Quality Control Technician Jobs in Chicago, IL
Quality Control Technician jobs in Chicago are in strong demand, concentrated in the Calumet industrial corridor, Elk Grove Village, and the Near West Side, across food and beverage processing, pharmaceuticals, and metal fabrication. Employers hiring right now include Newly Weds Foods, Jobot, and Cargill. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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Join a team that helps protect clients and the firm through disciplined, detail-focused quality control. You will lead by example, drive consistency, and help improve how work gets done across deal setup activities.
As a Quality Control Analyst Team Lead in Deal Setup Quality Control, you execute and oversee assigned work while ensuring adherence to service level agreements, policies, and controls. You perform quality control across key deal setup activities and partner with stakeholders to resolve issues and prevent rework. You strengthen the team's performance through sound judgment, careful validation, and a continuous improvement mindset.
Job Responsibilities
- Meet service level agreements for quality and volume on a consistent basis
- Follow established policies, procedures, and control standards to reduce risk and ensure consistent execution
- Perform quality control reviews of deal setup activities, including approvals, renewals, pricing changes, and fee updates
- Review and validate client and transaction documentation for completeness, accuracy, and required approvals
- Confirm data and terms across documentation, credit, and loan processing systems to ensure alignment
- Coordinate deal closing tasks and related financial activities within required timelines
- Partner with internal stakeholders (such as business and legal teams) to resolve issues, confirm requirements, and prevent rework
- Request and track missing documents, notifications, and confirmations from agents or clients, following up promptly
- Complete same-day funding tasks within required timelines, ensuring accurate system updates and complete records
- Serve as a primary contact for process questions, providing guidance and sharing best practices with the team
- Escalate process issues promptly and identify recurring defects, control gaps, and improvement opportunities
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Bachelor's degree in Finance or a related field, or equivalent work experience
- 4 years of experience in financial services operations, including exposure to lending or loan processing
- Understanding of loan documentation and lending concepts
- Ability to interpret business financial statements and validate key information accurately
- Strong research, analytical, and comprehension skills across multiple sources and systems
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to detect errors and inconsistencies
- Effective time management and prioritization skills to meet deadlines while maintaining quality standards
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to work independently and remain accountable
- Ability to manage stakeholders effectively and partner across teams to drive timely resolution of issues
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Experience serving as a process subject matter resource and leading issue resolution in a controlled operations environment
- Experience producing or interpreting control reporting and using results to reduce defects and improve performance
- Experience supporting deal setup activities such as renewals, pricing changes, or fee maintenance
- Familiarity working across multiple lending products or business lines
- Demonstrated continuous improvement experience (for example, standard work, rework reduction, or cycle time improvement)
We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.
We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans
ABOUT THE TEAM
J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.
Join a team that helps protect clients and the firm through disciplined, detail-focused quality control. You will lead by example, drive consistency, and help improve how work gets done across deal setup activities.
As a Quality Control Analyst Team Lead in Deal Setup Quality Control, you execute and oversee assigned work while ensuring adherence to service level agreements, policies, and controls. You perform quality control across key deal setup activities and partner with stakeholders to resolve issues and prevent rework. You strengthen the team's performance through sound judgment, careful validation, and a continuous improvement mindset.
Job Responsibilities
- Meet service level agreements for quality and volume on a consistent basis
- Follow established policies, procedures, and control standards to reduce risk and ensure consistent execution
- Perform quality control reviews of deal setup activities, including approvals, renewals, pricing changes, and fee updates
- Review and validate client and transaction documentation for completeness, accuracy, and required approvals
- Confirm data and terms across documentation, credit, and loan processing systems to ensure alignment
- Coordinate deal closing tasks and related financial activities within required timelines
- Partner with internal stakeholders (such as business and legal teams) to resolve issues, confirm requirements, and prevent rework
- Request and track missing documents, notifications, and confirmations from agents or clients, following up promptly
- Complete same-day funding tasks within required timelines, ensuring accurate system updates and complete records
- Serve as a primary contact for process questions, providing guidance and sharing best practices with the team
- Escalate process issues promptly and identify recurring defects, control gaps, and improvement opportunities
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Bachelor's degree in Finance or a related field, or equivalent work experience
- 4 years of experience in financial services operations, including exposure to lending or loan processing
- Understanding of loan documentation and lending concepts
- Ability to interpret business financial statements and validate key information accurately
- Strong research, analytical, and comprehension skills across multiple sources and systems
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to detect errors and inconsistencies
- Effective time management and prioritization skills to meet deadlines while maintaining quality standards
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to work independently and remain accountable
- Ability to manage stakeholders effectively and partner across teams to drive timely resolution of issues
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Experience serving as a process subject matter resource and leading issue resolution in a controlled operations environment
- Experience producing or interpreting control reporting and using results to reduce defects and improve performance
- Experience supporting deal setup activities such as renewals, pricing changes, or fee maintenance
- Familiarity working across multiple lending products or business lines
- Demonstrated continuous improvement experience (for example, standard work, rework reduction, or cycle time improvement)
We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.
We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans
ABOUT THE TEAM
J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.
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Who's Hiring
- Newly Weds Foods13
- Jobot7
- Cargill7
- JPMorganChase7
- Midwest Foods7
Top Industries Hiring
- Staffing & Recruiting
- Transportation & Logistics
Quality Control Technician Jobs in Chicago: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a quality control technician job in Chicago?
Start by targeting Chicago's densest hiring pockets: food and beverage manufacturers along the Calumet corridor, pharmaceutical and medical device companies in the North Shore suburbs, and metal fabrication shops in Elk Grove Village. Candidates with hands-on inspection experience, familiarity with ISO standards, and any GMP or HACCP certification stand out in Chicago's manufacturing market. Networking through the Illinois Manufacturers' Association also opens local doors faster than job boards alone.
Which companies hire quality control technicians in Chicago?
Employers hiring quality control technicians in Chicago right now include Newly Weds Foods, Jobot, and Cargill, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Chicago's hiring mix leans heavily toward large food processors, contract pharmaceutical manufacturers, and automotive parts suppliers, many of which maintain quality teams across multiple regional facilities.
Are there remote quality control technician jobs in Chicago?
Yes, but only for a narrow slice of the role. Quality control technician work is largely hands-on and tied to a physical production floor, so fully remote positions are uncommon. About 61% of quality control technician openings tied to Chicago are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, mostly covering document control, supplier audit coordination, and quality systems administration rather than direct inspection duties.
How can I get a quality control technician job in Chicago with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path in Chicago is a production associate or line inspector role at one of the city's food processing or contract packaging facilities, which routinely hire entry-level candidates and train on GMP and basic inspection protocols. Completing a quality technician certificate through Truman College or Daley College makes a resume stand out to Chicago-area manufacturers. Temp-to-hire placements through Chicago industrial staffing firms are another proven on-ramp to permanent QC roles.
Which industries hire the most quality control technicians in Chicago?
Chicago quality control technician roles concentrate in Staffing & Recruiting and Transportation & Logistics, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Chicago's deep roots in food manufacturing, its growing life sciences cluster along the North Shore, and its extensive metal fabrication base in the western suburbs collectively drive consistent demand for quality control talent year-round.
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