Quality Lead

We are seeking an experienced Quality Lead for a temp-to-hire opportunity in a fast-paced manufacturing environment in Buffalo, NY. This onsite role is ideal for a quality assurance professional who enjoys leading quality activities, supporting auditors, analyzing production data, and helping ensure products meet customer, regulatory, food safety, and internal quality standards.

The Quality Lead will serve as a key technical and leadership resource within the Quality Assurance department, supporting product inspections, testing programs, compliance activities, automated inspection systems, microbiological requirements, and continuous improvement initiatives. This position offers a strong team environment, supportive leadership, exposure to advanced quality technologies, and the opportunity to make a direct impact on product quality, customer satisfaction, and operational performance.

This is a great opportunity for someone who wants stability, career growth, leadership development, and hands‑on involvement with quality systems, machine vision technology, laboratory testing, and manufacturing process improvement.

• Lead day-to-day Quality Auditor support, including scheduling, training, coaching, time-off coordination, payroll record processing, and coverage planning.
• Perform and coordinate product inspections and testing, including first-off, in-process, final inspections, dimensional checks, functional testing, and non-routine testing.
• Support product qualification, process monitoring, data analysis, root cause investigations, corrective actions, and continuous improvement projects.
• Verify and monitor automated inspection technologies, including machine vision systems, spark testing systems, ATEQ testing systems, and related quality monitoring equipment.
• Maintain compliance with GMP, HACCP, SQF, ISO, food safety, microbiological, environmental, and internal quality requirements.
• Manage quality documentation, SAP quality holds, COAs, retention samples, audit records, SPC reviews, testing results, and quality performance reporting.

• Pay rate: $27.00 to $29.00 per hour.
• Job type:
  Temp-to-hire.
• Work location:
  
  Onsite in Buffalo, NY 14225.
• Department:
  Quality Assurance.
• Full-time onsite position.
• Leadership development and career advancement opportunities.
• Exposure to advanced quality systems, machine vision technology, and automated inspection equipment.
• Collaborative team environment focused on quality, safety, and continuous improvement.

• Lead quality assurance support activities across production, testing, inspection, documentation, and audit readiness.
• Coordinate Quality Auditor coverage, training, team support, and quality workflow priorities.
• Perform product verification, laboratory testing support, inspection system checks, and process data analysis.
• Support investigations, corrective actions, product qualifications, compliance programs, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• 3 or more years of Quality Assurance experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of product inspection, dimensional verification, functional testing, laboratory testing, and quality documentation.
• Ability to interpret production data, SPC trends, process metrics, specifications, and quality records.
• Experience using Microsoft Excel, Word, quality management systems, and SAP or a similar ERP system.
• Familiarity with GMP, HACCP, SQF, ISO, food safety, or similar regulated quality systems.
• Strong analytical, mathematical, mechanical, troubleshooting, and problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work cross‑functionally with Production, Maintenance, Engineering, and Quality teams.
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