Quality Technician: Precision Inspector & Process Improver

Hill Phoenix, Inc.; Centerville (IA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Dover Food Retail, a leading manufacturer in display cases and refrigeration systems, seeks a Quality Technician I for their Centerville, IA facility. The role involves root-cause analysis, calibration oversight under ISO 17025, and driving continuous quality improvements across production.

You will conduct inspections, support end-of-line testing, and collaborate with production to ensure specifications and safety standards are met.

Qualifications

• High school diploma/GED required.
• Minimum 2 years’ manufacturing experience.
• Proficiency with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Responsibilities

• Fully understand Job Reports requirements and ensure they are met.
• Address customer concerns and provide solutions.
• Educate production team on quality control issues and work with managers to improve safety and product quality.
• Assist with process checklists and coordinate quality inspections.
• Conduct dimensional and visual inspection of all cases prior to shipment.
• Verify refrigeration components and measurements before final assembly.
• Create corrective actions to meet specifications.
• Record issues and defects in the data base.
• Create and interpret quality charts (Pareto, SPC).
• Conduct process audits to ensure methods, machinery and materials meet standards.
• Use inspection equipment (tape measure, caliper, Inficon leak tester, Hipot stand, PosiTest thickness).
• Support end-of-line testing of the cases.

Skills

Quality inspection

Root cause analysis

Blueprint reading

Attention to detail

Education

High school diploma/GED

Tools

MS Office

Tape measure

Caliper

Inficon leak tester

Hipot stand tester

PosiTest-paint thickness

Job description

Dover Food Retail, a leading manufacturer in display cases and refrigeration systems, seeks a Quality Technician I for their Centerville, IA facility. The role involves root-cause analysis, calibration oversight under ISO 17025, and driving continuous quality improvements across production.

You will conduct inspections, support end-of-line testing, and collaborate with production to ensure specifications and safety standards are met.