Quality Assurance Inspector

The Quality Assurance Inspector is responsible for inspecting secure customer products and fulfillment materials at the Howard Street facility. The Inspector performs incoming, in-process, and final inspections to make sure products are correct, complete, properly identified, and meet customer requirements before shipment.

3. Essential Duties and Responsibilities

· Perform incoming inspections of secure products, customer-owned materials, packaging components, labels, cartons, and other job materials.

· Verify incoming materials against job documents, packing lists, bills of material, and expected quantities.

· Inspect materials for damage, incorrect items, mixed products, labeling errors, shortages, or other quality concerns.

· Perform line-start-up, in-process, and final inspections during fulfillment, assembly, kitting, packing, labeling, and palletizing operations.

· Read and follow job tickets, bills of material, work instructions, approved samples, inspection plans, and customer requirements.

· Verify the correct product, version, language, SKU, component, quantity, label, carton, and packaging material are being used.

· Inspect products for damage, missing components, incorrect assembly, poor workmanship, mixed materials, and other defects.

· Verify kit counts, carton quantities, pallet quantities, and other required product counts.

· Review and approve first-off samples, in-process samples, production retains, and final samples.

· Perform final inspections of completed kits, cartons, pallets, and finished goods before release or shipment.

· Verify finished product identification, labels, quantities, packaging, pallet information, and shipment requirements.

· Make sure secure products, rejected materials, samples, and remaining inventory are properly identified and accounted for.

· Confirm that line-clearance activities are completed before a new job, version, language, or product is placed on the fulfillment line.

· Stop or request that a line pause when product quality, quantity, identification, or security requirements are at risk.

· Place suspect or nonconforming product on hold and notify the Quality Supervisor or appropriate manager.

· Help with product sorting, recounting, inspection, rework, and containment activities when assigned.

· Accurately document inspection results, quantities, defects, holds, approvals, and releases in QT9, Monarch, inspection forms, or other approved systems.

· Report missing product, incorrect counts, damaged materials, mixed products, unidentified materials, or other security concerns immediately.

· Protect customer-owned products, secure materials, samples, specifications, and confidential information.

· Follow all secure-product handling, restricted-access, inventory-control, visitor-control, and confidentiality requirements.

· Maintain a clean, safe, organized, and secure work area.

· Follow all company quality procedures, work instructions, safety requirements, and customer-specific requirements.

· Complete required quality, safety, and security training.

· Perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned.