Quality Assurance Specialist at Valpak – St Petersburg, Florida

Summary:

Facilitates and implements quality processes based on Lean Manufacturing principles. Collaborates in disposition of non-conforming material. Tracks and communicates quality data to other families and areas. Contributes to continual improvement activities using various problem-solving tools.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Accountable for determining the disposition of non-conformances of raw materials, product components, and finished goods on a designated shift. Works directly with Operations to maintain quality standards as outlined in standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Monitors production and quality, anticipates and solves problems/non-conformances in a timely manner and identifies opportunities for improvements.
• Partners with Operations leadership and support personnel to make sure that approved systems, methodology, processes are being used, preventative maintenance and other operational programs comply with published company standards, data collection and reporting, and root cause analysis activities are used to resolve quality issues.
• Ensures that quality related deficiencies are adequately investigated, documented and corrected.
• Maintains understanding of operations, SLA’s, SOP’s, Aris mapping, reporting as related to production and quality activities. Participates with cells/teams and Operations leadership in continuous improvement activities and projects by providing relevant information and data for decision making to drive improvement results.
• Demonstrates sound judgement and experience with product disposition and reporting analytical data.
• Prepares and or assists with Form/logs Job Aids, Work Instruction and templated to achieves Valpak’s quality standards.
• Provides guidance and training support on quality related topics and processes for operations.
• Maintains technical knowledge as it relates to production and quality programs in a lean manufacturing environment.
• Performs required quality lab testing and documentation of all raw materials, product components and finished goods.
• Works with quality team in performing and maintaining all gauge and tool calibration performed per established schedule. Assures all gauges, testing and measurement equipment is always properly maintained and in good working condition.
• Accomplishes duties using safe work practices and equipment while being responsible for reporting all injuries and observed unsafe conditions. Coaches fellow employees on safe work practices as appropriate and contributes to the overall success of the Company’s safety program.
• Performs related work and additional duties as needed or required.

Education/Experience:

Three to five years’ experience in a Quality Assurance capacity. Experience in manufacturing and/or printing industry preferred.

Requirements and Qualifications:

• Strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Adaptive and flexible to change
• Handle multiple priorities
• Ability to respond to common inquiries from peers, leads/managers, or other departmental personnel.
• Ability to make independent judgment; persuasive; strong communication skills, while still collaborative.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common technical documents, instructions, or reports.
• Ability to communicate job related information verbally or in writing as required.
• Ability to apply mathematical and statistical concepts with industry standard applications.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• General application skills in Windows office environment.