Summary

The Quality Technician supports the Quality Manager in planning, coordinating, and implementing quality control programs to ensure consistent production of products that meet customer and company standards. This role may require occasional overtime, including weekends.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Review and organize engineering prints; generate inspection documentation for drawing control and routing processes.
• Interpret technical drawings and specifications, including GD&T dimensional callouts.
• Perform full dimensional first-piece inspections and verify material certifications against parts.
• Conduct periodic gage verification; service and repair measuring equipment as needed and manage external repairs.
• Prepare documentation for rejected materials, scrap disposition, and print change/deviation requests.
• Compile production kits and maintain accurate records.
• Select and evaluate products at designated stages of production for dimensional accuracy, performance, and mechanical properties.
• Perform process audits to ensure compliance with QMS guidelines, policies, and procedures, review findings with process owners.
• Collaborate with production, engineering, and other departments to develop PPAP documentation, including Warrants, Control Plans, Flow Charts, PFMEA, Dimensional Results, MSA, and other AIAG-required documents.
• Communicate with customers regarding quality issues and assist with sorting suspect parts when necessary.
• Provide backup support to the Quality Manager and perform additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Education/Experience: Associate degree in a technical field or equivalent; or 6–12 months of related experience/training; or a combination of education and experience.
• Technical Skills: Ability to read and interpret technical documents, safety rules, and procedures. Proficient in Microsoft Office.
• Mathematical Skills: Strong understanding of geometry and statistical concepts; ability to apply fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions.
• Reasoning Ability: Capable of solving problems involving multiple variables and following written, oral, or diagram instructions.
• Basic understanding of measurement tools such as tape measure, calipers, micrometers.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to sit, use hands, and communicate effectively.
• Occasionally required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, or lift to 25 lbs.
• The company will provide reasonable accommodation to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

Work Environment

• Exposure to moving mechanical parts on occasion.
• Noise level is typically loud; appropriate PPE provided.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

BENEFITS

• Comprehensive benefits offerings including but not limited to – Health, Dental, Vision, Life, & Disability
• Vacation time with automatic rollovers
• Minimum 7 Paid Holidays
• Weekly attendance bonus that pays an extra $25 for working at least 35 hours onsite!
• 401(k)
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $4,500 per year
• Shoe Reimbursement up to $50 on qualifying footwear with no waiting period!

LANGUAGE SKILLS

• Read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Write routine reports and correspondence. Speak effectively before groups of customers or employees.

REASONING ABILITY

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

COMPUTER

• Proficient in the use of computers and MS Office applications. Proficiency with ERP systems used for production planning, scheduling and inventory control to manage manufacturing processes; analyze and utilize data for decision making.

MATHEMATICAL

• Work with math concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

• Associate's degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or six months to one year 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 sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

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 occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.