Play a key role in ensuring product quality as a Final Quality Inspector. In this role, you’ll serve as the final checkpoint on the production floor, ensuring every control panel meets engineering design, quality standards, and customer expectations before shipment. This position is based on-site at our Alpharetta, GA facility, supporting production operations on the shop floor, and is ideal for an experienced professional who takes pride in craftsmanship, understands control panel builds at a deep level, and holds high standards. You’ll act as the customer’s last line of defense, performing a thorough final review and working closely with production, testing, and engineering to ensure every panel leaves our facility complete, compliant, and built to the highest standard.
Headquartered in Monroeville, PA, Premier Automation is a global, full-service automation integrator specializing in custom electrical control solutions—including robotics, drives, and industrial systems—for manufacturers across North America and beyond. Our team partners with customers across a wide range of industries to deliver reliable, high-performance systems, combining strong engineering capabilities with hands-on manufacturing expertise.
Your Experience at Premier
Here’s what you can expect from the role, the team, and the culture that supports you:
- Job Type: Full-time, salaried position based on experience
- Schedule: Monday–Friday, typical shop hours (7:00 AM – 3:30 PM) with flexibility based on production needs
- Location & Structure: Based in Alpharetta, GA, this role is primarily on-site, working on the production floor, with minimal travel and reporting to the Operations Manager
- Team Collaboration & Impact: Work closely with Electrical Testers, production staff, and engineering teams throughout the build process, playing a key role in ensuring final product quality and readiness for shipment
- Interview Process: Virtual screening, in-person interview, and facility tour
- Culture & Growth: Hands-on environment with opportunities to deepen technical expertise and contribute to quality improvements
Key Duties and Responsibilities
As a Final Quality Inspector, you will:
- Perform final inspections of completed control panels to verify accuracy against electrical schematics, mechanical drawings, and Bill of Materials (BOM)
- Ensure all components, wiring, and assemblies match design requirements with zero errors, omissions, or unauthorized substitutions
- Cross-reference physical builds with CAD drawings to confirm proper layout, spacing, and mechanical alignment
- Conduct detailed visual inspections to ensure high-quality craftsmanship, including wire routing, labeling, heat shrink application, and overall fit and finish
- Inspect and verify proper installation and crimping of compression lugs to ensure secure connections and compliance with quality standards
- Inspect and verify assembly of busbar-based builds, ensuring alignment with design specifications and overall build quality
- Verify panels are clean, organized, and free of debris prior to release
- Audit traveler documents, inspection checklists, and test reports to ensure all required steps have been completed and properly documented
- Confirm prior testing and inspection activities (continuity checks, torque verification, power-up testing) are complete and signed off
- Identify nonconformances and communicate findings clearly and constructively, ensuring issues are corrected before release
- Verify that any required rework has been completed and documented appropriately
- Prepare panels for UL Manufacturer’s Technical Representative (MTR) review, ensuring completeness so inspection can focus on UL compliance
- Serve as final approval for shipment by signing the Certificate of Conformance (CoC), or return panels for correction if they do not meet standards
- Partner with production and engineering teams to help identify recurring issues and support improvements in build quality and consistency
Experience and Qualifications
What You’ll Bring:
- High school diploma or GED required (technical training or certifications strongly preferred)
- 5–8+ years of experience in control panel wiring, assembly, testing, or quality inspection
- Strong understanding of industrial control panels, including wiring standards, layout, and best practices
- Advanced ability to read and interpret electrical schematics, mechanical drawings, and BOMs
- Ability to visualize and verify physical builds from 2D drawings
- Strong attention to detail with a focus on accuracy, quality, and craftsmanship
- Ability to identify issues and communicate them clearly and constructively
Preferred Experience:
- Experience in a control panel shop, manufacturing, or industrial environment
- Familiarity with UL 508A standards and general compliance concepts
- Experience reviewing inspection documentation and test reports
- Understanding of quality control processes and nonconformance handling
Our Benefits Package: Invested in Your Success
We believe in taking care of our team. Here’s how we do it:
- Comprehensive medical coverage with a 100% company-paid deductible
- Dental and vision insurance
- 401(k) with employer match and immediate vesting
- Company-paid life insurance and short-term disability coverage
- Paid time off package with PTO, 10 company holidays, sick leave, and parental leave for growing families
- Company-provided tools and boot allowance
- Education assistance for ongoing professional development
- $1,000 employee referral bonuses
- Employee wellness programs
Authorization to Work
Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship
Employment is conditional on passing a background check and drug screening, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
At Premier Automation, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment. We believe that our strength lies in the diversity of our team and our inclusive culture that respects, values, and embraces the unique experiences and perspectives of each individual. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply and join us in our mission to foster a workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered to succeed.
