Quality Lab Technician: CMM & GD&T Specialist

Palmetto State Armory L; West Columbia (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Palmetto State Armory is seeking a Quality Technician to support the Quality Lab in West Columbia, SC. The role focuses on inspecting parts, programming CMMs, and ensuring parts meet quality standards while coordinating with engineering, management, and suppliers.

You will learn and implement new inspection technologies, train inspectors in measurement techniques, and maintain CMM Lab organization. This full-time role requires a proactive, detail-oriented candidate with a strong quality mindset.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent (GED) plus 4 years of experience as a Quality Inspector.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, internal or external, including Dimensions, GD&T.
• Ability to use hand measurement tools and operate complex measuring equipment.
• Ability to apply problem solving techniques (5 Why, KT, Fishbone Diagram, etc.)
• Ability to communicate effectively in a technical manner.
• Desire to improve themselves, the quality system and instill a quality mentality into co-workers.
• Energetic, positive, and able to think laterally to follow through with reasoned decision making.
• Ability to read and understand Safety Rules, Standard Operating Procedures, Forms etc.
• Ability to assist in the communication of the quality system requirements to other personnel.

Responsibilities

• Program and run CMM on suspect parts in an organized methodical fashion.
• Use CMM data to support Q-Incoming and Assembly issues.
• Interprets prints and GD&T callouts and perform open setups to support Inspectors during inspections.
• Work with Eng/Mgt/Suppliers providing requested data to print and customer specifications.
• Interact with departments regarding disposition of PPAP/FAI submissions as well as identify concerns about submissions.
• Perform quality testing to assist the implementation of continuous improvement of parts and products.
• Audit Q-Incoming Inspections, random and scheduled, for validation of Q-Incoming processes.
• Responsible to learn and teach new inspection technologies as needed.
• Train inspectors how to perform inspections and ensure repeatable and reproduceable measurements.
• Develop and maintain Keyence programs for part inspections.
• Implement methods to inspect, test, and evaluate reliability, precision, and accuracy of processes, products, and production equipment.
• Maintain CMM and CMM Lab areas in a neat and orderly fashion.
• Ability to analyze quality data to certify or reject products and communicate results appropriately.
• Ensure products adhere to company and industry quality standards through incoming inspection, sample testing, and evaluation.
• Ensure expedient processing of non-conforming material. Ensure Receiving Inspection Log is accurate.
• Maintain and distribute digital MRB records and provide technical support to the NCM team.
• All other duties, as assigned.

Skills

Read engineering drawings

Interpreting GD&T

Use hand measurement tools

Operate measuring equipment

Problem solving (5 Why, KT, Fishbone)

Technical communication

Quality mindset

Safety procedures

Quality system training

Education

High school diploma or GED + 4 years QA experience

Tools

CMM

Keyence programs

Measuring equipment

Job description

Palmetto State Armory is seeking a Quality Technician to support the Quality Lab in West Columbia, SC. The role focuses on inspecting parts, programming CMMs, and ensuring parts meet quality standards while coordinating with engineering, management, and suppliers.

You will learn and implement new inspection technologies, train inspectors in measurement techniques, and maintain CMM Lab organization. This full-time role requires a proactive, detail-oriented candidate with a strong quality mindset.