3 to 4 years
This role is STARs-friendly: Skilled Through Alternative Routes.
73% STARs in role.
Quality Inspector
Help Deliver Excellence Every Day
Are you detail-oriented, quality-driven, and passionate about ensuring products meet the highest standards? We're looking for a Quality Inspector to join our team and play a critical role in maintaining product quality, supporting continuous improvement, and ensuring customer satisfaction.
In this position, you'll work closely with production, quality, and operations teams to inspect products, identify improvement opportunities, investigate quality concerns, and help drive manufacturing excellence. If you enjoy problem-solving, working with data, and making a direct impact on product quality, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.
What You'll Do
As a Quality Inspector, you'll be responsible for ensuring products and processes consistently meet established quality standards through a variety of inspection and compliance activities.
Key responsibilities include:
- Perform visual, functional, and dimensional inspections on finished and packaged products.
- Conduct AQL sampling and packaging process audits to ensure compliance with quality requirements.
- Identify, document, and help contain non-conforming materials.
- Generate daily quality reports and maintain visual management boards.
- Partner with production teams to investigate quality concerns and support corrective and preventive actions.
- Coordinate and execute First Production Release (FPR) activities for new or modified products.
- Collect, verify, document, and ship product samples to required stakeholders.
- Maintain accurate quality records, documentation, and system updates using SharePoint and other platforms.
- Follow up on quality findings and corrective actions resulting from audits and inspections.
- Support environmental, health, and safety initiatives within the production environment.
- Participate in incident investigations and emergency response activities as needed.
- Assist with training and coaching team members on quality standards and best practices.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve processes, compliance, and overall product quality.
- Support 5S initiatives and maintain a clean, organized, audit-ready work environment.
Why You'll Love This Opportunity
✅ Make a direct impact on product quality and customer satisfaction
✅ Work closely with production, operations, and leadership teams
✅ Develop your problem-solving, root cause analysis, and quality systems expertise
✅ Gain exposure to continuous improvement and corrective action processes
✅ Collaborative, team-oriented work environment
✅ Opportunity to contribute to new product launches and process improvements
✅ Stable manufacturing environment with growth potential
What We're Looking For
We're seeking a dependable, detail-focused professional who takes pride in identifying issues, improving processes, and maintaining high standards.
Preferred qualifications include:
- Minimum of 3 years of quality experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience performing visual inspections and quality audits.
- Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills.
- Working knowledge of quality systems, inspection processes, and non-conformance management.
- Ability to read and understand technical documents, specifications, and quality procedures.
- Basic to intermediate Microsoft Office skills, including Excel, Outlook, and Word.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Strong communication and teamwork abilities.
Preferred Qualifications
- 2-4 years of experience in manufacturing, quality, or QEHS-related roles.
- Experience with SAP or similar ERP systems.
- Technical certification or Associate Degree in a related field.
- Experience supporting audits, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Ability to meet vision and color differentiation requirements for inspection activities.
This is a Contract position based out of Colonial Heights, VA.
Pay and BenefitsThe pay range for this position is $26.73 - $29.40/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)
Workplace TypeThis is a fully onsite position in Colonial Heights,VA.
Application DeadlineThis position is anticipated to close on Sep 6, 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.
Posting ID: JP-006239677