Quality Technician - 1st Shift

Pay Range: $18 - $22/hr

Shift: 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM

Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401k, Sick Time, and PTO after 90 days!

Summary: Coordinates activities of workers engaged in inspecting and evaluating customer parts. Maintains all ISO and CQI-9 requirements. Coordinates the training of floor personnel in all topics which can affect the quality of customer parts. Works closely with Plant Manager to facilitate delivery of acceptable product. Acts as the Quality Representative for the purpose of conducting external audits, including but not limited to re-certification events, customer driven CQI-9 audits, etc.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Knowledgeable about Plant functions in an effort to meet and surpass all 9001 Auditing objectives.
• Be capable of using excel.
• Inspects returned and rejected material for defects such as improper hardness/case depth, cracks, cleanliness, etc.
• Performs microstructure, hardness and case inspections on proper parts, while understanding all areas of heat treating aluminum and steel.
• Coordinates efforts to find the cause of all returns and rejects and comes up with preventive measures
• Maintains all log sheets, prints, problem analysis, and any related quality documents in an organized retrievable manner
• Performs and maintains dock audits and inspection audits.
• Interprets company policies to works and enforces safety regulations
• Contact customer (phone and in person) to resolve problems 

Education and/or Experience: 

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months’ related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.   

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.