QA Technician

About ALPLA

Join ALPLA, a global leader in sustainable packaging solutions serving some of the world's most recognized brands, including P&G, Unilever, L'Oréal, PepsiCo, and many more. As a family-owned company with locations around the world, ALPLA offers stable careers, hands-on training, competitive benefits, and opportunities for growth. We invest in our people, promote from within, and foster a culture focused on safety, teamwork, innovation, and continuous improvement. From apprenticeship programs and technical training to leadership development opportunities, ALPLA is committed to helping employees build long-term careers.

Benefits

• Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) with company match
• Childcare and dependent care savings programs
• Paid vacation and holidays
• Company-paid life, short-term, and long-term disability insurance
• Tuition reimbursement and educational assistance programs
• Career growth and advancement opportunities
• Employee recognition programs
• Hands-on training and professional development

Responsibilities

• Product & Process Verification
  • Knows ALPLA bottle terminology
  • Conducts bottle testing and understands customer specifications
  • Performs routine quality checks
  • Completes equipment verifications
  • Performs line clearance process
• Quality Systems & Documentation
  • Properly completes paperwork and standards (basic)
  • Navigates document management system
  • Understands IMS basics
  • Understands OPEX basics
  • Completes COA review and preparation
• Data Management and Analytical Tools
  • Understands CAQ basics
  • Understands statistics basic and/or intermediate as required by location
• Nonconforming Product & Problem Solving
  • Manages internal and external defective products
  • Understands AQL and sampling plans
  • Understands problem solving basics
  • Participates in RCAs
• Performance Metrics
  • On-time completion of assigned training
  • Pass Gauge R&R evaluations
  • Acceptable performance on data integrity audits
  • Departmental goals as assigned
• Competencies
  • Ensures Accountability
  • Decision Quality
  • Communicates Effectively
  • Instills Trust
  • Collaborates
  • Values Differences
  • Drives Results

Requirements

• Education: Minimum education of a High School diploma or equivalent
• Experience: 0-1 year of experience with physical lab testing equipment, preferred
• Skills: Computer basics, passing ALPLA assessment scores, ability to work well with others, good decision making with minimal supervision, ability to multi-task, good organizational skills

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.

• Regularly required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, and very occasionally to climb or balance.
• Frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear.
• Occasionally required to sit.
• Must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 lbs., frequently lift and/or move up to 30 lbs., and occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 lbs.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
• Required to act in a safe and environmentally responsible manner at all times by adhering to all ALPLA policies and procedures and Safety Standards (OSHA).