Quality Assurance Auditor-1st shift

Work Model: This is a fully onsite role, with work performed at your designated Regal Rexnord office. ____________________ QUALITY ASSURANCE AUDITORCleveland, OH Pay Range $20.00-$30.00 dependent on experience Are you passionate about quality, precision, and continuous improvement? Do you enjoy being on the production floor, solving problems, identifying opportunities for improvement, and ensuring products meet the highest standards? If so, we invite you to join our team as a Quality Auditor. In this critical role, you'll serve as a key quality resource throughout the manufacturing process-from incoming materials and supplier performance to in-process audits and customer-returned products. You'll work alongside engineering, manufacturing, purchasing, and quality teams to help ensure our products meet customer, industry, and company requirements every step of the way. What You'll Do - Perform inbound inspections of purchased goods prior to receipt to verify compliance with established requirements and acceptance criteria. - Conduct physical inspections of materials, review accompanying documentation, and assess acceptance against engineering drawings, specifications, and controlled procedures. - Perform audits of materials received from special processing suppliers, including inspection of product, documentation, acceptance criteria, and supplier performance requirements. - Evaluate compliance with customer and company flow-down requirements and participate in supplier quality assessments. - Coordinate Returned Material Authorization (RMA) activities, including physical receipt of customer-returned products, communication with Quality Engineers, ERP transactions, rework order management, and return-to-stock processing. - Support Defective Material Reporting (DMR) investigations and dispositions by conducting employee interviews, reviewing documentation, containing suspect material, and supporting corrective action implementation. - Perform in-process manufacturing audits to verify compliance with established Inspection Plans, product requirements, documentation standards, and calibrated gaging requirements. - Conduct work cell audits to ensure adherence to approved work instructions, training and certification requirements, manufacturing processes, and quality standards. - Support the Quality Inspection Team with inspections, Gage Repeatability & Reliability studies, First Article Inspection Reports (FAIR), PPAP documentation, and Inspection Plan creation or revisions. - Assist with quality data collection, reporting, and continuous improvement initiatives. - Perform additional duties as assigned. Additional Responsibilities - Analyze quality performance data and metrics. - Evaluate trends, Pareto analyses, and performance indicators. - Prepare and communicate reports that support quality improvement initiatives and business objectives. Qualifications Education - High school diploma or GED required. - Technical school certification, associate degree, or related education preferred. Experience - Minimum of two years of relevant quality inspection, auditing, or manufacturing experience. - Experience inspecting high-precision manufactured components is highly preferred. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Strong understanding of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T). Ability to read and interpret blueprints, engineering drawings, specifications, and technical documents. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Excellent organizational and multitasking abilities. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.