Quality Inspection Manager

QUALITY INSPECTION MANAGER

CornerStone Staffing is seeking an experienced Quality Inspection Manager to lead quality inspection operations across multiple manufacturing and distribution facilities. This role ensures raw materials, components, and finished products meet FDA regulations, current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), and established quality standards. The ideal candidate brings strong leadership experience, technical expertise in Quality Management Systems (QMS), and a background in FDA-regulated manufacturing environments. Success requires maintaining regulatory compliance, improving inspection processes, and developing high-performing quality teams.

LOCATION: Lewisville, TX & Dallas, TX (will work at 2 locations)

COMPENSATION & SCHEDULE

• Pay Rate: $52\hour approximately $110,000 annually

• Employment Type: Temp-to-Hire- Approximately $111,000 annually plus benefits upon conversion

• Schedule: Full-time; flexibility required to support a 24-hour, 6-day manufacturing operation

KEY DUTIES

• Team Leadership & Operations: Lead quality inspection operations across two facilities, directly supervising a two-person inspection team at the automated storage and retrieval facility (ASRS) and overseeing a Group Leader responsible for approximately 15 inspection employees at the manufacturing facility. Coach employees, establish performance expectations, and ensure inspection coverage.

• Quality Inspection & Compliance: Oversee sampling, testing, and inspection of raw materials, ingredients, components, semi-finished products, and finished goods, including products received from contract manufacturers. Ensure compliance with FDA regulations, cGMP requirements, and established Quality Management System (QMS) procedures.

• Quality Systems & Technical Oversight: Apply defect classification standards, Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) sampling plans, statistical analysis, and inspection methodologies. Utilize quality and manufacturing systems such as Agile PLM, Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), and JD Edwards (JDE) to support traceability, documentation, and compliance.

• Continuous Improvement & Corrective Actions: Identify quality concerns, investigate nonconforming materials, analyze inspection data, and implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA). Ensure defective or nonconforming products are properly segregated, documented, and dispositioned.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with manufacturing, operations, engineering, suppliers, and global quality teams to resolve inspection issues, support audits, maintain departmental procedures and equipment, and improve overall product quality.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• 7+ years of quality inspection, quality assurance, or quality management experience in FDA-regulated consumer products, pharmaceutical manufacturing, cosmetics, or related regulated manufacturing environments, including at least 2 years of demonstrated team leadership experience.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Biology, or a related science discipline.

• Strong working knowledge of FDA regulations, cGMP, Quality Management Systems (QMS), quality audits, statistical sampling, manufacturing operations, defect classification, and inspection procedures. Ability to manage compliance requirements, troubleshoot quality issues, and lead continuous improvement initiatives.

• Master's degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.

• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) or Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence (CMQ/OE).

• Experience managing multi-site quality inspection teams, contract manufacturing quality, regulatory compliance, and quality improvement projects.

EQUIPMENT & WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Experience with Agile PLM, LIMS, Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), JD Edwards (JDE), and quality inspection or laboratory testing equipment.

• Work is performed in manufacturing, quality inspection, and automated warehouse environments supporting a 24-hour, 6-day operation.

• Ability to stand/walk for extended periods and lift up to 20 lbs.

• Flexibility to work across multiple facilities and adjust working hours based on operational needs.

• Willingness to travel up to 10%.

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