QC Inspector

Company Summary

Our ISO and AS9100 precision manufacturing client in Grand Prairie specializes in plastic forming and molding for a variety of industries, including the aerospace, defense, telecommunications, and industrial markets.

Position Summary

The Quality Control Inspector ensures components meet engineering drawings, dimensional tolerances, and cosmetic standards. This role performs incoming, in-process, and final inspections, documents results, and works with production and engineering teams to identify defects and maintain consistent product quality.

Responsibilities

• Perform incoming, in-process, and final inspection of thermoformed and molded plastic components.
• Verify part dimensions, features, and cosmetic requirements against engineering drawings, specifications, and quality standards.
• Inspect plastic components such as equipment enclosures, radomes, aircraft interior panels, and molded housings.
• Identify and document manufacturing defects including warping, incomplete forming, surface imperfections, trim deviations, and dimensional nonconformances.
• Use inspection equipment such as calipers, micrometers, height gauges, optical comparators, and inspection fixtures.
• Record inspection results and maintain accurate quality documentation and inspection reports.
• Generate nonconformance reports (NCRs) and communicate quality issues to production and engineering teams.
• Support first article inspections and verification of new production runs or tooling setups.
• Monitor production quality and escalate recurring issues or trends to the quality team.
• Assist with internal audits and support compliance with applicable quality management systems (ISO 9001 / AS9100 where applicable).

Qualifications / Requirements

• 2+ years of quality inspection experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and dimensional specifications.
• Experience using precision measurement instruments such as calipers and micrometers.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to identify dimensional and cosmetic defects.
• Good documentation skills and familiarity with inspection reporting practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience inspecting plastic components, thermoformed parts, or molded products.
• Experience working in aerospace, electronics, plastics, or industrial manufacturing environments.
• Familiarity with ISO 9001 or AS9100 quality systems.
• Knowledge of basic GD&T principles and first article inspection processes.