Quality Inspector 1

Leominster, MA 01453 | Full-time | Non-Exempt

About the role

This position is responsible for conducting inspections and testing to guarantee that products meet the company’s quality requirements. You will also ensure compliance with quality processes by quality and production personnel.

Responsibilities

• Use a variety of conventional tools and instruments to verify dimensions to drawing specifications.
• Conduct in-process and end-of-process inspections in different departments to verify if product meets quality criteria.
• Identify defects in surface, dimensional, visual, and nonconformities (material, documentation, and workmanship) to quality standards.
• Inform the production and quality team if any operation, product, or material does not meet quality standards.
• Help identify the root cause of quality issues so they can be addressed efficiently and effectively.
• Record findings using the tools and documentation assigned by the company.
• Monitor and validate that rejected product have been repaired.
• Perform audits using the AQL sampling method.
• Conduct internal audits to verify if processes are being followed.
• Attend production meetings, communicate quality issues, and report quality indicators.
• Promote a continuous improvement culture.
• Attend and participate in internal and external training and educational courses required by the company.
• Maintain a clean, well-organized workspace in line with 5S standards.
• Always follow health and safety requirements and bring safety concerns to light as soon as they arise.

Requirements

• High School Diploma.
• Minimal computer skills required.
• Must be neat and detail-oriented.
• Must be willing to work overtime hours.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous quality experience is a plus.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and quality control plans is a plus.
• Bilingual a plus.
• Knowledge of the use of handheld measuring instruments a plus.
• Knowledge of reading blueprints a plus.
• Knowledge of welding operations a plus.

Physical Requirements

• Frequently walk and stand for 2.5–5.5 daily hours.
• Continuously bend, reach, grip, stoop, push/pull, and twist for 5.5–8 daily hours.
• Lifting/carrying: low to moderate frequency with weights up to 50 lbs.
• Stress level: moderate.

Pay

$16.50 – $25.00 hourly.