Quality Control Inspector

Job Description

A global manufacturing company is seeking a Quality Control Inspector to ensure products meet established quality standards and customer specifications. The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented quality professional with strong experience in dimensional inspection and blueprint interpretation. Reporting to the Quality Manager, the new hire will support product integrity by performing inspections and documenting results while collaborating with production and quality teams to resolve nonconformances.

• $20-25/hr. (DOE)
• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance

Houston, TX 77040

Temp-to-Hire

1st Shift: M-F 7:00am-3:30pm / 3rd Shift: M-F 11:00pm-7:30am

• Perform thorough start-up, in-process, and final inspections in accordance with the company’s Quality Management System (QMS), customer specifications, and approved procedures.
• Conduct precise dimensional inspections using calipers, micrometers, gauges, and CMM equipment to verify product conformance to drawings and tolerances.
• Perform inspection of first articles, sample runs, and process/tooling modifications, ensuring accurate documentation and timely feedback to production.
• Conduct capability studies and other analytical assessments to evaluate process stability; clearly communicate findings and improvement recommendations.
• Interpret part drawings, GD&T symbols, and customer requirements to ensure full understanding of product expectations and critical characteristics.
• Regularly review inspection instructions and control plans to ensure inspection accuracy and relevance.
• Verify that product labeling and packaging meet all quality and customer requirements before release.
• Accurately document inspection results, nonconformances (NCMRs, VRRs, RMAs), and ensure proper quarantine of nonconforming materials; promptly notifies the Production Supervisor and Quality Manager.
• Record inspection data and reports in WIN-CONTROL and other approved systems with accuracy and completeness.
• Monitor Statistical Process Control (SPC) trends, identify out-of-control conditions, and initiate appropriate corrective or containment actions.
• Effectively communicate inspection results, quality issues, and relevant shift information to the oncoming inspector and production leadership.
• Maintain all inspection equipment in proper working condition, promptly reporting calibration needs, damage, or accuracy concerns.
• Assist in training new operators and inspectors to ensure consistent application of inspection standards and quality practices.
• Demonstrate leadership, self-motivation, and a high level of attention to detail while promoting a culture of quality and safety throughout the facility.
• Adhere to all company safety procedures, policies, and quality standards in every aspect of work.
• Provide proactive support to the Quality Manager through accurate reporting, effective communication, and collaboration on quality improvement initiatives.
• Actively support and enforce the company’s Quality Policy, Objectives, and Continuous Improvement initiatives.
• Perform other related duties as assigned by the Supervisor or functional managers.

• High School diploma or equivalent General Education Diploma. Experience can be substituted for education.
• 3 to 5 years of working as a QC Inspector. Familiarity with AS9100 / ISO
  13485 standards is a plus.
• Training Requirements: ISO Quality Procedures (ISO
  9001 / AS9100 / ISO
  13485).
• Basic computer and math skills to measure specifications.
• Light Work – Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and / or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and / or lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. If the use of arm and / or leg controls requires exertion of force greater than sedentary work and worker sits most of the time, the job is light work.
• Required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as; preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and or operation or machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication of parts at distance close to the eye.
• Subject to inside environmental conditions:
  Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature change.
• Subject to noise:
  There is sufficient noise to cause a worker to shout in order to be heard above ambient noise level.
• Subject to hazards:
  Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals.