Job Summary
Kurt Manufacturing has an exciting opportunity for a detail-oriented individual to join our quality team as a Quality Inspector. This position is responsible for ensuring manufactured parts meet Kurt's quality standards and our customer's specifications. Using a variety of quality tools, the inspector will thoroughly inspect incoming materials, in-process materials, and finished products.
Shift: This is a first shift position working between 6:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Monday - Friday.
Compensation
The anticipated starting pay range for this position is $25.50 to $32.50. The exact rate may be based on a combination of factors including knowledge, experience, skills, abilities, and education.
Essential Functions
- May provide receiving, in-process and final inspection for quality, appearance and performance of complicated equipment, instruments or products, or of diversified parts and assemblies using precision testing equipment, including CMM, micrometers, calipers, etc.
- Interpret detailed blueprints, work orders, engineering specifications, and routing sheets to determine production standards and tolerance limits.
- Test finished products for dimensions, fit, surface finish, and appearance.
- Complete all required records and paperwork to include inspection reports, non-conforming material tags, and return material notices.
- Analyze inspection results and assist in addressing and resolving production problems causing deviations from existing standards.
- Recommend modifications of existing quality or production standards to achieve optimum quality within limits of equipment capability.
- May be required to devise unusual measuring or gauging set-ups.
- May make periodic spot checks of variety of parts in progress for adherence to specifications.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Reliable attendance is required.
Required
- High School Diploma or equivalent GED
- 2 years of related experience
Preferred
- Associate’s Degree
- 4 years of related experience
- Metrosoft or PC DMIS experience
Physical Demand Factors
The following physical demand factors should be used as a general guideline for employees listed under this job title.Specific requirements will vary based on the employee’s individual work responsibilities.
Strength Level Rating:Light work.Work involves exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.
A worker in this job will frequently (from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time):
- Reach by extending hands and arms
- Handle objects by seizing, holding, grasping, turning or otherwise working with hands
- Pick, pinch, or otherwise work primarily with fingers
- Have near acuity with clarity of vision at 20 inches or less
- Judge distances and spatial relationships (see objects three-dimensionally)
The worker will occasionally (up to 1/3 of the time):
- Stoop by bending body downward and forward requiring full use of the lower extremities and back muscles
- Crouch by bending body downward and forward by bending legs and spine
- Perceive attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touch
- Adjust vision to bring objects into sharp focus
- Identify and distinguish colors
