Quality Technician- 1st Shift

Badger Meter - Where Every Drop Counts and So Do You

At Badger Meter, we're more than a leading global water technology company - we're innovators with a mission: to preserve and protect the world's most precious resource. For over 120 years, our trusted solutions have enabled our customers to optimize the delivery and use of water, maximize revenue and reduce waste.

Every employee at Badger Meter is an important part of our success. Here, your work doesn't just move a business forward - it shapes a more sustainable future. We are committed to building a workplace where we celebrate differences, empower voices, and encourage fresh ideas that drive innovation.

When you join us, you'll find:

• Purpose-driven work that makes a real difference in communities around the globe.

• Career growth and development opportunities designed to help you achieve your potential.

• A supportive, inclusive culture where collaboration and creativity thrive.

Be part of something bigger. At Badger Meter, your contributions will ripple far beyond the workplace - creating lasting change for people and the planet.

What You Will Contribute:

As a Quality Control Technician, you’ll play an important role in making sure the products we manufacture meet our quality, performance, and reliability standards. You’ll work hands-on with both mechanical and electronic products, partnering closely with production, engineering, suppliers, and other members of the Quality team to identify issues, solve problems, and help keep our manufacturing processes running smoothly.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys hands-on technical work, problem-solving, working with measurement tools, and digging into the details to understand why something isn’t meeting expectations.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Perform incoming, first-piece, in-process, and final inspections to ensure materials and products meet established specifications and quality standards.
• Inspect and test mechanical and electronic components for dimensions, performance, functionality, appearance, and other quality requirements.
• Review engineering drawings, specifications, and quality standards to determine whether products meet requirements.
• Record and analyze inspection results using statistical quality tools, including SPC and CPK analysis.
• Identify and document nonconforming materials and work with production, engineering, and suppliers to resolve quality issues.
• Support supplier corrective actions and maintain accurate documentation related to supplier quality concerns.
• Set up and conduct destructive and nondestructive testing to evaluate product performance, durability, and material characteristics.
• Recommend improvements to quality or production standards based on inspection findings and manufacturing capabilities.
• Partner with manufacturing and assembly teams on internal corrective actions and continuous improvement opportunities.
• Provide guidance and training to production employees to help ensure quality procedures, work instructions, and documentation requirements are understood and followed.

What We’re Looking For

• Associate degree in Quality, Manufacturing, Engineering Technology, or a related technical field preferred.
• Previous experience in quality inspection, mechanical inspection, manufacturing, machining, testing, or a related technical environment is preferred, but we’re also open to candidates who bring strong technical aptitude and a willingness to learn.
• Ability to understand measurements, specifications, tolerances, and technical information.
• Strong attention to detail with a practical, problem-solving mindset.
• Comfortable documenting findings and using basic computer applications.
• Ability to communicate effectively and work collaboratively with production, engineering, suppliers, and other cross-functional partners.
• Someone who takes ownership of their work, asks questions, and is comfortable speaking up when something doesn’t look right.

Experience That Will Help You Stand Out

Experience with any of the following is a plus, but you don’t necessarily need experience with every tool on day one:

• CMM equipment
• PC-DMIS
• Optical comparators
• GD&T
• Statistical Process Control (SPC)
• CPK or process capability analysis
• Blueprint or engineering drawing interpretation
• Nonconforming material and corrective action processes
• Manufacturing or mechanical inspection

What Success Looks Like

You’re someone who enjoys understanding how and why things work, notices when something doesn’t look right, and takes the initiative to investigate. You can balance attention to detail with the needs of a fast-moving manufacturing environment and are comfortable partnering with others to solve problems rather than simply identifying them.

Above all, you understand that Quality isn’t just about finding defects. It’s about preventing problems, improving processes, and helping the entire team build a better product.

Working Environment

• This position works in a manufacturing environment and will spend time supporting production and inspection activities on the manufacturing floor.
• Depending on the assigned department, the position may require the ability to lift up to 60 pounds and successfully complete an audiogram.
• Positions supporting Aerospace operations may also require near-vision, color-vision, and depth-perception testing.

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Competitive Total Rewards at Badger Meter:

• Competitive Pay

• Annual Bonus

• Eligible for Annual Pay Increases

• Comprehensive Health, Vision, and Dental Coverage

• 15 days Paid Time Off + 11 Paid Holidays

• Two Ways to Save for Retirement: Badger Meter contributes 25 cents for every dollar you contribute to the plan, up to 7% of your eligible compensation. In addition to the match, the company will also contribute 5% of your eligible compensation to your Defined Contribution account on an annual basis. Additional access to a certified financial planner to help ensure your money is working for you, at no cost!

• Employer Paid benefits including: Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Basic Group Life Insurance, Short Term Disability, and more

• Educational Assistance – Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250

• Voluntary benefits including: Additional Life Insurance, Long Term Disability, Accident and Critical Illness coverage

• Health Savings Account (HSA) & Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options

An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. This company considers candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Applicants can learn more about their rights regarding equal opportunity in employment by viewing the federal "EEO is the Law" poster and the “EEO is the Law” poster supplement at

Badger Meter complies with all aspects of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended by the ADA Amendments Act, and all applicable state or local disability laws. This means that we will reasonably accommodate qualified employees with a disability if accommodation would allow them to perform the essential functions of their job, unless doing so would create an undue hardship.

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