Senior Quality Control Lead - Precision Metal Fabrication

Gilder Search Group; Burlington (NJ); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Job summary

Gilder Search Group seeks a Quality Control Manager for a metal fabrication and finishing operation in Burlington, NJ. This hands-on leadership role oversees the QMS, inspection activities, NCR/CAPA processes, and customer/supplier quality issues.

You will lead inspectors, ensure GD&T compliance, and maintain calibration records while driving continuous improvement across powder coating and fabrication processes.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of quality control experience in precision metal fabrication.
• Experience with ISO 9001:2015 QMS and related quality management systems.
• Experience performing/overseeing incoming, in-process, final, and FAI inspections.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, blueprints, and GD&T.
• Hands-on quality control in a manufacturing/shop-floor environment.
• Experience with NCRs, CAPA, and corrective actions.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve the ISO 9001:2015 QMS procedures, documentation, and records.
• Oversee incoming, in-process, final inspections and FAI across manufacturing and finishing operations.
• Ensure products meet customer requirements, drawings, GD&T, and inspection criteria.
• Oversee powder coating quality controls, pretreatment, curing, film thickness and adhesion.
• Manage NCRs, root cause analysis, disposition, CAPA and corrective actions.
• Supervise quality inspectors on the shop floor and quality inspection activities.
• Maintain quality records, calibration programs, and KPI reporting (scrap, rework, yield).
• Serve as primary quality contact for audits with customers and suppliers.

Skills

Quality control

ISO 9001

GD&T

Root cause analysis

FAI

Shop-floor leadership

Calibration

Tools

Calipers

Micrometers

Height gauges

Coating thickness gauges

ERP/MRP

Job description

Gilder Search Group seeks a Quality Control Manager for a metal fabrication and finishing operation in Burlington, NJ. This hands-on leadership role oversees the QMS, inspection activities, NCR/CAPA processes, and customer/supplier quality issues.

You will lead inspectors, ensure GD&T compliance, and maintain calibration records while driving continuous improvement across powder coating and fabrication processes.