About this role
Quality Control Engineer – Manufacturing / Fabrication
Winchester, KY
Direct Hire
Salary: Up to $70,000.00 per year (Depending on Experience)
Job Summary
We are seeking a Quality Control Engineer to support and maintain our quality standards and processes. This role will interface with customers regarding quality issues, lead scrap reduction activities, manage gauge control systems, and provide training and support across departments. The ideal candidate promotes teamwork, safety, and a strong quality culture.
\n- Support the development and maintenance of the Quality System.
- Serve as the primary contact for customer quality issues, including claims.
- Analyze customer reject product (warranty, field, or plant-level) and prepare detailed reports.
- Investigate quality defects in the manufacturing process and lead corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
- Lead countermeasure meetings and support implementation of corrective, preventive, and continuous improvement actions.
- Manage gauge calibration and recall systems according to AIAG Measurement System Analysis (MSA), including:
- Repairing or reworking precision gauges
- Determining appropriate gauges for specific measurement applications
- Coordinating with external vendors for gauge/fixture quotes
- Supporting gauge design with internal/external teams
- Conduct internal process audits to reduce quality risks.
- Prepare and maintain reports for internal and external quality status and process performance.
- Follow applicable quality standards including PPAP, MSA, APQP, and other industry guidelines.
- Travel as needed to customer sites to perform reject product analysis.
- Train quality technicians and inspectors as required.
- Develop inspection standards for receiving, in-process, shipping, and layout inspections.
- Bachelor’s degree in Quality Engineering and 3 years of experience in the quality field; OR
- Master’s degree in Quality Engineering and 2 years of experience; OR
- 8 years of exempt-level experience in the quality field.
- Knowledge of machining, heat treatment, metallurgy, gauge development, and gauge control.
- Understanding of non-destructive testing related to raw materials, heat treatment, and welding.
- ASQ Certified Quality Technician preferred.
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints.
- Proficiency with SPC data and collection.
- Experience with CMM.
- Knowledge of gauge calibration and tracking systems.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Proficiency with MS Office (Word, Excel, Access).
Other facts
About Qualdoc
Empowering America’s Makers & Innovators
Mission
We connect America’s makers—manufacturing, construction, and industrial companies—with skilled tradespeople, engineers, and technical professionals who design and build our future. Through integrity, responsiveness, and a relentless pursuit of quality, we deliver solutions that create win-win outcomes for clients, candidates, and Qualdoc—strengthening businesses, empowering people, and fueling local economies.
Vision
To champion American industry by honoring its legacy and shaping its future—advancing opportunity, innovation, and ethical business practices that uplift people and communities for generations to come.
What you'll do
- The Quality Control Engineer will support and maintain quality standards, interface with customers regarding quality issues, and lead scrap reduction activities. They will also manage gauge control systems and provide training across departments.
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