Quality Specialist

Summary Of Responsibilities

• Provide “hands-on” quality assistance to Manufacturing, Materials, Product Engineering, and Sales, by developing, implementing, and sustaining process, product, and equipment performance.
• Perform Incoming Inspection and/or QC Final Test responsibilities during surge capacity as product demand requires.
• Basic understanding of manufacturing drawing interpretation.
• A detail-oriented work ethic is required to thoroughly evaluate and break down manufacturing issues with the drive to root out the cause(s) and propose corrective action.
• Apply problem solving methods, documenting findings, and organizing information into a logical report to achieve the most cost-effective outcome.
• Communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
• Function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.
• Acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.
• Participate in creating documentation, collecting, and analyzing non-conformance data quality trends associated with the Cost of Quality as an objective in the generation and implementation of defect-reduction programs.
• Acquire trend information from quality data systems and through frequent interactions with cross-functional team members.
• Support the company calibration program for production equipment.

Secondary Responsibilities

• Guide the training of personnel to meet company policies and standards to achieve best practice and continuous improvement.
• Audit internal department personnel to ensure the latest policies and procedures are effectively applied and maintained.
• Aid in the development and implementation of statistical process control.
• Perform other duties as assigned or as may be necessary.