Quality Inspector
Harris American
Quality Inspector
Harris American
Designs and manufactures scrap recycling equipment
Harris American · Cordele, United States · Full-time · Posted 2026-10-12
Salary: USD 37,440–58,240
Workplace: on_site
Department: Production
GENERAL DESCRIPTION – PURPOSE OF ROLE:
The Quality Inspector will play a key role in ensuring that our products meet the highest quality standards before reaching our customers. The successful candidate will conduct thorough inspections, implement quality control measures, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to maintain and improve product quality. The Quality Inspector is expected to maintain quality standards by approving purchased, in-process production, and finished products, recording quality results. The Quality Inspector must ensure that parts are manufactured to engineering design specifications.
Compensation:
$18.00 to $28.00/hr
Essential Functions:
Essential Duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
· Perform measurements of manufactured components to verify manufacturing specifications have been met.
· Inspect machined work pieces or product at machine stations or inspection area to ensure conformance to specifications.
· Measure dimensions such as angles, length, height, and distance between reference points using precision equipment such as micrometers, calipers, dial indicators, and CMM to ensure product specifications.
· Approve incoming materials, in-process production, and finished products by confirming specifications, conducting visual and measurement tests, communicating required adjustments to production supervisor.
· Receiving of material from vendor and product when returned from outside processors.
· Record inspection results on appropriate forms, including discrepancy reports when needed.
· Review drawing details for accurate documentation of specifications.
· Keep measurement equipment operating by following operating instructions and calling for repairs.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION – PURPOSE OF ROLE:
The Quality Inspector will play a key role in ensuring that our products meet the highest quality standards before reaching our customers. The successful candidate will conduct thorough inspections, implement quality control measures, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to maintain and improve product quality. The Quality Inspector is expected to maintain quality standards by approving purchased, in-process production, and finished products, recording quality results. The Quality Inspector must ensure that parts are manufactured to engineering design specifications.
Essential Functions:
Essential Duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
· Perform measurements of manufactured components to verify manufacturing specifications have been met.
· Inspect machined work pieces or product at machine stations or inspection area to ensure conformance to specifications.
· Measure dimensions such as angles, length, height, and distance between reference points using precision equipment such as micrometers, calipers, dial indicators, and CMM to ensure product specifications.
· Approve incoming materials, in-process production, and finished products by confirming specifications, conducting visual and measurement tests, communicating required adjustments to production supervisor.
· Receiving of material from vendor and product when returned from outside processors.
· Record inspection results on appropriate forms, including discrepancy reports when needed.
· Review drawing details for accurate documentation of specifications.
· Keep measurement equipment operating by following operating instructions and calling for repairs.
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Designs and manufactures scrap recycling equipment
Harris American designs, manufactures, and supports scrap recycling and waste-processing equipment. Its product range includes single-ram and two-ram balers, horizontal and vertical balers for metals, paper, cardboard, and plastics; as well as shears, shredders, baler/logger/shears, and high-volume compactors across ferrous and non-ferrous materials. The equipment uses hydraulic compression to bale scrap, cutting by shears, and shredding to reduce material size, helping customers consolidate bulky waste for easier handling and downstream processing. The company differentiates itself by combining nearly 300 years of legacy from three Avis Industrial subsidiaries, a broad manufacturing footprint in Georgia, Ohio, and Florida, and recent expansion with GPS S.r.l. to broaden ferrous and non-ferrous capabilities, aiming to provide end-to-end material recovery and waste-management solutions that support efficient recycling for customers worldwide.
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