Quality Technician – 1st Shift
Carlson Tool & Manufacturing Corporation · Cedarburg, WI
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Quality
- Experience asked
- 3+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- Recently
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level quality role at Carlson Tool & Manufacturing Corporation (industrial) in Cedarburg, WI. Is an ISO certified and ITAR registered manufacturing company serving customers with engineering, tooling, drilling, and machining services.
- They ask for
- 3+ years
- Tools it names
- SPC, GD&T, Machining, Tooling
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage · relocation help
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Quality Technician roles in Wisconsin: typical posted base $47k–$65k.
Median of the low and high ends of 4 live postings that list pay, out of 24 quality technician openings in Wisconsin, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Wisconsin plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 24 other live quality postings in Wisconsin.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Typical (3+ years)
Typical $47k–$65k, from 5 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ GD&T 48%
- Team leadership 48%
- ✓ SPC 32%
- ✓ Machining 28%
- ISO 9001 24%
- Root cause 24%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
At a glance
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How to get in at this plant
Five moves over a week or two. The first one takes ten minutes.
- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Quality team at Carlson Tool & Manufacturing Corporation
Engineers who joined in the last year or two reply the most. Use the team search on this page to find them.
- 2
Send a short, curious note
One real question about their work. No favors yet. Each person gets a different note, written for this role.
- 3
Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Which standards drive the work here: ISO 13485, IATF 16949, AS9100?
- How much of the job is customer complaints versus prevention?
- How does off-shift and weekend coverage work?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
- 4
Apply with someone vouching for you
If the call went well, ask whether they’d pass your résumé to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link, apply that day, and let them know.
- 5
Bring proof to the interview
One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
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