Manufacturing Quality Technician

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Ensure attendance and attention to detail to perform job duties effectively.
• Assist in policy and procedural compliance throughout the manufacturing process related to established quality standards.
• Perform pre-operation line approval in all production areas.
• Conduct weight checks periodically to ensure encapsulating/tableting machines are properly dosing.
• Inspect in-process and finished products for defects and gather samples for testing.
• Perform additional customer-required quality control checks in production to assure compliance with established specifications.
• Absorb incoming raw materials as needed.
• Maintain and retain samples of raw materials and finished goods in an orderly manner.
• Perform environmental sanitation sampling.
• Absorb the Quality Control Supervisor in maintaining the Quality Control Hold Log and keeping designated hold areas organized.
• Absorb the monthly retest or sampling of materials as needed.
• Release products for shipping after all batch records have been reviewed and approved, and all testing is completed.
• Complete verification of order approval for scheduling.
• Absorb the equipment IQ/OQ completion and investigations.
• Check all packaging work orders against the PFL’s.
• Approve work order folders for scheduling.
• Absorb the physical maintenance and management of the QC Hold areas, including inventorying items awaiting disposition.
• Absorb the maintenance and retention of samples of packaging components in an orderly manner.

Education and/or Experience

• A high school diploma or GED is required.
• Prior knowledge is helpful but not required.

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, walk, and stand;
• use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls;
• talk or hear.
• The employee is required to reach with hands and arms.
• Specific vision abilities required include close-up vision and color vision.
• The employee must be able to lift up to 35 pounds and move up to 250 pounds using a pallet jack or other similar tools.

Work Environment

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderately noisy.
• The use of PPE is required if working in manufacturing areas.