Powder Coating Quality Assurance Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

Step into a Day Shaping Quality at Wildeck

It’s 10:00 a.m. in Waukesha, WI. You clock in and sync up with the Manager, Quality & Continuous Improvement. Your focus today: ensuring our powder-painted and fabricated components meet exacting standards before they become the safest platforms, lifts, and guarding products in the industry.

What Your Day Looks Like

• Begin with incoming inspections—raw materials and outsourced parts—verifying they match engineering specifications and work orders.
• Move to in-process checks on fabricated parts, reading detailed blueprints and tolerances to confirm dimensions, fit, and appearance.
• Perform paint-specific testing: verify coating quality and film thickness with a paint film gauge, assess surface profile, and confirm adhesion standards.
• Check welding quality, leverage precision tools (micrometers, calipers, dial indicators, squares, measuring tape, profile gauge), and document results.
• Calibrate and verify your measurement tools per company standards, logging each action.
• Compile and interpret statistical data from test results to confirm compliance or flag deviations; when necessary, issue non-conformance reports.
• Partner with production to analyze issues and drive corrective action, using 5 Why and SOPs to eliminate root causes.
• Verify that finished goods are packaged, tagged, and loaded to prevent transit damage.

Schedule & Reporting

LOCATION: Waukesha, WI

REPORTS TO: Manager, Quality & Continuous Improvement

HOURS: 10am – 8pm, Monday - Thursday

POSITION TYPE:

Full-time, non-exempt

What You Bring

• Technical diploma or Associate degree in quality engineering/assurance/control, or equivalent education and experience.
• 3–5 years of manufacturing experience in quality or inspection across raw materials, in-process, and finished goods.
• Knowledge of welding and/or powder coat processes strongly preferred; prior paint experience is especially valuable.
• Comfort with precision measurement devices: micrometers, calipers, dial indicators, paint film gauges, squares, measuring tapes, and profile gauges.
• Certified Weld Inspector (CWI) is a plus.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and ERP systems (e.g., Epicor); strong prioritization, time management, and attention to detail.
• Clear written and verbal communication and solid interpersonal skills.
• Physical capability to regularly lift/move up to 50 lbs when turning parts, color vision, ability to adjust focus, and tolerance for twisting, turning, grasping, reaching, pulling, and extended standing.

About Wildeck

Wildeck, headquartered in Waukesha, Wisconsin, is a subsidiary of Holden Industries and a 100% employee-owned company. We’re the largest U.S. manufacturer of industrial steel work platforms (mezzanines), vertical lifts (VRCs), rideable material lifts (RML), safety guarding products, industrial ladders, crossovers, and more—delivering quality for nearly 50 years.

Total Rewards

• Competitive pay plus three health plan options, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, identity protection, paid parental leave, employee assistance program, continuing education, generous PTO, and nine paid holidays.
• Retirement plans include a 401(k) and an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The Company contributes to the ESOP annually based on profitability—our employee-owners directly impact performance and share in the rewards.

Preferred Proficiencies

• Quality Inspection Experience
• Continuous Improvement
• 5 Why (Root Cause Analysis Method)
• Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Tape Measure Reading
• Blueprint Reading