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Quality Inspector I

Eaton
Eaton Salary
La Grange, NC Full Time
POSTED ON 12/31/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/31/2026
Eaton’s ES GEIS CHD division is currently seeking a Quality Inspector I. The core hours are 7:00am to 3:30pm. The hourly rate for this position is $21.20 per hour.

Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

What You’ll Do

This position assists in the calibration of gages and equipment, inspects in-process, incoming, & out-going materials, works to execute departmental work, trains new inspectors, and handles routine clerical duties and required documentation. A Quality Inspector is responsible for reviewing products and materials during manufacturing to make sure they meet company requirements. Their duties include measuring objects compared to their intended physical specifications, running quality tests, and identifying defects.

  • Inspect and test electrical products and components to engineering drawings and specifications using inspection procedures and sampling plans as specified.
  • Performs in-process, receiving, and final inspections.
  • Performs complete physical inspection of components, assemblies, and packaged units.
  • Must be capable of using various measuring equipment such as calipers, micrometers, vision system and CMM
  • Record inspection data for historical records, as needed.
  • Quarantine non-conforming material and create non-conforming material tag.
  • Accurately fills out all necessary paperwork such as serial number logs and special products data sheets. Familiar with COC sheets with shipments.
  • Functional knowledge and familiar with Special Government products and related testing and documentation requirements.
  • Perform Internal Audits, as needed.
  • Assists in seeing that gages are calibrated within the required frequency.
  • Does FAIs (First Article Inspections)
  • Helps schedule work through Quality Inspection areas
  • Helps with training of Quality employees (and others, if needed)
  • Helps keep work area clean.
  • Other duties as assigned by supervisor or Quality Technician.


Qualifications

Basic (Required) Qualifications:

  • Completed High School diploma or equivalent from an accredited institution
  • A minimum of 1 year manufacturing experience
  • Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.
  • No relocation benefit is offered for this position. Only candidates residing within the immediate area of LaGrange, NC (50 miles) will be considered for this position.


Preferred Qualifications

  • Accurate interpretation of blueprint information for inspection purposes.
  • Strong computers skills. (Windows, Microsoft Office, SAP, and Calibration Database)


Skills

  • Ability to read and interpret mechanical & electrical drawings, and government specifications.
  • Excellent math skills, conversions from English to metric and decimals to fractions on part specifications.
  • Knowledge of basic electrical principles.
  • Use of computer software to enter receipts, first article inspection and NCMA’s.


We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

Eaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws.

You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.

To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application, or interview process, please call us at 1-800-836-6345 to discuss your specific need. Only accommodation requests will be accepted by this phone number.

We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

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