Quality Lab Technician (Fort Wayne, IN)

Responsibilities

• Documents and completes all internal and external requests for Corrective Action as well as all nonconforming materials reports.
• Investigates and documents root-cause analysis and initiates and completes long-term actions.
• Controls the non-conforming area to ensure that all non-conforming product is adequately reviewed for possible rework or scrap. Ensures no product is allowed to continue in the production process unless adequately tested to meet all customer requirements.
• Acts as the Element Champion for ISO.
• Generates weekly reports detailing current nonconformances and all external issues.
• Coordinates problem-solving efforts to ensure that all aspects of any problem are reviewed and acted upon to conform to the quality system plan.
• Interacts with customers to ascertain problems and complaints with the objective to resolve these problems and complaints using team-oriented problem-solving techniques.
• Trains workers in the inspection and testing procedures necessary to ensure the quality of the operations being performed.
• Interacts among all departments to ensure that they know and understand the Quality System Plan.
• Trains department co-workers in proper root-cause analysis for cross-functional team development.
• Performs all sampling and part approval inspection necessary to meet customer requirements.
• Performs In-Process audits and inspection to ensure parts are being correctly produced and proper procedures are followed by Production.
• Performs calibration and properly operates equipment such as CMM, Romer, etc.

Requirements

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or two to three years part inspection experience with knowledge of blueprint reading and use of equipment.
• A solid background in Quality System procedures is needed.
• Experience in 8-D corrective actions, root-cause analysis, and mistake-proofing is preferred.

Schedule

This is a full-time position.