Quality Assurance Associate

**Job Title: Quality Assurance Associate** **Job Description** As a Quality Assurance Associate, you will be responsible for inspecting, sorting, and sampling goods, ensuring that products conform to specifications, and checking for defects and deviations. You will evaluate colors, taste, textures, and analytical parameters against set standards, conduct daily QC floor audits, calibrate QC equipment, and alert supervisors of any production, quality, or safety concerns. You will also assist with regulatory and third-party audit visits. **Responsibilities** + Inspect and measure products for conformance to specifications. + Evaluate product characteristics such as colors, taste, and textures. + Perform daily quality control floor audits. + Calibrate quality control equipment. + Notify supervisors of production, quality, or safety issues. + Reject raw materials or finished products not meeting standards. + Prepare samples and forms for third-party lab analysis. + Assist with regulatory and third-party audit visits. **Essential Skills** + Experience in quality assurance, quality control, and inspection. + Familiarity with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP). + Ability to work weekends and holidays as needed. + Capability to lift, push, and carry up to 40lbs. + 1-3 years of manufacturing experience in a QA/QC role. + Proficiency in Microsoft Office - Excel, Word, PowerPoint. **Additional Skills & Qualifications** + 1-3 years of manufacturing experience in a food QA/QC role. + Bi-lingual in Spanish, Polish, or Russian. **Why Work Here?** Join a dynamic team in a bilingual manufacturing environment where you can leverage your skills in quality assurance and control. Enjoy the opportunity to work in a setting that values precision, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement. **Work Environment** This role is set in a manufacturing environment that is highly bilingual in Russian and Spanish. You will be the sole quality assurance professional, reporting to supervisors located in Wisconsin. Flexibility in working hours, including weekends and holidays, is required. **Job Type & Location** This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Morton Grove, IL. **Pay and Benefits** The pay range for this position is $20.00 - $22.00/hr. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: - Medical, dental & vision - Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital - 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available - Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) - Short and long-term disability - Health Spending Account (HSA) - Transportation benefits - Employee Assistance Program - Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) **Workplace Type** This is a fully onsite position in Morton Grove,IL. **Application Deadline** This position is anticipated to close on Nov 27, 2025. **About Aerotek:** We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry - from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies' construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow. Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.