Quality Assurance Technician (NDT/NDE QA Tech)

Responsibilities

• Interprets engineering drawings, specifications, schematic diagrams, or formulas and confers with management or engineering staff to determine quality and reliability standards.
• Selects products for tests at specified stages in production process, and tests products for variety of qualities such as dimensions, performance, or mechanical characteristics.
• Records test data, applying standard operating procedures.
• Evaluates data and writes reports to validate or indicate deviations from existing standards.
• Sets up and performs destructive and nondestructive tests on materials, parts, or products to measure performance, life, or material characteristics.
• Enters data into computer for analysis.
• Observes in-process operations to ensure compliance with customer specifications for manufacturing, such as pre-heating pipe, hydro testing, roundness.
• Performs visual inspection of finished goods to ensure compliance with customer specifications.
• May be required to calibrate lab equipment to conform to legal and manufacturing requirements.
• Captures and analyzes statistical data to determine and maintain quality and reliability of products.
• Coordinates calibrations of production equipment, QA tests, and NDE equipment as needed.
• Assist in training new personnel in QA functions.

Requirements

• Must be able to work 2nd Shift schedule.
• Must be physically able to perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodations.
• Must be able to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Must be able to write simple correspondence.
• Must be able to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
• Must be able to compute basic arithmetic problems and accurately operate a calculator.
• Must be able to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.
• Must be able to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Must be able to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Must be able to read, write and effectively communicate in English.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of welding processes; experience as a welder (preferred).

Essential Physical Functions

• The employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear.
• The employee is frequently required to stand; walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit; reach with hands and arms and climb or balance.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and ability to adjust focus.