• Monitor manufacturing and packaging operations, identify non-conformances, and report quality concerns to the appropriate supervisor or manager.
• Stop production or shipment when major non-compliance with specifications, standards, or quality requirements is identified.
• Review batch documentation, approve production labels, complete deviation forms, and maintain QC inspection reports and daily summary logs.
• Collect, identify, assign, and manage QC retain samples, customer samples, lab testing samples, and required temperature monitoring documentation.

Skills

In-process QC

Batch records review

QA documentation

AQL inspections

Line clearance

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Computer skills

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Job Summary

We are seeking a Quality Control - Line Inspector for a temp-to-hire opportunity in Livermore, CA. This role is ideal for a detail-oriented quality professional with manufacturing or production line experience who enjoys hands‑on inspection work, documentation, and supporting consistent product quality. As a Quality Control - Line Inspector, you will work closely with production and quality teams to ensure manufacturing and packaging processes follow batch instructions, procedures, and quality standards. This is a strong opportunity to join a stable production environment where accuracy, accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement are valued. The role offers the chance to build long‑term career potential while working with supportive leadership and a collaborative team focused on quality and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide quality support to production lines by verifying adherence to batch instructions, procedures, specifications, and quality standards.
• Perform and document inspections, checks, line clearances, first article inspections, first pallet inspections, and random sampling inspections.
• Monitor manufacturing and packaging operations, identify non-conformances, and report quality concerns to the appropriate supervisor or manager.
• Stop production or shipment when major non-compliance with specifications, standards, or quality requirements is identified.
• Review batch documentation, approve production labels, complete deviation forms, and maintain QC inspection reports and daily summary logs.
• Collect, identify, assign, and manage QC retain samples, customer samples, lab testing samples, and required temperature monitoring documentation.

Compensation and Benefits

• Pay: $23.00 to $25.00 per hour.
• Job Type: Temp-to-Hire.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• Perform in-process quality inspections and production line checks.
• Review batch records, labels, inspection reports, and quality documentation for accuracy and completeness.
• Support line clearance, AQL checks, retain sample collection, and follow-up inspection of reworked products.
• Communicate quality issues clearly and help ensure production meets required standards.
• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• 1 to 2 years of relevant quality control, inspection, manufacturing, production, or assembly line experience.
• Basic math skills, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, percentages, and rounding.
• Basic computer skills, including keyboarding, data entry, and working knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Word and Excel.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to follow written procedures, batch instructions, and quality standards.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
• Positive, professional, and cooperative work style.
• Strong sense of accountability, responsibility, and ownership of assigned tasks.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience performing line clearance, AQL inspections, first article inspections, or finished product sampling in a manufacturing or packaging environment.
• Experience reviewing batch records, deviation forms, labels, retain samples, or QC inspection documentation.
• Familiarity with quality control procedures in a regulated or documentation-focused production setting.

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For temporary assignments lasting 13 weeks or longer, AppleOne is pleased to offer major medical, dental, vision, 401k and any statutory sick pay where required.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact your staffing representative who will reach out to our HR team.

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We also consider for employment qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements, including, if applicable, the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. Pursuant to applicable state and municipal Fair Chance Laws and Ordinances, we will consider for employment-qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, including, if applicable, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. For Los Angeles, CA applicants: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.