Quality Assurance Supervisor

Overview

We are seeking a Quality Assurance Supervisor to lead inspection and quality activities within a precision manufacturing environment supporting highly regulated industries. This role is responsible for overseeing incoming, in-process, and final inspections, ensuring compliance with established quality standards, and maintaining accurate documentation.

The ideal candidate brings strong technical inspection experience, leadership capability, and a deep understanding of quality systems in a manufacturing setting.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee receiving, in-process, and final inspection activities to ensure product quality and compliance
• Interpret and work from complex technical drawings, including GD&T and assembly requirements
• Perform and review visual, dimensional, and functional inspections on machined components and assemblies
• Accept or reject materials based on inspection results and ensure proper documentation of findings
• Prepare and review quality documentation including inspection reports, certifications, and compliance records
• Ensure adherence to industry quality standards, including first article inspection requirements
• Supervise and mentor a team of quality inspectors, providing guidance and oversight
• Participate in material review processes and support resolution of nonconforming products
• Verify compliance of incoming materials, outside processing, and finished goods
• Review purchase orders and documentation to ensure alignment with engineering specifications
• Witness and verify required testing procedures as specified by engineering requirements
• Maintain compliance with internal quality systems and procedures

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of experience in manufacturing inspection within a regulated environment (aerospace experience preferred)
• Minimum of 2 years of supervisory or leadership experience
• Strong understanding of quality systems such as ISO 9001 and/or AS9100
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints, including detailed assembly drawings and tolerances
• Hands-on experience with inspection tools such as calipers, micrometers, and height gauges
• Experience in a machining environment; welding inspection experience is a plus
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team
• Basic computer proficiency and ability to learn new systems quickly
• High school diploma or equivalent required

Additional Information

• Safety footwear (steel or composite toe) required in accordance with industry standards
• This position may include additional responsibilities as needed to support business operations

Who is Rainier Recruiting? 

Rainier Recruiting is a boutique, award winning national staffing agency and executive search firm. Using an approach that “treats every candidate like an executive search”, we offer positions in contract-to-hire, Full-Time, and executive search. Named the #1 Best Workplace in Washington State in 2022, recognized as a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing firm, and identified as a top recruitment firm by multiple business journals, Rainier Recruiting is fast becoming a respected company. We are no longer the “best recruiters you have never heard of”. Rainier Recruiting is also proud to share our clients have a 93% repeat business rate. Rainier Recruiting is an equal opportunity employer and service provider and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, political affiliation or belief, or any other protected class. We are committed to the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and are dedicated to making employment decisions based on merit and value, for ourselves, our client companies, and for the candidates we represent. We engage in socially conscious business practices and believe that diverse, equitable, inclusive, and non-biased talent and recruitment processes are foundational to the success of every organization that we partner with.