Quality Control Technician

Position Overview:

Join our team and help us build in 2026! In this role, you'll work as part of a team to inspect materials and products for conformance to customer specifications. You and the team will work together to support production to delight our customers and deliver, reliably and on time to customer demand. You'll provide feedback on ways to make the operation safer and more productive every day!

The Quality Control Technician position works closely with manufacturing and engineering to ensure the highest level of quality products – starting from receipt of incoming parts, through the assembly operation, and finally with final inspection before shipping to the customer. The individual in this role will actively participate in documentation creation and review, finding root causes for repeat quality issues, working autonomously to constantly improve productivity. The successful candidate must be an individual who can multi-task and perform various inspection-related activities in a manner that complies with all company requirements and ISO standards with little supervision.

We value teamwork and a positive work environment, and you'll have opportunities to learn new skills and grow your career with us.

Shift:

The Fredericktown, Ohio facility operates on a 4x10 schedule with two shifts. We are currently hiring for the first shift which has a 5:00am to 3:30pm schedule.

What you bring to the table:

• Monitor the current production processes to ensure high and stable quality levels

• Trace and optimize operational sequences to increase effectiveness and efficiency in production process

• Work with production to solve customer/product issues as necessary

• Initiate corrective actions, and monitor and check the effectiveness of corrective actions

• Verify processes are meeting customer specifications per standards

• Conduct internal process audits and prepare audit reports when needed

• Process Customer complaints until closure

• Lead problem solving teams to help resolve assembly line issues, including helping with implementation, to eliminate process inconsistency

• Control measurement gages

• Conduct PPAP evaluation

• Evaluate production samples for conformance to specifications

• Approves non-conformances and processing of same

• Customer RMA evaluation and disposition

• Initiates investigation of non-conformances at assembly line and provides information to the QAM

• Track parts in VISUAL from the daily scrap sheet, marking per company standards

• Warranty EVAL as assigned

• Support the scrap process as assigned

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities (basic requirements):

• Requires physical ability and stamina to perform the essential functions of the position, including the ability to walk, stand, lift, carry up to 40 pounds, push, kneel, bend, stoop, reach over and under waist level, twist for extended periods of time on cement or other hard surfaces, etc.

• Demonstrates the verbal and written communication and computer skills necessary to complete documentation of processes and effectively engage with various levels of peers across the organization.

• HS Diploma or equivalent; two-year certification from technical school preferred.

• Ability to work independently to learn the processes, execute the daily work and explore root cause and solutions for issues as they arise.

Working Conditions:

Work is regularly performed in a combination of office and shop environments and is regularly exposed to dust, odors, oil, fumes and noise. Minimal travel is expected for this position.

What Schafer offers:

• Competitive Pay

• 4x10 schedule; Monday thru Thursday

• 401(k) matching

• Health, Vision, Dental, Disability & Life insurance

• Paid vacation in the first year

• Paid holidays eligible on day 1 of employment

• Matching charitable donations and paid time off for community service

• And more!

Why Schafer?

We are a growth-oriented company with a diversified customer base that is committed to a culture of safety and continuous improvement. You will enjoy a collaborative work environment where your talents and opinions matter, and we provide various opportunities in support of your career development. We live our values of Safety, Integrity, Responsibility to Others, Customer Focus, Continuous Improvement and Accountability in all that we do. Compensation and benefits are competitive, reflecting experience and qualifications.

About The Company

Schafer Industries is a rapidly growing premier supplier of off-highway axles and differentiated precision gearing solutions. Established in 1934, Schafer Industries has locations in South Bend, IN, Roscoe, IL, Fredericktown, OH and Blacklick, OH. Schafer Industries is one of the few manufacturers of integrated axle solutions in the off-highway electric vehicle market. Schafer also serves customers in a variety of end markets including recreational vehicles, aerospace, defense, oil & gas, material handling, powertrain, electric mobility, heavy duty trucking, agriculture, and construction. Our mission is to leverage world class capabilities to deliver superior products and services to maximize the value for our customers, employees, shareholders, and communities.

Schafer Industries is an EEO/AAP Employer:

Our company is committed to providing equal employment opportunity. This means that we make employment decisions on the basis of job-related qualifications, skills and abilities and not on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national original, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. As a federal subcontractor, we are also required to take affirmative action, or proactive measures, to prevent discrimination.