Quality Supervisor - 1st shift Job Spartanburg area,South Carolina USA,Quality Assurance

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Where is the work:

On-Site (5 days)

What you will do:

Directly supervise all plant quality inspectors across lines or departments
Plan and assign daily work schedules to ensure inspection coverage for all production areas
Balance inspector workload based on production demand, risk level, and staffing availability
Monitor team attendance, punctuality, overtime, and shift handoff effectiveness
Lead shift start-up meetings with inspectors to review priorities, quality alerts, and problem areas
Provide day-to-day direction, coaching, and support to inspectors on inspection expectations and decision-making
Set clear performance expectations for inspectors regarding accuracy, timeliness, discipline, and reporting
Conduct regular one-on-one coaching and feedback sessions with inspectors
Complete performance evaluations and document employee performance issues or achievements
Support corrective action, disciplinary steps, and recognition programs for team members as needed
Identify skill gaps and coordinate cross-training to improve team flexibility
Develop backup coverage plans for absences, vacations, and high-volume production periods
Participate in hiring, onboarding, and training new inspectors
Build a culture of accountability, urgency, teamwork, and quality ownership within the inspection team
Oversee all in-process, first-piece, last-piece, and final inspection activities in the plant
Ensure inspectors follow approved inspection plans, sampling methods, control plans, and work instructions
Verify inspection results are recorded accurately, completely, and in a timely manner
Ensure nonconforming material is properly identified, segregated, documented, and escalated
Review inspection findings daily to identify repeat issues, trends, and missed opportunities for prevention
Coordinate inspector assignments to support new launches, engineering changes, containment activity, and customer-specific requirements
Ensure inspection coverage is aligned with production schedules, critical operations, and customer risk
Standardize inspection methods and judgment criteria across all inspectors to improve consistency
Audit inspector performance on the floor to confirm compliance with procedures and standard work
Drive timely communication of defects and quality concerns to production supervision and other stakeholders
Serve as the primary point of contact for inspector-related quality issues on the production floor
Escalate significant quality concerns to quality management, engineering, production leadership, and other functions as needed
Ensure smooth communication between shifts so open issues, suspect material, and containment actions are handed off effectively
Lead response coordination when inspectors identify major nonconformances or process deviations
Support daily production meetings by providing inspection status, quality issues, and staffing updates
Partner with manufacturing leaders to resolve conflicts related to product acceptance or inspection disposition
Train inspectors on defect recognition, inspection techniques, measurement methods,…