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Quality Tech

Bodycote

Hebron, KYFull-time$25.82–31.59/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$25.82–31.59/hr
Location
Hebron, KY
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Quality Technician supports Bodycote’s Quality Department in Hebron, performing quality activities for heat treatment under the direction of the Quality Manager or Metallurgist. The role includes inspecting and documenting product and process conditions, coordinating quality assurance efforts, maintaining quality records and systems, and monitoring outside processing. The position is safety-sensitive and serves aerospace customers.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Quality ControlHeat TreatmentMetallurgical KnowledgeTechnical WritingQuality System ImprovementSix SigmaSpecification InterpretationMicrosoft OfficeDatabase ApplicationsBlueprint ReadingAttention to DetailEnglish CommunicationLifting 35 Lbs

Qualifications

6 Months ExperienceHigh School Diploma or GEDMetallurgical or Materials Science DegreeTraining Certificate or Work Experience1 Year Quality Control ExperienceU.S. Citizen or Permanent ResidentSix Sigma Green Belt

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off

Full job description

Experience Required

6 months

Minimum Education Required

High School Diploma/G.E.D.

Training Required/Provided

provided

Expected Start Date

11/23/2026

Compensation

$25.82 - $31.59 / hourly

Hours Per Week

40

Number Of Positions

1

Work Schedule and Shift Requirements

Weekends

Job Description

Quality Technician (Lab) - Weekend Days (3x12s)

Join Bodycote in Hebron for weekend days (3x12s), inspecting coated parts, interpreting technical plans, and ensuring quality, accuracy, and safety for aerospace customers.

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Our people are the heart of our business.  As the world’s largest provider of thermal processing services, Bodycote employs thousands of highly skilled staff around the globe, some of the best engineers, scientists, and technicians in the industry. Come join our team!

Due to the nature of our business and a heavy industrial market, Bodycote deems this position to be safety-sensitive.

Position Summary:

Based in Hebron, KY the Quality Technician will perform essential job functions associate with heat treatment under the direction of the Quality Manager to meet customer specifications including assisting other employees as needed.

Summary: Support the Quality Department in all areas as listed in essential job functions, working closely with Quality Manager or Metallurgist.

Essential Job Functions (Duties and Responsibilities): The primary duties consist of, but are not limited to the following.

Identifying and recording present or potential conditions that would have a detrimental effect on product, process, or the quality system and initiating corrective or preventive action procedures to address these conditions and verifying the effectiveness of corrective actions. May include controlling or stopping further processing of product until corrective action has been satisfactorily implemented.

Coordinating the interdepartmental efforts required to comply with quality assurance requirements.

Identifying quality training needs and taking steps to ensure training is provided.

Communicating to all levels on the status of the quality management system.

Assist in general quality activities including control of quality records, monitoring quality objectives at all levels, implement, monitor, and maintain the BMS, evaluation/disposition of non- conformances, audits (on site and internal), implementation and support of the navigator operating system.

Monitor and maintain outside processing including evaluation of suppliers, generating purchase orders, review certifications of conformances and review test reports.

  • Practice and promotes safety and good housekeeping

  • Must work in a manner consistent with the EMS

  • Must have the ability to report for work on time, follow directions, interact effectively with co-workers, understand and follow rules and procedures and accept constructive criticism

  • Perform other tasks as designated by position

  • This position is responsible for the care and treatment of our customer’s inventory and as such will perform duties in a safe and responsible manner to prevent customer loss or damage

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • This position must satisfy ITAR compliance requirements, therefore candidates must be U.S. Citizens or Permanent Resident Card Holder.

Education - Must possess basic metallurgical knowledge obtained through formal university or college training or combination of training and experience. Metallurgical or material science degree preferred, will consider certificate of training and/or work experience in lieu of degree.

A minimum of one-year experience in Quality Control and practical knowledge of commercial heat treatment of steel, aluminum, titanium, nickel, brass, copper, etc. desired

  • Must demonstrate the ability to read, write and communicate the English language to interface with management and all levels, both in-house and at customer’s place of business

Must be capable of writing general procedures for heat treatment of specific alloys, in accordance with customer needs.

Must be capable of making written recommendations for improving Quality System and Procedures.

Must have or be willing to obtain Six Sigma Green Belt

Must be thoroughly familiar with commercial, aircraft, and aerospace specification, ASME and military specification codes as required.

  • Knowledge and hands on experience of computer applications including Microsoft Office and databases is required

  • Must be able to read/interpret blueprints/specifications, be detail oriented to meet deadlines.

Physical & Mental Demands: The following physical and mental demands consist of, but are not limited to the following.

  • Must be able to work in a sitting and standing position for extended periods of time in an office/industrial environment

  • Manual dexterity to perform data entry functions

  • Ability to bend, pull, stoop and reach to perform functions

  • Ability to lift up to 35 lbs.

  • May be exposed to heat, fumes, noise, and humidity, etc.

  • Must have the cognitive and mental capacity to perform essential job functions

  • Must be able to communicate effectively orally and in writing

  • Visual acuity to read documents, computer screens, files, etc.

  • Ability to hear in person and via phone

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and levels of the work performed by employees, but are not a complete list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, the job description does not constitute a written or implied contract for employment. Bodycote reserves the right to revise or change job duties and responsibilities as the need arises.

Bodycote is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against current and prospective employees based on race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age for individuals over forty years of age, military and veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state and local laws

Job Type

Full time

Benefits Offered

medical, 401k, pto

Background Check Required

Yes

Industry

Manufacturing

Place of Work

On-site

Requisition ID

988

How this job compares

Set against the 1,437 open Quality Control jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$25.82–31.59/hr
  • US median$24–29/hr448 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $28.71/hr, is 8% above the US median midpoint ($27/hr) — in the middle half of Quality Control hourly ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 26 open Quality Control jobs in Kentucky and 1,437 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Kentucky
Experience
This posting asks for no prior experience — less than three in four Quality Control postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 994 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a high school diploma; 764 of the 1,437 open Quality Control jobs (53%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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