Senior Quality Acceptance Specialist

Anderson Dahlen Inc.; Anoka (MN); On-site; USD 34,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Anderson Dahlen in Ramsey, MN seeks a Quality Assurance professional to perform quality acceptance for mechanical, electrical, and fabricated products used in bioprocessing and pharmaceutical systems. You will evaluate drawings, BOMs, tolerances, and acceptance criteria to ensure product conformity and document outcomes.

The role supports nonconformance investigations, CAPA activities, and risk-based decision-making across Engineering, Operations, and Suppliers.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in a technical discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 3-7+ years of experience in manufacturing quality, inspection, product acceptance, or quality assurance.
• Strong ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, BOMs, and GD&T.
• Knowledge of welding, fabrication, electrical assemblies, and mechanical systems.
• Experience with nonconformance management, corrective actions, and root cause analysis.
• Strong documentation, communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to independently make quality acceptance decisions using objective evidence and risk-based thinking.
• Experience within regulated manufacturing, pharmaceutical, biotech, life sciences, or custom equipment manufacturing preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform quality acceptance inspections of mechanical, electrical, and fabricated products including stainless steel vessels, process systems, electrical enclosures, control panels, weldments, and fabricated assemblies.
• Review engineering drawings, specifications, bills of material, tolerances, quality requirements, and acceptance criteria to determine product conformity.
• Verify workmanship, dimensions, materials, finishes, weld quality, component installation, and system configuration against approved requirements.
• Support and perform in-process inspections, Hardware Acceptance Testing (HAT), Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), and related product verification activities.
• Conduct continuity testing, functional verification, and RPM testing on electrical assemblies utilizing calibrated test equipment ranging from 5V through 480V three-phase systems.
• Determine product acceptance, rejection, conditional acceptance, or escalation based upon objective evidence and established quality requirements.

Skills

Engineering drawings

Welding knowledge

Fabrication

Electrical assemblies

Nonconformance mgmt

Root cause analysis

Documentation

Communication

Education

Associate degree

Job description

Anderson Dahlen in Ramsey, MN seeks a Quality Assurance professional to perform quality acceptance for mechanical, electrical, and fabricated products used in bioprocessing and pharmaceutical systems. You will evaluate drawings, BOMs, tolerances, and acceptance criteria to ensure product conformity and document outcomes.

The role supports nonconformance investigations, CAPA activities, and risk-based decision-making across Engineering, Operations, and Suppliers.