Incoming Inspection Manager

Hytorc • South Hackensack, NJ

9d • Onsite

About The Position

The Incoming Inspection Manager leads the Incoming Inspection function and ensures purchased components, materials, assemblies, and supplier-provided products meet engineering drawings, specifications, purchase order requirements, supplier certifications, company standards, and applicable quality system requirements. This hands-on technical management role directs inspection activities, develops inspection personnel, improves throughput and capability, and provides technical leadership for complex dimensional inspection, including CMM, vision measurement systems, portable coordinate measuring equipment, GD&T, and First Article Inspection (FAI).

The role supervises the Incoming Inspection function, including the Incoming Inspector Supervisor/Lead and Incoming Inspectors. It balances people leadership with hands-on technical involvement and supports complex inspection activities when required. The position operates primarily in inspection, receiving, warehouse, and manufacturing environments, with frequent interaction across Quality, Engineering, Purchasing, Inventory, Warehouse, Supplier Quality, and Production. Frequent local travel between HYTORC facilities in Mahwah and South Hackensack, New Jersey, is part of the regular day-to-day responsibilities, in addition to domestic travel up to 10%.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5–7 years of progressive experience in incoming inspection, dimensional inspection, manufacturing quality, supplier quality, precision manufacturing, or a closely related Quality discipline.
• Prior supervisory, management, or demonstrated technical leadership experience, including training, mentoring, and developing inspection personnel.
• Working knowledge of ISO 9001:2015.
• Strong technical judgment and problem-solving ability in a precision inspection and manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated ability to lead employees, set priorities, make sound Quality decisions, and hold a team accountable while maintaining effective working relationships.
• Strong root cause analysis, organization, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to manage changing priorities and urgent material requirements without compromising inspection quality or documentation accuracy.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and ability to enter, maintain, analyze, and retrieve inspection data in ERP, Quality Management, document control, and inspection systems.
• Ability to analyze and communicate Quality metrics, inspection throughput, nonconformance trends, and improvement opportunities.
• Ability to wear required personal protective equipment and comply with safety requirements.
• Ability to travel domestically up to 10% and frequently travel locally between HYTORC facilities in Mahwah and South Hackensack, New Jersey.
• Frequently stand, walk, use hands and fingers to handle components and measuring devices, reach, and perform inspection activities throughout the workday.
• Frequently inspect fine details, read engineering drawings and electronic or printed records, and perform dimensional verification; required vision includes close vision and ability to adjust focus, with or without corrective lenses.
• Occasionally bend, stoop, crouch, or access materials and inspection points in receiving, warehouse, and manufacturing areas.
• Frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds with assistance or appropriate material-handling equipment when necessary.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Quality, Engineering, Engineering Technology, Manufacturing, Metrology, or a related discipline; equivalent directly related experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree.
• Hands-on experience programming and operating CMMs, vision measurement systems, FARO or comparable articulated measurement arms, and other advanced dimensional inspection equipment.
• Experience interpreting complex engineering drawings, specifications, tolerances, GD&T, and inspection plans and supporting First Article Inspection activities.
• Experience within precision machining, industrial equipment, mechanical or electromechanical manufacturing, or a comparable environment.
• Familiarity with ISO/IEC 17025:2017.
• Experience using ERP and/or Quality Management Systems for inspection, traceability, inventory, and Quality documentation.
• ASQ Certified Quality Inspector (CQI), Certified Quality Technician (CQT), or Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence (CMQ/OE).
• GD&T training or certification.
• CMM programming, metrology, or dimensional inspection training/certification.
• Internal Auditor training.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily Incoming Inspection activities, including workload, priorities, staffing assignments, backlog, throughput, and resource allocation.
• Lead, coach, mentor, and develop Incoming Inspection personnel; set expectations for quality, productivity, documentation, responsiveness, safety, and adherence to Quality procedures.
• Assign and prioritize work, monitor completion, and ensure adequate coverage for business requirements.
• Support hiring, onboarding, cross-training, succession planning, and continued development of inspection capability.
• Perform and oversee complex visual, dimensional, mechanical, and documentation-based inspections of incoming materials and products.
• Program, operate, and provide technical leadership for CMMs, vision measurement systems, portable coordinate measuring systems, including FARO or comparable articulated measurement arms, and other precision metrology equipment.
• Lead First Article Inspection activities and develop and improve inspection plans, programs, work instructions, checklists, and inspection methods.
• Review and maintain supplier certifications, test reports, inspection records, traceability documentation, lot/serial records, and other controlled Quality records.
• Oversee identification and control of nonconforming material and support material review, containment, return-to-vendor activities, root cause investigations, supplier corrective actions, and recurring defect resolution.
• Partner with Quality, Engineering, Purchasing, Warehouse, Production, Inventory, and Supplier Quality to resolve incoming material issues and improve inspection and supplier performance.
• Ensure inspection and measurement equipment is properly maintained, available, and within calibration requirements.
• Support internal, supplier, customer, and third-party audits by ensuring required inspection records, traceability, and objective Quality evidence are available.
• Maintain a safe, organized, and effective Incoming Inspection environment.
• Analyze and communicate Quality metrics, inspection throughput, nonconformance trends, and improvement opportunities.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager