Quality Assurance Specialist

About the role

The QA Specialist assures consistent quality of production by developing and enforcing good manufacturing practice systems; validating processes; and ensuring products meet established quality standards. The QA Specialist will work directly with the manufacturing team to support critical efforts and key continuous improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Define, review, create methods and processes for testing/measuring production output in quality plans.
• Perform Gage R&R studies and Measurement System Analysis to ensure testing/measuring methods are repeatable/reproducible.
• Review MFG prints provided by the programming team and use MFG prints to build out quality plans in 1 Factory.
• Define, review, create hard or functional gaging to be used on the production floor and in quality.
• Learn and train specialized processes related to Wilcox's advanced manufacturing practices.
• Collaborate and communicate effectively with the multiple manufacturing teams to support any needs or relay any improvements.
• Perform data analysis as needed to determine process control (Cpk) on specific critical to quality processes to ensure consistency and adherence to quality standards.
• Identify root cause of defects and collaborate on determining corrective/preventative actions.

Requirements

Education & Experience

5+ years in a fast paced, advanced manufacturing environment dealing with wide range of manufacturing processes and practices.

Required Skills/Abilities

• Blueprint/Technical document reading and understanding of GD&T
• Usage of basic and advanced quality equipment
• Advanced understanding of quality and machining/manufacturing processes
• Able to use computer and Microsoft suite
• Regular on-site attendance is a necessary function of this position

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in root cause/corrective action efforts
• Experience with data analysis tools

Physical requirements

• Able to sit or stand for long periods of time
• Able to lift up to 40 pounds
• Visually able to read fine print
• Hand-eye coordination and repetitive usage of fingers/hands