Quality Control Technician

Job Title: Quality Control TechnicianJob Description

The Quality Control Technician is responsible for testing product batches and making necessary adjustments to ensure compliance with customer specifications and quality standards. This role involves testing incoming raw materials and maintaining Certificates of Analysis from suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Perform standard tests on assigned product line production batches and some incoming raw materials to ensure they meet specifications.

• Act as a technical resource to production, addressing issues related to production batches.

• Recommend and potentially develop adjustments to batches to meet specifications.

• Record test results in SAP and maintain reference files.

• Complete and maintain all required paperwork, records, and documents.

• Ensure all gauges and test equipment are verified.

• Participate in investigations of complaints and corrective actions as needed.

• Follow and comply with all safety and work rules and regulations.

• Maintain departmental housekeeping standards.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Essential Skills

• 3+ years of manufacturing/production experience.

• Experience with colorants, mixing/blending, and color matching processes.

• Manufacturing quality experience, including inspections and quality control.

• Laboratory experience in a manufacturing environment.

• Proficiency in Chemistry, Color matching, QC inspection, Quality assurance, and Spectrophotometry.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Ability to work cross-functionally with production, quality, and operations teams.

• Forklift certification/license preferred or required.

• Strong manual dexterity and attention to detail.

• Basic to intermediate quantitative/math skills.

• Strong reading comprehension and ability to follow written procedures/work instructions.

• Effective communication and conflict resolution skills.

Work Environment

This position is for the 1st Shift, Monday through Thursday with possible Friday work as needed from 5:30 am to 4 pm. Employees are regularly required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and use their hands. Occasionally, they may sit and must frequently lift or move up to 10 pounds, with occasional handling of up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities are required, and the use of safety equipment such as safety glasses, shoes, dust mask, hard hat, respirator, face shield, hearing protection, chemical suit, gloves, and aprons is mandatory. Work is conducted indoors with noise levels ranging from moderate to loud. Exposure to moving mechanical parts, fumes, airborne particles, vibration, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risk of electrical shock may occur.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Mooresville, NC.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $22.00 - $24.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long-term disability Health Spending Account (HSA) Transportation benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Mooresville,NC.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Oct 23, 2026.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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