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New · posted Oct 15

The Cretex Companies · Medical Devices

Quality Inspector

  • Coon Rapids, MN
  • On-site
  • Full-time
  • Associate & Specialist
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Deadline

Closes Oct 5, 2027 · 355 days left

The role

Quality Inspector Position Summary

The Quality Inspector supports the production floor & reports to the Production Supervisor, ensuring product compliance to quality and industry specifications.

What you need

Desirable Requirements/Qualifications

  • High school diploma or equivalent
  • 1 year of experience in a manufacturing environment
  • Understanding of ISO 13485
  • Experience with measurement and testing equipment
  • Vision System experience a plus
  • Proficient in blue print reading

What you'll do

Quality Inspector Responsibilities

  1. Conduct mechanical and visual inspections, reporting and isolating non-conforming product
  2. Perform in-process inspections and document findings as required
  3. Inspect finished products to determine conformance through inspections to specifications; conducting visual and dimensional testing; creating rejections for nonconforming products and confirming re-work.
  4. Perform and document inspection results through paperwork review, completion of IP forms (inspection plan documents), enter data into data base when required, create shipping packets
  5. Communicate quality issues to Supervisor

Pay and benefits

$37,898 – $53,102 a year

Employer provided

$18.22 – $25.53 an hour · yearly at 2,080 hours (40 a week)

How this compares

USD $18.22 - USD $25.53 /Hr.

Pay Range Details

This pay range reflects the base hourly rate or annual salary for positions within this job grade, based on our market-based pay structures. Actual compensation will depend on factors such as skills, relevant experience, education, internal equity, business needs, and local market conditions. While the full hiring range is shared for transparency, offers are rarely made at the minimum or maximum of the range.

rms Company Benefits

  • Onsite Clinic

  • Paid Parental Leave

  • Monthly Social Events

  • Annual Employee Appreciation Week

  • Volunteer Opportunities

  • Training and Development Opportunities

  • Tuition Reimbursement

  • Wellness Program

As a Cretex Medical company, rms offers a full benefit package to its employees. Benefits include medical, dental, vision and life insurance options. rms also offers a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match, profit sharing, short- term and long-term disability insurance, paid time off, holiday pay, and an onsite medical clinic.

rms Company also offers company specific benefits, such as:

Cretex Companies use cutting oils, solvents, and other chemicals in the manufacturing process. Testing is conducted on a periodic basis to ensure that all chemicals are kept well below the OSHA permissible exposure levels.

All Employees:

Our 401k retirement savings plan with a company match contribution; onsite health clinics, discretionary holiday bonus program (based on years of service), Cretex University, 24/7 employee assistance program with access to five confidential visits with a licensed counselor at no cost, wellness program with incentives, an employee death benefit, and employee sick and safe leave are available to all Cretex employees.

20+hours:

Cretex’s medical benefit package includes: comprehensive medical insurance with access to virtual providers; dental insurance (Little Partners Dental benefit covers services 100 percent for children 12 and younger when seen by a Health Partners in network provider); vision insurance; a pre-tax health savings account, healthcare and dependent care pre-tax reimbursement accounts; paid holidays, paid time off; and our discretionary profit sharing program are available to employees working 20+ hours/week.

30+ hours:

Parental Leave, accident and critical illness benefits, optional employee, spouse, and child life; short and long term disability; company provided life insurance; and tuition assistance programs are available to employees working 30+ hours per week.

(Some benefits are subject to eligibility criteria.)

Applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age, veteran status, marital status, family status, status with regard to public assistance, or any other protected status as required by law. 

Where you'll work

Coon Rapids, MNOn-siteOpen in Maps (opens in a new tab)

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Schedule and working conditions

Days

Hours

1st Shift: Monday - Friday 6:00am - 2:30pm5 days a week8.5-hour shifts42.5 hours on site a week
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From the posting

About Cretex

About rms Company

rms Company provides contract manufacturing of high-quality, tight-tolerance medical implants, components and sub-assemblies using cutting-edge technology. rms is part of the Cretex Medical family of companies. Learn more at www.rmsmachining.com and www.cretexmedical.com.

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Job intelligence

The context around this role

Live data · October 15, 2026

Salary intelligence

How the pay compares

This role's midpoint is 24% below the US median for Quality Control roles at this level.

This roleEmployer provided

$37,898 to $53,102 a year

Associate & Specialist roles in Minnesota15 roles publishing pay

Middle half $48,000 to $57,500, median $49,500

Associate & Specialist roles in the US100 roles publishing pay

Middle half $49,375 to $76,125, median $60,000
Annual base pay
Annual base payLowMedianHigh
This role$37,898—$53,102
Minnesota$48,000$49,500$57,500
All US$49,375$60,000$76,125

This role: The Cretex Companies's own published range, converted to a year at 2,080 hours. Comparisons: the base pay employers published on open Quality Control roles at the same level on Regulatory Jobs, October 15, 2026. Nothing is estimated.

Career trajectory

Where this role sits in Quality Control

The general path across 275 open Quality Control roles on Regulatory Jobs, with the titles they carry most. Not Cretex's own promotion track.

  1. This role

    Associate & Specialist

    Often: Quality Inspector · Quality Control Inspector

    $60K median149 open
  2. Next step

    Senior & Principal

    Often: Scientist, Quality Control · Senior Scientist, Quality Control

    $95K median70 open
  3. Later

    Manager

    Often: Quality Control Manager · Manager Quality Control

    $127K median31 open
  4. Later

    Director

    Often: Associate Director, Quality Control · Senior Director, Quality Control

    $199K median25 open

Skills DNA

What this role leans on

How many of the posting's 12 duty, requirement and summary lines touch each area. The posting's emphasis, not a proficiency score.

GMP and compliance: 5 linesLab testing and methods: 2 linesDocumentation and SOPs: 3 linesInvestigations and CAPA: 2 linesQuality systems and risk: 1 lineCollaboration and leadership: 1 lineGMPLab testingDocumentationInvestigationsQuality systemsTeamwork
  • GMP and compliance5
  • Documentation and SOPs3
  • Lab testing and methods2
  • Investigations and CAPA2
  • Quality systems and risk1
  • Collaboration and leadership1

Regulatory intelligence

The rules behind this role

Frameworks and standards this posting's work falls under, matched from its own words, each linked to the official source.

Company hiring pulse

Cretex on Regulatory Jobs

22
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19
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4
Locations

By discipline

  • Quality22 100%

By level

  • Associate & Specialist15 68%
  • Senior & Principal4 18%
  • Manager3 14%
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