Quality Assurance Technician

Job Summary

This position is responsible for checking and verifying in process product and finished goods, utilizing a variety of tests and testing equipment to ensure that all produced goods meet or exceed customer standards.

Job Responsibilities

• Collect samples from production for testing
• Prepare samples into specimens for testing
• Perform testing on specimens
• Ability to attend training as required
• Participate in the internal audit process, certification and auditing of products, processes, quality management policies, etc. following the execution of the work, in order to receive, manage and disseminate audit results
• Work overtime as needed
• All other duties as assigned

Education

• High School Diploma or GED equivalency is required

Experience

• 1+ year of relevant quality inspection experience is preferred

Skills And Abilities

• Ability to navigate work instruction system (CEBOS)
• Capable of doing multiple tasks
• Organizational skills
• Good troubleshooting skills
• Strong technical/mechanical aptitude
• Must be able to function as a member of a team and be able to work under general supervision
• Self-starter capable of operating independently
• Must be able to maintain expected quality levels
• Comply with all site required policies and procedures

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.

• Withstand the rigors of a 12-hour shift
• Stand for approximately 95% of the time
• Bending, reaching, pushing and pulling when retrieving and moving various items
• Squatting / crouching when retrieving items, making equipment / product inspections, etc.
• Must perform duties requiring use of small hand tools
• Possible exposure to elements requiring the production of finished goods
• Must be able to perform detailed repetitive movement of hands and arms
• Lift up to 50 pounds periodically without assistance
• Work at varying heights
• Exposure to high heat and/or cold
• Clean work areas and maintain a clean work environment; perform 5S cleaning activities as required

Equipment Used

• Computers
• Calipers and gauges
• Mills
• Presses
• Basic hand tools and measuring tools
• Lab equipment
• Scales
• Computer
• Office equipment
• Hand Tools
• Production equipment

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.

• Duties are performed primarily in manufacturing areas where compliance with applicable safety rules is required
• Employee will be required to work near moving mechanical parts and exposed to fumes or airborne particles
• Noise level is moderate

Contacts

• Internal: This position works routinely with all Alkegen employees
• External: This position works occasionally with external vendors, visitors, suppliers, customers, and others