Quality Inspector

Quality Technician III

Location:

Agawam, MA

Pay Range: $25.00 – $32.00 per hour

• Financial Growth: $25–$32/hr plus a bonus plan for all full-time employees.
• Retirement: 401(k) investment plan with a company match up to 4%.
• Health & Wellness:
  Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage.
• Insurance:
  Employer-paid life, short-term, and long-term disability insurance.
• Time Off:
  Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid holiday schedule.
• Career Support:
  Education support program, plus reimbursement for safety eyeglasses and shoes.

The Role As a Quality Technician III, you are a senior-level expert responsible for ensuring manufacturing excellence. You will lead the development and improvement of quality processes, utilizing advanced metrology tools to exceed customer expectations. This role combines high-level technical execution with mentorship and leadership within the Quality Lab.

• Advanced Metrology:
  Program and operate CMMs using PC-DMIS, as well as FARO & Micro-Vu equipment.
• Technical Leadership:
  Train and develop new hires and Level I/II inspectors; lead Quality Walk Audits.
• Project Management:
  Suggest and execute Continuous Improvement projects and establish closed-loop corrective actions for process failures.
• Inspections & Standards:
  Perform dimensional verification for PPAP and First Article parts using GD&T concepts.
• Documentation:
  Release products for shipping by ensuring all certifications and customer-required documentation are accurate.
• Metrics & Auditing:
  Collect and present quality metrics; audit internal workmanship and documentation processes.

• Release product for shipping by ensuring proper documentation/certifications are provided as outlined by customer requirements
• Understand and apply basic GD&T concepts ? Proficient in dimensional verification of PPAP and first article parts
• Provide direct support to the production floor by assisting with interpretation/development of manufacturing related documentation and providing or teaching proper measuring techniques
• Provide technical inspection of manufactured and raw materials at “receiving” as outlined by the process
• Collect data, evaluate, and present quality metrics
• Program and operate FARO & Micro-Vu measurement equipment proficiently
• Program and run CMM's using PC-DMIS software
• Audit internal processes including dimensional workmanship and documentation verification
• Work to establish closed loop cause and corrective action in reaction to customer complaints and internal process failures
• Trained and efficient in all aspects of the position
• Work quickly, efficiently, and without quality issues
• Provide on-the-job training for new quality inspectors with daily responsibilities
• Support management through implementing and communicating ideas, projects, practices, and decision outcomes to the Quality team
• Suggest and complete Continuous Improvement Projects

• Experience:
  
  5+ years in a metal fabrication environment under a continuous improvement QMS.
• Technical
  
  Skills:
  
  Proficient in PC-DMIS programming, blueprint reading, and engineering drawings.
• Mathematics: ability to calculate rates, ratios, percentages, and interpret complex graphs.
• Education:
  
  Associate degree in a related field and/or formal PC-DMIS training preferred.
• Soft Skills:
  
  Ability to present technical data to customers, clients, and internal teams effectively.

• Regularly required to stand, handle materials, and perform high-precision visual inspections.
• Ability to lift up to 25 pounds and work in a manufacturing environment with moving mechanical parts.

salary: $52,000 - $67,000 per year

shift:
First

work hours: 8 AM - 4 PM

education:
High School

• working in a smoke free environment
• working up to 5 hrs of overtime per week

• Inspection
• Product Inspection
• Quality Assurance
• Quality Control
• Blueprint Reading
• CMM
• Hand Tools
• Inspecting

Equal Opportunity

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