Quality Control Tech (Weld Experience Needed)
Top Tier Family Run Manufacturing Company Seeks Experienced Quality Tech This Jobot Job is hosted by: Ross Theel Are you a fit? Easy Apply now by clicking the "Quick Apply" button and sending us your resume. Salary: $25 - $30 per hour A bit about us: Our client is a well-established leader in metal-forming and precision manufacturing, dedicated to serving customers’ evolving requirements with high integrity and technical excellence. With decades of experience delivering custom solutions, the organization has built a reputation for reliability, responsiveness, and quality. They partner with clients across industries to design, fabricate, and deliver components/assemblies that meet tight tolerances, regulatory expectations, and performance demands. Their culture is built on continuous improvement, collaboration, and a commitment to the highest standards of workmanship and customer satisfaction. As a Quality Tech on this team, you’ll be immersed in an environment where craftsmanship, innovation, and accountability converge to produce products that customers trust. Why join us? Working for this company offers you more than just a paycheck. Here’s what makes it compelling: Impact & Ownership: You’ll play a hands-on role in assuring quality across the production process, influencing product performance, and helping prevent defects before they reach customers. Growth & Learning: Because they operate in a technically challenging domain (metal forming, precision components, etc.), you will gain exposure to advanced measurement tools, quality systems, root-cause analysis, and industry best practices. Training, certifications, and continuing education are encouraged. Collaborative Team Culture: You will work alongside cross-functional teams — engineering, manufacturing, procurement, and leadership — in a culture that values open communication, feedback, and mutual respect. Stability & Reputation: The company has a long track record in the industry and serves clients who demand high reliability. That gives stability to its operations and provides opportunities for advancement as projects and customer demands evolve. Continuous Improvement Focus: They believe in Kaizen-style improvement: identifying inefficiencies, reducing waste, improving processes, and tracking metrics. Your input in process improvements will be valued and can lead to real changes. Competitive Compensation & Benefits: While specifics will depend on level, you can expect competitive pay, benefits (health, PTO, etc.), and performance-based incentives in line with industry norms for a quality role in manufacturing. Job Details Responsibilities / Duties: Perform in-process inspections, first article inspections (FAI), and final inspections of components or assemblies, using measurement instruments (calipers, micrometers, CMM, gauges, etc.). Analyze inspection data, maintain quality records, and prepare reports on quality audits, trends, and nonconformances. Identify, document, and help drive root cause investigations for defects, nonconformances, and process deviations. Work with manufacturing, engineering, and production teams to implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA). Assist in developing and maintaining control plans, inspection procedures, work instructions, and quality checklists. Support internal and external audits (ISO, customer, supplier audits), ensuring compliance with standards and requirements. Use statistical process control (SPC) tools, capability studies, measurement system analysis (MSA), and other quality tools to monitor and improve process stability. Participate in continuous improvement projects (lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen) to reduce scrap, rework, and cost, and improve throughput and yield. Support supplier quality assurance, including incoming inspection, supplier audits, and corrective actions for supplier nonconformances. Provide training and coaching to technicians/operators on inspection methods, quality awareness, and defect prevention. Minimum Qualifications: Associate degree or technical certificate in quality, mechanical, manufacturing, engineering, or related field (or equivalent work experience). Demonstrated experience (e.g. 2–5 years) in a quality role within manufacturing (Welding experience is required) Proficiency with precision measurement tools (calipers, micrometers, height gauges, comparators) and familiarity with CMM or other automated measurement systems. Understanding of quality principles and methodologies (e.g. SPC, MSA, root cause analysis, 8D, FMEA). Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and ability to interpret engineering drawings, GD&T symbols, and specifications. Ability to document and present quality data, nonconformance reports, and improvement proposals. Good communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally in a manufacturing environment. Basic computer skills (MS Excel, Word, quality / ERP systems). Interested in hearing more? Easy Apply now by clicking the "Quick Apply" button. Jobot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide an inclusive work environment that celebrates diversity and all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Jobot also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. 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