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Quality Manager

FurstStaffing
Rockford, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 8/29/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/27/2026
Quality Manager responsible for daily quality lab functions, product inspection, and quality system activities in a fastener manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities

  • Perform dimensional and visual inspections on raw material, in-process parts, customer samples, and finished fasteners.
  • Use micrometers, calipers, ring gages, pin gages, optical comparators, thread gages, and other inspection equipment.
  • Inspect parts according to customer prints, specifications, quality procedures, and internal requirements.
  • Accept or reject product based on written standards and inspection results.
  • Perform routine production line checks throughout the facility.
  • Review production records for accuracy and completeness.
  • Maintain inspection records, quality logs, software entries, and required documentation.
  • Support lot traceability, retain samples, customer sample testing, and finished goods documentation.
  • Assist with nonconforming material, quality alerts, customer complaints, corrective actions, and returned goods.
  • Help investigate root cause and support containment, corrective action, and verification activities.
  • Assist with PPAP-related documentation, control plans, process flows, capability data, and customer submissions as experience allows.
  • Support gage calibration, gage inventory, certification tracking, and measurement control records.

Qualifications

  • Experience in fastener, screw, cold heading, cold forming, or precision component manufacturing.
  • Strong hands-on inspection experience.
  • Ability to read and interpret prints, specifications, and quality requirements.
  • Familiarity with threaded fasteners, dimensional inspection, gages, and customer-specific requirements.
  • Working knowledge of PPAP, APQP, FMEA, control plans, capability studies, corrective actions, or ISO documentation.
  • Experience with gage calibration or gage management.
  • Strong attention to detail and good documentation habits.
  • Ability to communicate clearly with production, quality, management, customers, and vendors.
  • Ability to work independently, stay organized, and manage multiple priorities.
  • Willingness to learn, improve processes, and grow within the quality department.
  • No degree required; relevant manufacturing and fastener experience valued.

Benefits

  • Competitive pay based on experience
  • Stable 1st shift schedule
  • Small-team environment where your work matters
  • Hands-on manufacturing environment
  • Long-term career opportunity with a family-owned company

Salary : $80,000

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