Overview
The Material Handler Inspection Team Lead supports inspection operations within a fast-paced manufacturing and quality environment. This role monitors inspection workflow, evaluates team performance, supports compliance to ISO 9001 and IATF 16949 standards, and ensures proper control of non-conforming, rejected, and scrap materials.
The ITA plays a critical role in quality planning, inspection execution, material control, layered process auditing (LPA), and customer-specific requirement compliance, contributing directly to total customer satisfaction and continuous improvement initiatives.
This position is outdoors in a yard.
Key Responsibilities
- · Monitor inspection team workflow to ensure adherence to customer-specific requirements and quality standards
- · Evaluate inspector performance and provide structured feedback to Project Coordinators
- · Support execution of Quality Planning, Assembly, and Inspection processes
- · Ensure proper segregation, documentation, and control of non-conforming and scrap materials
- · Coordinate with logistics to maintain accurate material flow and inventory control
- · Perform scrap analysis and reporting
- · Assist with Layered Process Audits (LPA)
- · Support calibration verification and equipment control processes
- · Maintain accurate inspection records in compliance with QMS requirements
- · Contribute to corrective and preventive action (CAPA) initiatives
- · Support document control and data integrity procedures
- · Participate in internal quality audits and continuous improvement activities
Requirements
- Minimum 2-3 years of experience in a manufacturing or plant environment.
- Tele-handler certification experience is a plus.
- Hands-on experience with precision inspection tools (Calipers, Pin Gauges, Micrometers, Height Gages).
- Solid grasp of quality inspection principles, calibration, and measurement techniques.
- Excellent customer-facing communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong organizational, analytical, and mathematical abilities.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and quality data reporting.
- Comfortable working in a factory or warehouse setting with adherence to safety and quality standards.
Education
- Some Technical training in manufacturing or quality systems preferred.
- QMS, ISO, or AS9102 certification a plus.