Job Title: Quality Inspector
Location: Forest Lake, IL
Salary: $17-19/hour
Shift Pattern: Day Shift, Mon - Fri
Industry: Metal Stamping Company
Job Summary
We are seeking a Quality Inspector to join our team in Lake Zurich, IL. The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, dependable, and able to perform inspections, testing, and quality control processes to ensure compliance with company and customer standards.
Responsibilities
- Perform quality tests and comparisons on manufactured and purchased materials to ensure compliance with standards
- Inspect raw materials, layouts, in-process parts, final parts, and first-piece samples across all departments
- Control non-conformance and ensure corrective actions are taken
- Maintain high-quality procedures from raw material intake through final inspection
- Use QA equipment and mathematical, logical, and computer skills to test parts
- Keep the department and work area clean, organized, and compliant with ISO/IATF, safety, and environmental procedures
- Participate in companywide continuous improvement initiatives
- Cross-train in other quality areas as needed
- Exercise authority to stop production if quality standards are not met
Qualifications
- High school diploma or GED equivalent (required)
- Basic computer skills
- Strong interpersonal skills with a “hands-on” and adaptable work style
- Detail-oriented with a high degree of accuracy
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints
- Knowledge of inspection equipment
- Ability to follow oral and written instructions
- Basic math skills (add, subtract, multiply, divide, decimals, and whole numbers)
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs
- Must relocate to Lake Zurich, IL before starting work (required)
This role is commutable from the following locations; Lake Barrington, Lake Zurich, Wauconda, Kildeer, Long Grove, Lincolnshire, Buffalo Grove, Wheeling, Fox River Grove, Island Lake, Cary, Palatine, Crystal Lake, and Algonquin.
Similar Job Titles: Quality Technician, Quality Assurance Inspector, QA Inspector, QA Technician, Quality Specialist.
All applicants must live in the USA and be eligible to work and live in the USA. Please note, our client is unable to offer sponsorship or Visa support for this role.
Due to the sheer volume of applications, we will only contact successful applications. Therefore if you have not heard from us within 10 working days, please deem your application as unsuccessful.
Axion Recruitment is acting as the recruitment agency for this role, it is a direct hire position.