SPC & Metrology Quality Inspection Specialist (Injection Molding)

Job Description

Job Description Are you the person who finds the flaw no one else sees?

Can you spot a misprinted label, a subtle color variance, or a dimension just out of spec—and prove it with data? Do you like working overnight when the factory is focused and the path to Zero Defects is clear? If so, Revere Plastics Systems in Ankeny, Iowa wants you on our third-shift Quality team.

Why this role matters

We’re a custom injection molding partner known for flexible, cost-effective, professional solutions. Our culture is collaborative and growth-minded—people who take pride in their craft and continuously improve. As a Quality Auditor, you protect product integrity, ensure compliance with customer and regulatory requirements, and help design and enforce a robust quality control program.

Accessibility statement

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable otherwise qualified individuals to perform these essential functions.

What challenges will you tackle?

• Confirm operators are executing inspections and tests correctly to maintain control over materials, parts, packaging, palletization, and labeling.
• Guard traceability by ensuring Production completes accurate records in line with procedures.
• Verify that every product label is printed correctly with all required information.
• Evaluate held product to determine alignment with customer specs and internal standards.
• Support resolution of internal and external quality issues and implement corrective actions.
• Advance continuous improvement: contribute to SPC, capability studies, and QMS activities.
• Perform random audits on known-problem jobs; partner with Manufacturing Supervisors, Managers, and Engineering on improvements.
• Execute control plan checks and log results precisely and promptly.
• Oversee quality of parts packed into finished goods to maintain a Zero Defects benchmark.
• Carry out visual, dimensional, and color inspections per documented procedures.
• Complete daily machine audits to confirm proper setup and standard adherence.
• Ensure all processes run within established quality standards to drive Zero Defects.
• Document audit findings and communicate outcomes to the right supervisors.
• Quarantine nonconforming product per procedure and alert Quality and Production Supervisors of rejects.
• Handle additional assignments from the Quality Manager as needed.

What makes you effective here?

• Accurate color recognition; able to pass a color vision test with “Normal” results.
• Ability to learn to read and interpret blueprints, schematics, and technical drawings.
• Comfort reading safety rules, operating instructions, maintenance manuals, and procedures.
• Clear, accurate writing for reports, forms, and correspondence.
• Foundational math skills: proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• Basic computer competency and familiarity with office/quality software.
• Skilled in using measurement tools and equipment to verify product characteristics.
• Practical problem-solving; follow written, oral, and diagram-based instructions.
• Ability to navigate multi-variable issues in standardized situations.
• Strong communicator who collaborates positively with teammates and supervisors.
• Motivated to pursue ongoing training and skill upgrades.

Physical realities of the job

• Work independently with minimal supervision.
• Regular use of hands and fingers for fine tasks.
• Speak and hear effectively on a busy manufacturing floor.
• Frequently stand, walk, sit, and reach with hands and arms.
• Occasionally climb, balance, stoop, kneel, or crouch.
• Lift, carry, push, or pull up to 40 pounds.
• Vision needs: close, distance, color, peripheral, depth perception, and focus adjustment.

Where and when you’ll work

• Site: Ankeny, Iowa (climate-controlled facility)
• Third shift (overnight) with shift differential
• Frequent exposure to moving mechanical parts
• Moderate noise environment

Your toolkit

• Proficiencies: Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP); Precision Measurement & Inspection
• Equipment: Calipers and micrometers
• Software: Quality Control applications