Job Summary Required Qualifications and Skills
We are seeking a detail-oriented Quality Auditor for a temp-to-hire opportunity with a stable and growing manufacturing team in Buffalo, NY. This onsite role supports the Quality Assurance department and plays a key part in ensuring products meet customer specifications, regulatory requirements, food safety standards, and internal quality expectations.
This is an excellent opportunity for a quality-focused professional who enjoys inspection, testing, documentation, and data analysis in a fast-paced production environment. The workplace offers strong training, supportive leadership, teamwork across production and quality teams, and a culture focused on safety, continuous improvement, and doing the job right.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform first-off, in-process, and final inspections to verify product quality, process stability, and compliance with established specifications.
- Use approved inspection and testing methods, including Go/No-Go gauges, precision measuring equipment, DeMeet systems, ATEQ testing systems, and other quality tools.
- Review measurements, quality data, raw material documentation, certificates of analysis, and supplier records for accuracy and compliance.
- Identify, quarantine, document, and communicate non-conforming materials, product defects, and cavity-specific quality concerns.
- Maintain accurate quality records, SAP quality hold entries, test results, inspection reports, retention samples, and related documentation.
- Support GMP audits, corrective action activities, internal audits, recall exercises, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Compensation and Benefits
- Temp-to-hire opportunity.
- Onsite position in Buffalo, NY 14225.
- Pay details provided include $22.00 to $25.00 per hour and $27.00 to $29.00 per hour. Final pay rate should be confirmed during the hiring process.
- Full-time onsite opportunity.
- Comprehensive training and professional development opportunities.
- Stable manufacturing environment with a team-oriented focus on quality, safety, and continuous improvement.
- Perform product inspections, testing, and quality verification activities in a manufacturing environment.
- Maintain accurate quality documentation, quality hold records, inspection reports, and compliance records.
- Analyze quality data, identify trends, and support investigations into non-conforming products.
- Provide quality guidance to production, maintenance, and operations teams.
- 1 to 2 years of related quality, manufacturing, production, or inspection experience preferred.
- Quality Assurance experience in a manufacturing environment is preferred.
- Ability to use precision measuring tools, gauges, and approved inspection methods.
- Strong attention to detail, mathematical aptitude, and measurement skills.
- Ability to review quality data, identify trends, and support corrective action activities.
- Computer proficiency with Windows-based applications and business software.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Mechanical aptitude and an understanding of manufacturing processes.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision while collaborating effectively with production, maintenance, and quality teams.
- Commitment to following quality, food safety, environmental, and workplace safety procedures.
Preferred Qualifications
- College diploma in Quality Assurance, Manufacturing Technology, Engineering Technology, or a related technical discipline.
- Experience with SAP or a similar ERP system.
- Experience with quality documentation systems and data analysis tools.
- Exposure to food safety standards, GMP audits, ISO standards, or regulated manufacturing environments.
- Experience using DeMeet measurement systems, ATEQ testing systems, Go/No-Go gauges, or similar quality inspection equipment.
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