Quality Inspector I

Dover Corp; Colonial Heights (VA); On-site; USD 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Dover Corp in Colonial Heights, Virginia, is seeking a hands-on Warehouse Technician to inspect incoming shipments and warehoused parts, ensuring safety, quality, and accuracy to customer specifications. You will mentor and train teammates, perform precise measurements with calipers and micrometers, and collaborate with Purchasing, Final Assembly, and Quality.

This role emphasizes teamwork, reliability, and physical stamina, with varied shifts and a focus on safe, orderly operations in a

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED is required.
• ASQ certification is a plus toward quality standards.
• Experience with measurement tools is essential (calipers, micrometers, etc.).
• AS400 experience is a plus for system interaction.

Responsibilities

• Inspect incoming shipments and warehoused products for quality and conformance.
• Mentor and train teammates; support cross‑functional teams.
• Maintain inventory storage areas; ensure cleanliness and orderliness.
• Assist with audits, load handling, and basic equipment operation.

Skills

Team player

Attention to detail

Effective communication

Time management

Safety consciousness

Mathematical ability

Education

HS diploma/GED

ASQ Certification(s) beneficial

Tools

Calipers

Micrometers

CMM

AS400

Job description

What we are looking for:

Ensuring all activities involvingincoming shipments received and warehoused manufactured products are efficient, safe, orderly and accurately manufactured to our customer's specifications and the quality of the products produced comply with customer and company standards. Hands‑on role where you will inspect cases and parts as well as mentor and train others. Other duties as assigned.

Essential Competencies:

• Ensure company safety, quality and performance procedures are met in a safe, clean and organized setting; offer recommendations to improve these standards
• Data Collection and Charting.
• Part measurements to prints utilizing precise measuring equipment such as calipers, micrometers, CMM
• Interact directly with Purchasing, Final Assembly and all supporting areas regarding issues that affect customer and vendor specifications and shipments.
• Interact directly with Inside Sales concerning order specifications, changes and errors.
• Interact directly with Engineering concerning design, product and print issues.
• Load/Product testing.
• Work with Quality team members on case line ups, audits and inspections.
• Must be a team player with good team skills and the ability to get along with all types of personalities.
• Operate copier/scanner, fax machine, computer, printers, telephone system
• Work with other departments to resolve supplier invoice/product discrepancy errors
• Understands emergency evacuation procedures, including where to gather outside the building.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Maintain cleanliness and orderliness of inventory storage locations.
• Perform various material handling duties, to include, but not be limited to driving fork truck, shipping truck, hand truck, etc.
• Maintain cleanliness and orderliness of physical plant, i.e., keep aisle ways, docks, etc. swept free of debris and uncluttered
• Must have prompt and regular attendance.
• Perform other duties as assigned
• Must be familiar with parts and products

Minimum Quantifiable Competencies:

• High school diploma or General Education Degree (GED).
• ASQ Certification(s) beneficial, Electronics and Mechanical systems a plus.
• 6 Months related experience and/or training; equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Excel, Word and Power point computer applications a plus.
• Use of measurement equipment a must. (Ex. Calipers, Protractors, Micrometers etc).
• AS400 a plus.
• Must be willing and able to work overtime, Saturdays and Sundays with little or no notice.
• Must be willing to work flexible hours.
• Experience in auditing process and products a must.
• Excellent organizational andtime management skills
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to see, talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to sit and use hands along with fingers, to handle or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as Customer Orders, product blueprints and wiring diagrams. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively to groups of customers or employees of organization.

Preferred Competencies:

• Forklift truck certified
• AS400 Experience
  

Strengths needed for this role:

• Willing to accept new/changing responsibilities and duties.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills along with motivational and leadership skills