Demo

Quality Assurance Inspector

Rochester Gear
Rochester, NY Full Time
POSTED ON 3/12/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/6/2025

Position Title: Quality Inspector at Rochester Gear, Inc.

Reports to: Quality Control Manager

Job Type: Hourly, Full Time (40hrs), 1st Shift

Hours vary between 6:15am-3:45pm to ensure quality coverage for staff

Position Summary:

This is a hands-on role that involves collaboration with the Quality Manager, engineers, and machinists to ensure superior quality parts are being produced. We are seeking a dedicated and experienced person to champion these duties, and help maintain the workflow of the quality lab. The Quality Inspector will be the primary employee at Rochester Gear to perform daily first piece inspections, and sampling within job sequences throughout the day. They will also operate gear inspection equipment and implement knowledge of gear inspection techniques and procedures.

We are seeking the right person to continue a long-term career of applied inspection, and advance their technical skills and experience evaluating the gears we manufacture.

Rochester Gear has received a Certificate of Registration #FM 538284, which complies with the requirements of ISO 9001:2015.

Essential Job Functions:

  • Responsible for incoming, first piece, in-process and final inspections of parts.
  • Collaborate and report to Quality Manager on work flow status and equipment needs.
  • Perform calibration and training, when Quality Manager is unable to do so.
  • Be ready and willing to manually measure dimensions, such as lengths, diameters, runout, and gear features using micrometers, height stands, redline machines, and indicators.
  • Have a working knowledge of optical comparators and coordinate measuring equipment (cmm)
  • Sets up inspection equipment to ensure accuracy, and maintain inspection records.
  • Reads blueprints or specifications to determine dimensions and tolerances.
  • Understanding of heat treat, plating and material, with the ability to read certifications.
  • Recommend corrections, in addition to communicating with engineering staff on gear forming machines to eliminate defects.
  • Validate own work to ensure quality, and follow company safety procedures; uses equipment and materials properly.

Skills and Qualifications of Experience:

· Background conducting inspection in a metal working environment is required.

· Minimum 5-year experience in a manufacturing environment (machine shop preferred)

· Experience with machining, metal fabrication, engineering, or metallurgy is desired.

· STRONG aptitude and experience with correlating prints and GD&T to actual inspection methods is a must.

· Ability to use hand tools for inspection such as (but not limited to) micrometers, calipers, and depth mics is a must.

· Experience with CMM and gear coordinate measuring machine is preferred.

· Must be self-motivated, able to work independently and desire to continuously improve on skill set and technical knowledge.

· Lift 25lbs of weight

Compensation:

· $25-30/hr wage based on evaluation of experience. Possibility of overtime.

· Employees reviewed annually based on performance. Compensation increases pending progress and evaluation from supervisors.

Benefits:

· Packages available for Health, Dental, Vision.

· After 6 months of employment: Life insurance, and possibility of 401K profit sharing

· Holiday, Sick and Vacation Pay.

Company Background: Rochester Gear, Inc. is a privately owned company established in 1925. Our nuanced blend of consistent quality and a commitment to using the latest technology sets us apart from our competitors. We are currently seeking qualified and motivated candidates to join our dedicated workforce.

Additional Information: We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, marital status, sexual orientation, ancestry, status with regard to public assistance, religion, sex, national origin, age, citizenship, individuals with a disability, or status as a covered veteran, or any other legally protected class.

We look forward to hearing from you if you are interested in joining our team. Please submit your resume to HR@rochestergear.com.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $25.00 - $30.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

  • 401(k)
  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance

Schedule:

  • 8 hour shift
  • Monday to Friday
  • Overtime

Application Question(s):

  • (Please Answer) Do you have experience using a coordinate measuring machine (CMM) or gear coordinate measuring? Please briefly explain your experiences in 1-3 sentences.
  • (Please Answer) Do you have a background of experience with any of the following: machining, metal fabrication, engineering, and/or metallurgy? Please briefly share you experiences in 1-3 sentences.

Experience:

  • Quality inspection: 5 years (Preferred)
  • Manufacturing: 1 year (Required)
  • Precision measuring instruments: 5 years (Required)

Shift availability:

  • Day Shift (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $25 - $30

If your compensation planning software is too rigid to deploy winning incentive strategies, it’s time to find an adaptable solution. Compensation Planning
Enhance your organization's compensation strategy with salary data sets that HR and team managers can use to pay your staff right. Surveys & Data Sets

What is the career path for a Quality Assurance Inspector?

Sign up to receive alerts about other jobs on the Quality Assurance Inspector career path by checking the boxes next to the positions that interest you.
Income Estimation: 
$47,729 - $61,141
Income Estimation: 
$103,208 - $149,238
Income Estimation: 
$55,058 - $69,785
Income Estimation: 
$53,971 - $69,835
Income Estimation: 
$121,089 - $154,193
Income Estimation: 
$91,665 - $118,322
Income Estimation: 
$253,203 - $398,163
Income Estimation: 
$47,729 - $61,141
Income Estimation: 
$103,208 - $149,238
Income Estimation: 
$55,058 - $69,785
Income Estimation: 
$53,971 - $69,835
Income Estimation: 
$40,633 - $50,070
Income Estimation: 
$103,208 - $149,238
Income Estimation: 
$47,729 - $61,141
Income Estimation: 
$57,268 - $66,260
Income Estimation: 
$45,123 - $58,303
Income Estimation: 
$78,604 - $105,860
Income Estimation: 
$103,208 - $149,238
Income Estimation: 
$87,470 - $123,627
View Core, Job Family, and Industry Job Skills and Competency Data for more than 15,000 Job Titles Skills Library

Not the job you're looking for? Here are some other Quality Assurance Inspector jobs in the Rochester, NY area that may be a better fit.

Quality Assurance Inspector

Heany Industries LLC, Scottsville, NY

Quality Assurance Final Inspector

Nesco Resource, Rochester, NY

AI Assistant is available now!

Feel free to start your new journey!