What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Lead position at AppleOne Employment Services?
Job Summary
We are seeking a Quality Lead for a direct hire opportunity in Buffalo, NY. This onsite role is ideal for a hands-on quality assurance professional with manufacturing experience who is ready to take ownership of product inspections, testing programs, quality team coordination, and continuous improvement initiatives.
The Quality Lead will support a fast-paced manufacturing operation by ensuring products, materials, inspection systems, and testing processes meet customer specifications, regulatory requirements, and internal quality standards. This position offers stability, meaningful responsibility, and the opportunity to work with advanced quality systems, automated inspection technology, and cross-functional teams.
This is a strong opportunity for someone who values teamwork, accountability, and process improvement. The role offers exposure to supportive leadership, collaborative operations and engineering partners, and a quality-focused environment where your technical skills and leadership potential can make a direct impact.
Key Responsibilities
The Know Your Rights poster is available here:
https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12.pdf
The pay transparency policy is available here:
https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ofccp/pdf/pay-transp_ English_formattedESQA508c.pdf
For temporary assignments lasting 13 weeks or longer, the Company is pleased to offer major medical, dental, vision, 401k and any statutory sick pay where required.
We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact your staffing representative who will reach out to our HR team.
AppleOne participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations as required by law. Learn more about the E-Verify program.
https://e-verify.uscis.gov/web/media/resourcesContents/E-Verify_Participation_Poster_ES.pdf
We also consider for employment qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements, including, if applicable, the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. Pursuant to applicable state and municipal Fair Chance Laws and Ordinances, we will consider for employment-qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, including, if applicable, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. For Los Angeles, CA applicants: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
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We are seeking a Quality Lead for a direct hire opportunity in Buffalo, NY. This onsite role is ideal for a hands-on quality assurance professional with manufacturing experience who is ready to take ownership of product inspections, testing programs, quality team coordination, and continuous improvement initiatives.
The Quality Lead will support a fast-paced manufacturing operation by ensuring products, materials, inspection systems, and testing processes meet customer specifications, regulatory requirements, and internal quality standards. This position offers stability, meaningful responsibility, and the opportunity to work with advanced quality systems, automated inspection technology, and cross-functional teams.
This is a strong opportunity for someone who values teamwork, accountability, and process improvement. The role offers exposure to supportive leadership, collaborative operations and engineering partners, and a quality-focused environment where your technical skills and leadership potential can make a direct impact.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead daily quality activities, including Quality Auditor scheduling, time-off coordination, training, payroll timesheets, and department coverage as needed.
- Perform first-off, in-process, and final inspections, including dimensional, functional, visual, Go/No-Go gauge, ATEQ, water bath, SST, and preform testing.
- Verify incoming raw materials, Certificates of Analysis, production samples, and non-conforming materials to ensure compliance with specifications and quality standards.
- Support product qualifications, process validation, root cause analysis, corrective actions, customer complaints, mock recalls, and traceability exercises.
- Inspect, validate, troubleshoot, and optimize machine vision systems, spark testers, automated inspection equipment, and related quality technologies.
- Review quality data, SPC trends, audit findings, and inspection records to identify defects, reduce waste, and support continuous improvement.
- Pay Rate: $29.00 per hour.
- Job Type: Direct hire.
- Location: Buffalo, NY 14225.
- Work Arrangement: Onsite.
- Stable full-time opportunity in a growing manufacturing operation.
- Exposure to advanced quality systems and inspection technologies.
- Collaborative team environment with professional growth opportunities.
The Know Your Rights poster is available here:
https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12.pdf
The pay transparency policy is available here:
https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ofccp/pdf/pay-transp_ English_formattedESQA508c.pdf
For temporary assignments lasting 13 weeks or longer, the Company is pleased to offer major medical, dental, vision, 401k and any statutory sick pay where required.
We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact your staffing representative who will reach out to our HR team.
AppleOne participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations as required by law. Learn more about the E-Verify program.
https://e-verify.uscis.gov/web/media/resourcesContents/E-Verify_Participation_Poster_ES.pdf
We also consider for employment qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements, including, if applicable, the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. Pursuant to applicable state and municipal Fair Chance Laws and Ordinances, we will consider for employment-qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, including, if applicable, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. For Los Angeles, CA applicants: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
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