Quality Inspector, 5:30am - 3:30pm

About the role

Sanmina Corporation is a leading integrated manufacturing solutions provider serving the fastest-growing segments of the global Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) market. The Quality Control Inspector (Plastics) is responsible for monitoring, inspecting, and testing plastic products throughout the production cycle.

This role involves working every other weekend, 5:30am - 3:30pm Tuesday - Friday. The Quality Control Inspector (Plastics) will be the final line of defense between a manufacturing glitch and a disappointed customer, ensuring that every piece coming off the line meets rigorous structural and aesthetic standards.

Responsibilities

• Inspection & Testing:
  • Visual Inspection: Checking for common plastic defects such as sink marks, splay, flash, short shots, or color inconsistencies.
  • Dimensional Verification: Using precision instruments to ensure parts match blueprints or CAD specifications.
  • Functional Testing: Performing "stress tests" to ensure the plastic doesn't crack under pressure or fail in its intended environment.
  • Material Analysis: Occasionally testing the raw resin or "melt flow index" to ensure the plastic hasn't been degraded during the heating process.
• Documentation & Compliance:
  • Reporting: Maintaining detailed logs of "Passed" vs. "Rejected" batches.
  • Non-Conformance Reports (NCR): Identifying why a batch failed and documenting the specific deviation from the standard.
  • Traceability: Ensuring that every batch can be traced back to a specific machine, operator, and raw material lot.
• Process Improvement:
  • Calibration: Regularly checking that gauges and scales are accurate.
  • Feedback Loop: Working with machine operators to adjust temperatures or pressures if parts begin to drift out of specification.

Technical Toolkit

• Digital Calipers: Measuring thickness, diameter, and depth.
• Micrometers: Extremely precise measurement for thin-walled plastic parts.
• Spectrophotometer: Measuring color consistency to ensure "Brand Blue" is actually blue.

Skills & Qualifications

• Unwavering Attention to Detail: Spotting a 0.5mm defect in a sea of thousands of parts.
• Objectivity: The ability to "red tag" a batch even when production is behind schedule.
• Communication: Explaining technical failures to non-technical teams clearly and without friction.

Work Environment

Primarily on the manufacturing floor (which can be noisy and warm due to injection molding or extrusion machines) and in the QC lab. Physical Requirements: Long periods of standing and the ability to lift up to 20 pounds. Safety: Mandatory use of PPE.

Benefits

Sanmina Provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays, 40 hours of sick time from day one, and paid time off (PTO).