Quality Technician

COMPETENCIES:

• Customer Focus
• Decision Quality
• Business Insight
• Drives Results
• Collaborates
• Communicates Effectively
• Courage
• Instills Trust
• Manages Ambiguity

EXPECTATIONS:

• Performs quality work within deadlines with or without direct supervision. 
• Interacts professionally with other employees and customers.
• Works effectively as a team contributor on all assignments.
• Works independently while understanding the necessity for communicating and coordinating work efforts with other employees and organizations.
• Communicates regularly with supervisor about Department issues.
• Skilled in Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Enter quality Incident/Non Conformance data reports into the incident tracking database.
• Updates quality documents as directed by Shipping Manager.
• Inspects, tests, or measures materials, products, installations, or work for conformance to specifications.
• Has authority and responsibility to hold production on a product or to stop a process due to quality concerns. 
• Measures dimensions of products to verify conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments such as rulers, calipers, gauges, etc.
• Reads blueprints, data, manuals, or other materials to determine specifications, inspection and testing procedures, adjustment methods, certification processes, formulas, or measuring instruments required.
• Records inspection or test data, such as weights, temperatures, grades, and quantities inspected or graded.
• Marks items with details such as grade or acceptance-rejection status.
• Notifies supervisors or other personnel of production problems.
• Discards or rejects products, materials, or equipment not meeting specifications.
• Collects or selects samples for testing or for use as models.
• Writes tests or inspection reports describing results, recommendations, or needed repairs.
• Compares colors, shapes, textures, or grades of products or materials with color charts, templates, or samples to verify conformance to standards.

REQUIREMENTS FOR QUALITY TECHNICIAN:

• High School Diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Ability to interpret blueprints required.
• Ability to read a tape measure required.
• Previous fitting and / or welding experience required.
• Regular, reliable attendance is required.
• Quality inspection experience, including the following, is preferred:
• Welding inspection
• Fit-up inspection
• Tolerance inspection
• Galvanizing industry and manufacturing experience
• Other manufacturing inspection processes