Lead Dimensional Quality Assurance Specialist

Job Description

Job DescriptionIs this you?

Do you thrive on uncovering the tenth-of-a-thousandth that others miss? Can you translate a complex GD&T callout into a simple, teachable moment on the shop floor? Are you equally comfortable signing off first-piece approvals and coaching teammates on inspection technique? If so, you might be the expert we’re looking for.

What you will own

• Receiving, in-process, and final inspections that align with customer blueprints, criteria, control plans, and sampling plans.
• Complete, accurate, and compliant documentation—inspection records, filing, and traceability that meet quality regulations.
• Clear communication with the Quality Manager on questionable measurements, visual discrepancies, or nonconforming parts.
• DMR creation and follow-through to closure, including support for dispositions.
• First piece and in-process approvals, including measurement/visual tests and feedback to production supervisors for adjustments.
• Final product verification, routing for rework when necessary, and confirmation that rework resolves the issue.
• Safe, healthy work practices that meet standards, procedures, and legal requirements.
• Consistent, correct completion of inspection forms and records.
• Adherence to ISO 9001 and AS9100 via good manufacturing practice and accurate reporting.
• Continuous improvement ideas for smarter, faster, and more reliable inspection methods.

Your background

• 10+ years as a quality inspector in precision manufacturing.
• Proficiency executing inspections using drawings, criteria, gauging, control plans, and sampling plans.
• Demonstrated success in a quality inspection or similar role with strong results focus and integrity.
• Familiar with quality testing machines/systems and QC standards/methodologies.
• Comfortable with manufacturing processes, procedures, and shop mathematics.
• Fluent with GD&T symbols and blueprint interpretation.
• Competent with core ISO standards.
• Inspection toolkit: Calipers, Micrometers, Thread Gauges, Surface Tester, Optical Measurement Equipment; CMM knowledge is a plus.
• Effective reading and writing skills; self-motivated and positive.

Bonus points

• Microsoft Office (Excel and Word) proficiency.
• 1–2 years of dedicated Quality Control inspection work in a precision manufacturing environment.

How you’ll work

You’ll be the go-to resource for dimensional integrity—reviewing first articles in the morning, coaching machinists midday, closing out DMRs in the afternoon, and validating final lots before shipment. Your steady, detail-driven approach keeps records spotless and customers confident.

Vision standard

Annual eye exams are required. You must meet 20/25 visual acuity in one or both eyes and be able to read the Jaeger J1 chart (or equivalent) at 16 inches—corrected or uncorrected—to reliably read dial gauges, blueprints, precision instruments, and to perform visual part inspections.

Core proficiencies

• GD&T
• AS9100
• Blueprint Reading

Equipment you’ll use

• Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM)
• Measurement Gauges
• Calipers and Micrometers