Quality Process Technician

WireCo® is the strength behind the world’s evolution, through deep legacy and forward thinking, we create premium ropes that inspire innovation without limits. WireCo® is headquartered in Leawood, Kansas with manufacturing plants, distribution facilities and research and development centers worldwide. 

WireCo® offers competitive salaries, incentive programs, growth opportunities, and excellent benefits offerings for employees and their families. Benefits include paid time off, paid holidays, medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan with generous company match, 100% company-paid life insurance, and 100% company-paid disability insurance.

For more information, check out our website at www.wireco.com.

The Quality Process Technician will be a part of the Manufacturing Process and Quality team, who support the production and testing team in ensuring that in-process material and finished product leaving the WireCo plant meets or exceeds internal and external quality standards. 

The Quality Process Technician must exhibit and proactively motivate others in the behaviors of the WireCo Business System (WBS):

• Teamwork - welcomes an environment of inclusiveness and healthy debate that reflects our team’s strength
• Accountable – celebrates our successes, learn from failures, avoid excuses, and own the outcomes of our efforts
• Self-Aware – demonstrates an understanding of our strengths and needs, considering how our actions impact others
• Noble Intent – acts in the interests of others, approaching our work with integrity to ensure the best outcome
• Determined – takes initiative, share ideas and find solutions to win and achieve our goals
• Transparent – promotes open and honest communication and constructive feedback for clarity and truth
• Curious – seeks knowledge and outside input to test our way of thinking, challenging the status quo

The Candidate will ensure that key direction and decisions are rooted in our most basic operational demand, that Data is the Source of Truth.  The candidate will promote the WireCo Business System throughout the Sedalia manufacturing facility, and support Engineering, Quality, and Compliance tasks associated with reaching our 5-Year Strategic Growth Plan.

Essential Functions

• Maintain compliance of the Quality Management System which operates under ISO 9001 and API Q1
  1. Run the Business by continuously monitoring product quality and ensuring root cause corrective measures adequately address deficiencies within the production and quality systems
  2. Improve the Business by ensuring new products and processes are deployed successfully, identify key technological improvements to improve first pass yield while reducing downtime, and accelerate process refinements that result in improved product performance in the field
• Regularly work with Plant Engineering, Maintenance, Corporate Engineering, Procurement, and other functional groups to address risks and opportunities for the WireCo Business
• Drive the use of WireCo’s OpEx Pillars to document Problem Solving and measure the effectiveness of solutions

Duties & Responsibilities

• Effectively communicate with all levels of management and between departments to obtain scope of work for projects
• Work with Quality Management to obtain labor and raw material savings justifications for projects.
• Generate specifications for any contact tooling needed for projects.
• Assist Operations, Engineering and Maintenance personnel in solving problems with production
• Standardize tooling and work to reduce setup times
• Develop and write internal specifications, work instructions, supplier part specifications, and internal test methods
• Will be trained as an internal auditor and perform quality audits
• Use Data to drive decisions and project pathways
• Develop Training Documents on Processes created

Required Qualifications

• B.S. in Engineering, Engineering Technology, or five years of equivalent work experience in a manufacturing environment
• Exceptional problem-solving skills
• Safety Focused Actions at all times in the workplace
• Superior computer skills, with the ability to easily navigate MS Office Suite, with particular focus on PowerPoint, Excel, and data analysis
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for interaction with employees ranging from the production floor to executive management
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to multi-task and react to changing and heightened priorities

Preferred Qualifications

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience

Physical Requirements & Working Conditions

• Combination office/production floor environment
• Ability to sit, stand, walk for extended periods of time
• Pushing/pulling, lifting up to 50 lbs.

Materials and Equipment Directly Used

• Strand and Wire rope of various diameters and lengths, on reels or in coils, empty or unassembled reels, paper lagging strips, tags, seizing wire, blocking, thimbles.
• Rewinding machines, stanchions, shafts, collars, bushings, rope cutters, measuring devise, fork trucks, banding equipment, welders, various hand tools.

Eligibility:

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.
• An applicant must complete a satisfactory background check post-offer of employment.  A criminal conviction will not be an automatic bar to employment.
• Must be willing and able to pass a post-offer drug screen and physical (if required)
• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disability