Quality Control Inspector jobs in Waukegan, IL

Summary:

The quality assurance inspector assures the consistent quality of production by developing and enforcing manufacturing practices and systems, validating processes, and providing necessary documentation to ensure quality excellence. In this role the inspector will strive to achieve Quality Assurance operational objectives by contributing information and analysis to strategic plans and reviews, preparing, and completing action plans, implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards, identifying, and resolving problems, completing audits, determining system improvements as well as implementing change.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Inspection of incoming and outgoing products and materials to engineering specifications using basic test and measuring equipment.

- Ability to work with handheld gauges, such as calipers, micrometers, height gauges, pin gauges, thread gauges, etc. Ability to work with optical comparator.

- Ability to read and interpret blueprints and know definitions of critical, major, minor characteristics.

- Ability to measure parts and determine if they are meeting print specifications. Inspect first part against each measurement as indicated on print. Verify acceptable tolerance. Indicate completed inspection on corresponding inspection record.

- Perform visual and dimensional inspection of purchased parts, tight tolerance machined parts, stamped and fabricated parts. Components, assemblies, and material.

- Experience with engineering drawings and tolerance, standards, and specifications.

- Generate, distribute, and file inspection reports as required.

- Document non-conforming product when detected. Attach Red Tag and Red HC tags to the non-conforming product.

- Complete and maintain all documentation per customer and/or internal requirements. File material and product certificates.

- Receives, understands, and follows all written and oral instruction.

- Must exhibit a high level of motivation, sense of urgency, and energetic approach to job duties and requirements.

- Proven track record of hands-on problem solving and driving continuous quality improvements within a manufacturing environment.

Skills and Abilities Required:

- 2 years of experience performing close/tight tolerance mechanical inspections.

- Experience with Metal Stamping and/or Fabrication (Laser Cutting, Forming, Welding and Assembly Processes)

- Ability to read blueprints. Knowledge of GD&T is a plus.

- Knowledge of ISO 9001 (Knowledge of IATF 16949 would be a bonus)

- Technical knowledge and hands-on experience using various measurement equipment.

- Strong Math Skills

- Strong communication and team building skills a must

- Strong Computer Literacy (Word, Excel, Power Point, and Outlook)

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $18.00 per hour

Experience level:

• 2 years

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• Overtime

Work setting:

• In-person
• Manufacturing facility

Application Question(s):

• What kind of handheld tools and/or measurement devices are you familiar with?
• What type of inspections are you familiar with?
• What forms/paperwork have you completed while inspecting parts?
• Have you done full dimensional layouts?
• Are you able to read blueprints and GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing)?If yes,

Would you be able to pick up a proper handheld tool and/or measurement device to inspect parts? Give an example of how you would do it.

Experience:

• Quality inspection: 2 years (Required)

Shift availability:

• Day Shift (Preferred)
• Night Shift (Preferred)

Work Location: In person