Quality Inspector

Quality Inspector Help Deliver Excellence Every Day Are you detail-oriented, quality-driven, and passionate about ensuring products meet the highest standards? We're looking for a Quality Inspector to join our team and play a critical role in maintaining product quality, supporting continuous improvement, and ensuring customer satisfaction. In this position, you'll work closely with production, quality, and operations teams to inspect products, identify improvement opportunities, investigate quality concerns, and help drive manufacturing excellence. If you enjoy problem-solving, working with data, and making a direct impact on product quality, this could be the perfect opportunity for you. What You'll Do As a Quality Inspector, you'll be responsible for ensuring products and processes consistently meet established quality standards through a variety of inspection and compliance activities. Key responsibilities include: Perform visual, functional, and dimensional inspections on finished and packaged products. Conduct AQL sampling and packaging process audits to ensure compliance with quality requirements. Identify, document, and help contain non-conforming materials. Generate daily quality reports and maintain visual management boards. Partner with production teams to investigate quality concerns and support corrective and preventive actions. Coordinate and execute First Production Release (FPR) activities for new or modified products. Collect, verify, document, and ship product samples to required stakeholders. Maintain accurate quality records, documentation, and system updates using SharePoint and other platforms. Follow up on quality findings and corrective actions resulting from audits and inspections. Support environmental, health, and safety initiatives within the production environment. Participate in incident investigations and emergency response activities as needed. Assist with training and coaching team members on quality standards and best practices. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve processes, compliance, and overall product quality. Support 5S initiatives and maintain a clean, organized, audit-ready work environment. Why You'll Love This Opportunity Make a direct impact on product quality and customer satisfaction Work closely with production, operations, and leadership teams Develop your problem-solving, root cause analysis, and quality systems expertise Gain exposure to continuous improvement and corrective action processes Collaborative, team-oriented work environment Opportunity to contribute to new product launches and process improvements Stable manufacturing environment with growth potential What We're Looking For We're seeking a dependable, detail-focused professional who takes pride in identifying issues, improving processes, and maintaining high standards. Preferred qualifications include: Minimum of 3 years of quality experience in a manufacturing environment. Experience performing visual inspections and quality audits. Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills. Working knowledge of quality systems, inspection processes, and non-conformance management. Ability to read and understand technical documents, specifications, and quality procedures. Basic to intermediate Microsoft Office skills, including Excel, Outlook, and Word. Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail. Strong communication and teamwork abilities. Preferred Qualifications 2-4 years of experience in manufacturing, quality, or QEHS-related roles. Experience with SAP or similar ERP systems. Technical certification or Associate Degree in a related field. Experience supporting audits, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives. Ability to meet vision and color differentiation requirements for inspection activities. Job Type & Location This is a Contract position based out of Colonial Heights, VA. Pay and Benefits The pay range for this position is $26.73 - $29.40/hr. 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 Colonial Heights, VA. Application Deadline This position is anticipated to close on Aug 24, 2026.