Visual Inspector

Job Title: Visual Inspector

Job Description

As a Visual Inspector, you serve as the final quality checkpoint before products leave the production floor, ensuring every part meets strict standards for appearance, dimensions, and performance. You work closely with production teams to fine-tune processes, uphold quality expectations, and help deliver work that reflects pride, precision, and consistency.

Responsibilities

• Inspect fabricated metal parts and finished products using visual checks and precision measurement tools such as calipers and micrometers.
• Compare dimensions, finishes, and tolerances against blueprints, prints, and work orders to verify compliance with specifications.
• Approve parts that meet quality standards, identify items requiring rework, and verify that corrective actions are completed accurately.
• Accurately document inspection results in logs, reports, and quality systems to maintain clear and traceable records.
• Maintain, calibrate, and care for inspection and measuring equipment to ensure reliable and precise readings.
• Identify trends, recurring issues, and opportunities to improve efficiency, product quality, and inspection processes.
• Partner with production teams to reinforce quality standards, share best practices, and support continuous improvement.
• Troubleshoot and resolve quality concerns quickly and professionally, helping prevent defects from reaching customers.
• Follow all safety procedures and contribute to maintaining a safe, clean, and organized work environment.

Essential Skills

• Minimum of a High School Diploma or GED.
• At least 4 years of inspection experience or equivalent hands-on training and experience in a production or manufacturing environment.
• Proven ability to perform visual inspection and quality control on fabricated metal parts and finished products.
• Strong attention to detail with solid problem-solving skills and the ability to spot small defects and inconsistencies.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints, prints, and work orders to understand dimensional and tolerance requirements.
• Hands-on experience using precision measurement tools such as calipers and micrometers.
• Comfort with basic computer use, including email, data entry, and web-based systems for recording inspection data.
• Ability to work independently while also contributing effectively as part of a team.
• Physical ability to stand and walk for extended periods and to lift and move up to 50 pounds on a regular basis.
• Frequent use of hands for measuring and inspecting parts, with occasional bending, kneeling, crouching, climbing, or stooping.
• Strong visual acuity, including close and distance vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience in quality control or quality assurance within a manufacturing or production environment..
• Mechanical aptitude and familiarity with metal fabrication processes.
• Ability to recognize patterns in defects and suggest practical improvements to processes or standards.
• Comfort working in fast-paced, hands-on environments with changing priorities.

Why Work Here?

You join a team that values precision, craftsmanship, and continuous improvement, where your attention to detail directly contributes to the quality and reliability of the final product. The environment encourages collaboration between inspection and production, giving you a voice in process improvements and quality initiatives. You gain hands-on experience with metal fabrication and inspection tools, develop your technical skills, and build a strong foundation in manufacturing quality practices.

Work Environment

This role is based in a manufacturing setting focused on metal fabrication, where you work on the production floor in a fast-paced, hands-on environment. You can expect exposure to fumes, airborne particles, vibration, and moving equipment, with noise levels ranging from moderate to high. The position requires regular standing and walking, frequent manual handling of parts and measuring tools, and occasional bending, kneeling, crouching, climbing, or stooping. You use precision measurement equipment such as calipers and micrometers, follow established safety procedures, and operate within a structured production and quality control workflow.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Moxee, WA.

The pay range for this position is $20.00 - $22.00/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)

This is a fully onsite position in Moxee,WA.

This position is anticipated to close on Oct 12, 2026.

About Aerotek

Aerotek® Inc. provides staffing and services solutions in manufacturing, logistics, construction, aviation, facilities and maintenance. We provide the expertise, solutions and people required to rise to the challenges of North American industry. Headquartered in Hanover, Md., Aerotek operates a unified network of over 200 offices across North America, supporting more than 18,000 clients each year. Aerotek is an Allegis Group company, the global leader in workforce and business solutions. To learn more, visit: Aerotek.com | 1-888-AEROTEK.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

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

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance:
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector:
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI):
We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.