QA​/QC Inspector

Business Description

ITW Shakeproof serves major automotive OEMs and their tier suppliers with metal, cold‑headed fasteners totaling approximately $160 million in revenue. In addition to ITW’s industry‑leading research and development capabilities, ITW Shakeproof enhances our customers’ competitive advantage by maintaining advanced engineering and manufacturing facilities in North America, exchanging product, process, and benchmarking information with sister units worldwide, and continually improving processes, material, and designs to ensure every product exceeds customer specifications while providing unparalleled value.

• Performs preparation techniques of metallurgy mounts such as grinding, cutting, polishing, etching products.
• Operates and interprets findings from Micro‑Hardness testing equipment on prepared mounts.
• Performs startup and in‑process tests on production parts. Has the ability to stop production if parts do not pass.
• Reads and understands print drawings and specifications for correct test requirements, procedures, and sampling plans.
• Verifies calibration on all equipment within the lab and from the factory floor prior to use.
• Reports any safety violations, test equipment misuse and/or improper work to the Supervisor.
• Verifies and ensures all jobs and materials have accurate information on the Manufacturing Order Route Packet prior to release to the production floor.
• Receives and documents sample parts into the Quality Lab tracking system.
• Reviews laboratory test results to ensure all operations have been properly performed and recorded.
• Conducts laboratory sampling as needed.
• Issues and tracks production gages to the manufacturing floor.
• Handles and uses low‑level acids properly as part of the metal etching process.
• Attends Material Review Board meetings when required.
• Sorts parts in the laboratory if required.
• Supports and maintains waste elimination initiatives at the facility.
• Continually seeks opportunities to improve by taking advantage of available training.
• Attends all company and departmental meetings as required.
• Inspects fasteners for conformance to specifications by performing a variety of testing.
• Compares product with parts list or sample model to ensure completion of assembly.
• Completes final inspection reports for each lot of parts.
• Examines material or product for surface defects such as cracks or obvious plating defects.
• Verifies specified dimensions of product or material.
• Rejects defective parts and marks the type of defect on the part, container of parts, or inspection tag.
• Verifies all required operations are complete and correct; ensures lot integrity is maintained.
• Operates a comparator as required to inspect parts for dimensional requirements.
• Ensures compliance with all company safety rules and procedures.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• High School Diploma or equivalent education.
• Prefer minimum of 1‑2 years of metallurgical or physical laboratory experience.
• Understanding of test equipment and procedures, including various hand‑gaging equipment and desktop test equipment.
• Basic Microsoft Office understanding and usage.
• Ability and wiliness to learn new techniques and procedures.

$21.00 – $22.40 / hour

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