Quality & Safety Tech

Macungie, Pennsylvania, United States, 3100 Alburtis Road, 18062. Manufacturing Full-Time. Pratt Retail Specialties. October 01, 2026.

About the role

The position of Quality/Safety Tech will be working closely with the Plant Quality/Safety Manager to ensure on-time production and delivery of products in the safest manner.

Responsibilities

• Work safely at all times, be aware of surroundings and understand and comply with Pratt Industries Safety rules, operating procedures, and help hold co-workers responsible for safety related items.
• Participate in Plant Safety Committee.
• Follow at all times GMPs (Good Manufacturing Processes)
• Learn and comply with Pratt Industries quality procedures and policies.
• Stop bad quality from leaving the facility to the Customer.
• Catch it on the front end of manufacturing the product.
• Strong attention to detail for poor quality; prevent bad quality being sent to customer.
• Superior time management skills and must be self driven and self motivated.
• Excellent attendance is a must.
• Must have outstanding organizational skills and attention to detail is must.
• Ability to solve practical problems: ability to interpret verbal and written instructions.
• Multi-tasking; ability to work with various challenges and deal with a variety of situations
• Ability to read, comprehend and interpret operating instructions, training and procedure manuals.
• Excellent communication skills; able to speak effectively to employees, managers, customers
• Excellent listening skills; ability to provide positive and corrective feedback
• Will be very involved in the complaint process for internal and external customers; entering, tracking, receiving complaint issues and resolutions to complaints or root cause analysis
• Ability to perform process audits
• Data entry
• Management and control of documents (safety, training and quality)
• Control of non-conforming supplier defects and returns
• Management of sorting and reworks
• Management of weekly KPI's and/or compliances with CAR (corrective action reports).
• Responsible for PAR (Preventive Acton Reports)
• Must be able to work overtime as necessary, sometimes on short notice.
• We serve our customers 24x7 – 365 days a year and sometimes work on holidays not avoidable.
• Additional duties may be assigned by management.

Requirements

• Computer literacy. Must be proficient with Microsoft Office especially Excel, Access and Powerpoint.
• High school graduate or equivalent with related college degree and/or technical courses or associate (two-year) college degree.
• Minimum of one years of experience in a related field and knowledge of LEAN manufacturing, ISO, Six Sigma preferred, OSHA or Safety related field.
• Mathematical Skills Able to read a tape measure with speed and accuracy. Able to calculate figures and amounts such as percentages, measurement, volume and rate. Able to apply concepts of high school math.
• REASONING ABILITY Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• PHYSICAL DEMANDS Employee is regularly required to walk and talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Vision requirements include: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• WORK ENVIRONMENT While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, and fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.