Quality Supervisor
Protolabs · Rosemount, MN
- Level
- Supervisor
- Team
- Quality
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Experience asked
- 2+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A supervisor quality role at Protolabs (industrial) in Rosemount, MN. Hire, develop, and manage quality staff, including performance reviews, discipline, and timekeeping.
- They ask for
- 2+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
- Tools it names
- Lean, GD&T, ISO 9001, ISO 13485
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How this role compares
Against 20 other live quality postings in Minnesota.
- Experience asked
- Typical (2+ years)
Similar roles usually ask 2+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 43%
- ✓ GD&T 38%
- Root cause 38%
- ✓ ISO 9001 29%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 29%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Lean, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with 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 Protolabs
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 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.
This plant: Protolabs in Rosemount
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Full description from ProtolabsAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
What you will do
- ◆Lead inspectors and technicians in visual and dimensional inspection processes.
- ◆Oversee daily inspection activities and department areas across shifts.
- ◆Interpret drawings and support GD&T understanding.
- ◆Train team members on inspection methods, processes, and equipment.
- ◆Partner with Design, Engineering, and Quality to improve inspection and quality processes.
- ◆Develop team capability in inspection programming and troubleshooting.
- ◆Guide part disposition decisions to meet customer and workmanship standards.
- ◆Support equipment needs for required inspections.
- ◆Hire, develop, and manage quality staff, including performance reviews, discipline, and timekeeping.
- ◆Support external audits and maintain compliance with ISO 9001, ISO 13485, and other certifications.
- ◆Drive continuous improvement to reduce rework and nonconformance.
- ◆Monitor process performance and use data to improve quality outcomes.
- ◆Provide hands-on leadership in manufacturing to solve problems and strengthen quality culture.
- ◆Perform other related duties as assigned.
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Be yourself at Protolabs
Why Protolabs?
We are the leaders in digital manufacturing. We hire doers, makers, and creative thinkers who tackle our roles with an entrepreneurial spirit. Our culture is centered around meaningful work that brings new and innovative products to market at unprecedented speeds. We are a diverse team that comes from all walks of life and take pride in our team who is smart, genuine, humble, and passionate about what we do. It’s our people who fuel our creativity and make our culture feel like home.
Join our team as a Quality Supervisor!
This role has a five day/week on-site expectation.
The Quality Supervisor will lead on-site day-to-day work activities of the QC team. They will established Quality practices across the team while responsible for the inspection of parts produced in the factory. The Quality Control Supervisor will also identify and collaborate with peers and direct reports to implement continuous improvement opportunities both within the inspection areas and throughout the factory.
What it takes
- •· Associates or Technical degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent work experience in a manufacturing environment.
- •· 2+ years of experience working within a quality system
- •· 2+ years of supervision experience
- •Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- •· Experience with ISO 9001.
- •· Familiar with Quality systems, inspections and practices and continuous improvement concepts in a manufacturing environment.
- •· Ownership for capital equipment and it’s maintenance, working with outside vendors as needed.
- •· Managing calibration system needs for factory inspection equipment.
- •· Ability to work in a fast-paced, team-oriented work environment.
- •· Ability to manage staff schedules to maintain coverage in critical areas.
- •· Effective management style, compatible with the Protolabs culture: collaborative, flexible, innovative, results-oriented, and change leader.
- •· Good written and oral communication skills: able to communicate complex information to all levels of the organization.
- •· Experience with problem solving and lean manufacturing.
What's in it for you
- •We offer a competitive salary
- •In addition, we offer amazing benefits including but not limited to:
- •Health Insurance: Traditional OR High Deductible plan
- •Flexible Spending Accounts
- •Health Savings Account (including employer contributions)
- •Dental and Vision
- •Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance
- •Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
- •Paid caregiver leave
- •You will receive 3 weeks of PTO + Holiday Pay + Wellness Hours + Volunteer Hours
- •401k with company match and immediate vest
- •Employee Stock Purchase Program at a 15% discounted rate
- •Matching grants through Protolabs foundation
- •And More!