Quality Technician - Off Shift
Hendrickson

Job Description

Position Purpose:

Responsible for the activities concerned with development, application, and maintenance of quality standards for processing materials into partially finished or finished assemblies or components. Carry out assignments from quality management, involved in assuring product quality. To maintain document control, calibration, product approval, weld control, and receiving inspection systems. To assist in operator training on quality related issues. To report needs and opportunities for improvement of overall product quality as requested by quality management.

Essential Functions:

• Cut/Polish/Etch/Measure steel welded joints and advise on areas of concern to maintain product quality.
• Make use of measuring equipment as needed for assigned tasks. Maintain gauges and measuring equipment. Maintain a current calibration system per established procedures. Recommend repair, replacement or upgrade of gauges and measuring equipment to management.
• Demonstrated ability to understand GD&T and interpret engineering drawings for inspection use.
• Assist manufacturing in start-up of new processes PPAP as well as necessary MPAP's PPAP associated with equipment moves.
• Maintain documentation of quality audits and report audit results to management. Advise quality and manufacturing engineering on potential quality issues.
• Maintain document control system per established procedures. Advise management on potential quality system issues and recommend improvements to the quality system. Document quality work instructions as directed.
• Assist in production training as directed by management.
• Assist production in the use, maintenance, availability and training for assigned measuring equipment and gauges. Coordinate and assist with equipment installation and start up and purchase of measuring and testing devices.
• Operate CMM equipment for production parts.
• All other activities as directed by management

Education and Training:

• Associate Degree in Quality Assurance or other related degree program or equivalent experience in applicable area is acceptable.
• ASQ CWI or CWE preferred
• Zeiss Calypso training preferred

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must have 3-5 years of manufacturing quality or engineering related experience
• 2 years of welding, fabricating, and/or machining experience preferred
• Familiar with the use of gauges (calipers, micrometers, etc.)
• Experience in process capability and gauge R & R studies
• Familiar with SPC
• Assertive, self-confident, and meticulous
• Strong team work skills
• Experience in training others

Physical Demands:

• Constant sitting and grasping
• Occasional driving, grasping and pinching
• Minimal standing, walking, bending, squatting, kneeling, climbing and reaching
• Lift up to 5 lbs.
• Carry up to 5 lbs. approximately 25 feet
• Push/Pull 10 lbs. of force 5 feet

Environmental Conditions:

• Work Environment: Office/Administrative
• Lighting: Adequate
• Ventilation: Adequate
• Temperature: Temperature Controlled with AC/Heat.

Behavioral Traits:

• Innovative - Feeling comfortable in fast-changing environments; being willing to take risks and to consider new and untested approaches
• Persuasive - Building commitment by convincing others and winning them over to your point of view
• Excitement - Operating with a good deal of energy, intensity and emotional expression; having a capacity for keeping others enthusiastic and involved
• Tactical - Emphasizing the production of immediate results by focusing on short-range, hands-on, practical strategies
• Feedback - Letting others know in a straightforward manner what you think of them, how well they have performed and if they have met your needs and expectations
• Production - Adopting a strong orientation toward achievement, holding high expectations for yourself and others, pushing yourself and others to achieve at high levels
• Cooperation - Accommodating the needs and interests of others by being willing to defer performance on your own objectives in order to assist colleagues with theirs
• Consensual - Valuing the ideas and opinions of others and collecting their input as part of your decision-making process.
• Empathy - Demonstrating an active concern for people and their needs by forming close and supportive relationships with others

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.

Benefits

We offer a full complement of benefits that include medical, dental, and vision insurance; life, travel, and disability insurance; a flexible spending account; 401K plans; a pension plan; paid holidays and vacation. We also offer financial assistance programs if you decide to adopt a child or want to pursue further education. We have a comprehensive wellness program and an Employee Assistance Program, that supports individuals in the proactive management of their overall health and wellness.

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