Owens Corning

Manufactures insulation, roofing, composites, and doors

Quality Technician - m/f/x

Quality Engineering +1Updated on Nov 14

Full-timeBrüggen, GermanyNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Successfully completed an apprenticeship in a chemical role.
Have a minimum of 2–5 years of relevant experience in a quality environment.
Have relevant experience managing quality projects and processes.
Be fluent in German and English.
Demonstrate analytical ability and knowledge of quality.
Be able to teach and communicate in simple, impactful terms.
Be able to think strategically, execute a chosen direction, and deliver results.
Maintain high ethical and moral standards and be trustworthy.
Be results-oriented, motivated, energetic, resourceful, and service-oriented.
Lead by example and encourage teamwork and effective communication.
Adapt across cultures, environments, and working styles.

Responsibilities

Promote safe working practices and associated behaviors.
Contribute to continuous improvement in safety, cleanliness, and quality.
Comply with company rules and regulations for safety, environment, quality, and working conditions.
Address employees about company rules, especially when they are not followed.
Participate in required safety training and serve as an emergency responder.
Perform quality assurance assessments, make team capabilities visible, and drive shift leaders to develop team members' product-judging and testing skills.
Ensure valid quality assurance test procedures and acceptable Gage Repeatability and Reproducibility; validate new test methods for relevance to the intended characteristic.
Maintain and calibrate test equipment; validate replacement and new equipment and include it in maintenance and calibration programs.
Keep the quality assurance room organized to demonstrate lean practices and quality to employees and visitors.
Coordinate complaint handling, track progress and status, and create complaint overviews by department, type, cause, and customer.
Create historical complaint trends, keep complaint information current on shop-floor publication boards, discuss analysis findings with the shop floor, and file complaint information.
Develop and deliver quality training for new and existing employees, define and conduct quality assessments, and instruct new employees on quality expectations.
Use communications such as newsletters, information screens, bulletin boards, and email to maintain quality awareness.
Conduct supplier and third-party quality audits and report findings.
Train and instruct suppliers and third parties on quality requirements.
Assess whether new and existing suppliers and third parties can meet quality requirements.

Desired Qualifications

A bachelor's degree is a plus.
Experience in the non-woven or paper industry is preferred.
Additional languages are a plus.

Main responsibilities:

Safety

Stands for safe working and actively promotes the guidelines and associated behavior
Contributes to continuous improvement in terms of safety, cleanliness and quality
Compliance with company rules and regulations in the areas of safety, environment, quality and working conditions
Addresses employees on company rules, especially in case of non-compliance
Participates in all required safety training
Carries a responsibility as an emergency responder

Maintain and improve QA process

Perform QA assessments, make actual capability per team visible and drive Shift Leaders to continuously develop their team members to learn how to judge and test our products.
Ensure valid test procedures in QA department, resulting in acceptable Gage R&R. New test methods must be validated to be relevant for the intended characteristic.
Ensure proper working test equipment through maintenance and calibration. Replacement or new test equipment to be validated for adequate functioning and to be added to the maintenance and calibration programs.
Ensure a well organized QA room, demonstrating lean and quality for our internal workforce as well as for our visitors

Complaint notification officer

Coordinate complaint handling process and push progress, track complaint status
Create overviews of complaints per department, per type, per cause, per customer
Create historical trending of complaints
Keep complaint information up to date on the shop floor publication boards
Inform and discuss about complaint analysis findings with shop floor
File complaint information

Maintain and improve the quality knowledge and awareness of our operators

Develop and provide quality-related trainings for new employees as well as follow up for existing employees
Define and take quality assessments
Instruct every new employee on our expectations with regard to quality
Frequently use communication means to keep quality awareness at a high level (e.g. monthly newsletter, info screens, bulletin boards, email, etc.).

Maintain and improve the quality level of our suppliers and third parties

Perform supplier and third party audits on quality, report out findings
Train and instruct suppliers and third parties on quality requirements
Assess capability of (new) suppliers and third parties to meet requirements on quality

Job Requirements

Minimum qualification

Successfully completed an apprenticeship in a chemical role. Bachelor degree is a plus
A minimum of 2-5 years relevant experience in a quality environment
Industry background is open but with a preference for non-woven/paper industry
Relevant experience in managing quality projects and processes
Fluent in German and English. Additional languages are a plus

Competencies

Deliver continuous improvement
Demonstrated analytical ability accompanied by knowledge in quality
Able to teach and communicate in simple, impactful terms
Can think strategically, execute a chosen direction and deliver results
Highly ethical, conducts him-/herself with the highest ethical and moral standards, can be trusted to do the right thing
Intelligent, creative, analytical
Results orientated, highly motivated, energetic, resourceful with a strong service orientation
Lead by example and encourage teamwork and effective communication
Broad operating style with an ability to adapt across cultures, environments and styles
Passionate, charismatic personality, articulate, approachable and friendly

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcome applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Employment decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs.

About the Company

Owens Corning

Manufactures insulation, roofing, composites, and doors

Owens Corning focuses on building materials for construction, with three main segments: Composites, Insulation, and Roofing. Following its acquisition of Masonite, the portfolio also includes interior and exterior doors and door systems. Its products span insulation materials that improve energy efficiency, roofing products that protect against weather, and fiberglass composites used in a range of applications, including construction and manufacturing. These offerings are used across residential, commercial, and industrial projects. The company differentiates itself through its large, global scale and its integrated product lineup—covering core building envelopes and related components like doors—paired with a focus on materials science and sustainability to serve the full lifecycle of a project. The goal is to provide reliable, energy-efficient building solutions at scale that help customers create durable, efficient structures worldwide.

Company size: 5,001-10,000
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Toledo, OH
Founded: 1938

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