Quality Control Manager — Precision Machining

Key Details

• Compensation: $32.75–$48.00 per hour or $80,000–$110,000 per year
• Shift: First shift, with premium pay and potential weekend availability

About the Opportunity

We are seeking a hands-on Quality Control Manager to lead inspection activities, support quality system compliance, and partner closely with manufacturing teams. This role combines technical quality expertise with leadership responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily quality operations for precision-machined medical device components and assemblies.
• Review scheduled jobs and verify revisions, specifications, and customer requirements.
• Develop and maintain inspection plans, processing sheets, and quality documentation.
• Perform and oversee First Article Inspections (FAIs), in-process inspections, and final inspections.
• Provide machinists and production personnel with technical quality guidance.
• Lead Material Review Board (MRB) activities and disposition decisions.
• Investigate non-conformances (NCRs), customer complaints, and quality performance.
• Support corrective and preventive action initiatives.
• Maintain calibration records, SOPs, and quality documentation.
• Support ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 compliance through audits and documentation reviews.
• Train, mentor, and develop inspectors and manufacturing personnel.

Requirements

• 5+ years of quality experience in precision machining, CNC manufacturing, medical device manufacturing, or a related environment.
• Strong blueprint-reading and GD&T interpretation skills.
• Experience performing First Article Inspections (FAIs).
• Experience using precision inspection equipment, such as micrometers, calipers, height gauges, thread gauges, pin gauges, and optical inspection tools.
• Working knowledge of ISO 9001 and/or ISO 13485 quality systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Supervisory, training, or mentoring experience.
• CNC/Swiss machining experience.
• Medical device manufacturing experience.
• ISO 13485 experience.
• Experience leading quality teams.
• ASQ certification (CQI, CQT, or CQE).
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, or Quality.