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Quality Specialist - Manufacturing

Laitram · New Orleans, LA · 1 mo ago
Quality AssuranceFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The posting includes description about company and role. We need headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We have schedule: "This position will be scheduled Monday through Friday, Dayshift. Overtime and weekend work may be required as needed." That's schedule info. So we can include Schedule section. Pay: not mentioned. So omit Pay. Benefits: not mentioned (only mention to visit company page for benefits). No specific benefits listed. So omit Benefits. Qualifications: there is "Desired Qualifications" section. So include Qualifications. Skills: maybe we can include Skills from requirements? But we have Requirements and Qualifications; Skills could be separate but we can omit if not distinct. The instruction: prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. We have Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Schedule. Could also have About the role (company overview). That is substantive. So include About the role. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Schedule. Now format: Use

for each heading. Use
  • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use

    for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. Must not repeat job title as heading. Do not put Job ID etc. We need to extract content. About the role: The paragraph(s) describing company and role: "Laitram Machine Shop, L.L.C. Quality Department has an opening for a Quality Specialist. This position will be scheduled Monday through Friday, Dayshift. Overtime and weekend work may be required as needed. Laitram Machine Shop is a division of Laitram, L.L.C., with an extensive portfolio of innovative products and services that improve lives and optimize business worldwide each day. Together, our 4,000 global employees are reliable problem solvers, continuously developing and directly delivering solutions that have driven our customers’ growth worldwide for more than 45 years. We consistently and sustainably work together to create long-term value by continuously improving products, services, and processes for our customers. Our award-winning customer service team provides comprehensive support and access to technical experts to deliver fast, reliable solutions. Laitram Machine Shop was founded upon the principle of doing the right thing, by treating customers, employees, and suppliers with honesty, fairness, and respect. We aim as a company to practice these principles every day, which is why we have been consistently recognized for innovation and workplace excellence. We listen objectively, think creatively, and deliver results. To learn more about our company culture, philosophy, and benefits, please visit our company page." We can keep that as prose in

    . Might be long but okay. Responsibilities: list bullet points after "Responsibilities". We need to capture each duty. Let's list them: - Diagnose, respond and resolve shop floor and quality related issues with urgency and accuracy. - Communicate with vendors and suppliers regarding nonconformance and quality expectations. - Collaborate with internal teams, cross functional groups, external partners, and production staff to solve problems, support projects, and promote a strong team-oriented environment aligned with the Laitram Business Philosophy. - Role requires managing tasks and priorities without daily supervision. - Perform incoming and outgoing quality inspections, including regular assessments of materials and finished products. - Reject non-conforming products/materials and implement containment plans when necessary. - Read and interpret engineering drawings, plans, and specifications. - Creates CMM programs and other electronic aided equipment programs. - Recommend and support improvements to production processes to enhance quality control. - Document inspection results through detailed reports and performance records. - Lead and support production teams in addressing quality concerns for production parts. - Assess overall quality performance and contribute to strategic plans, processes, and metrics for improvement. - Perform a variety of advanced Quality Assurance tasks. - Track medium to large scale projects and provide regular updates. - Work closely with and, when needed, direct Quality and Manufacturing associates to complete projects. - Develop, follow, and maintain instructions and guidelines required for job functions. - Ability to remain effective and meet deadlines during periods of high workload. We need to ensure we keep all. Requirements: list bullet points after "Requirements". Let's extract: - High school diploma - 3–5 years of experience in quality assurance experience in a manufacturing environment, or an undergraduate degree in a technical or quantitative field. - Hands on experience with mechanical systems and a strong understanding of quality standards, testing methods, and basic statistics. - Proficiency in MS Office, including the ability to create data driven reports and graphs. - Strong math, technical, problem solving, and project management skills. - Manage shifting priorities and multiple tasks during periods of high workload. - High attention to detail and a willingness to support both short- and long-term manufacturing goals. - Ability to work overtime or weekends as needed and travel to vendor or customer sites, including periodic travel, including occasional overnight trips. - Must be able to perform the essential job requirements identified in the Functional Job Description for this position, including the ability to lift and move 47 lbs Note: The phrase "3–5 years of experience in quality assurance experience in a manufacturing environment" seems duplicated but we keep as is. Qualifications (Desired Qualifications): list bullet points: - Quality Assurance or Quality Control certification are preferred, with at least 2 years of experience in a similar role. - Experience in a Quality Assurance role with a focus of process improvements - Possess an ASQ or equivalent certification - Experience in a mass production inspection environment - Experience implementing SPC and/or Six-Sigma concepts - Knowledge of best practices for the Quality Assurance function in a Manufacturing environment - Experience with quality tools such as CMM or other measuring systems. Schedule: we have: "This position will be scheduled Monday through Friday, Dayshift. Overtime and weekend work may be required as needed." We could put that in

    under Schedule heading. Now produce HTML fragment. We must not include markdown code fences. Just raw HTML. Let's craft:

    About the role

    ...

    Responsibilities

    • ...
    • ...

    Requirements

    • ...
    • ...

    Qualifications

    • ...
    • ...

    Schedule

    This position will be scheduled Monday through Friday, Dayshift. Overtime and weekend work may be required as needed.

    Check for any duplicate content: The schedule sentence also appears in About the role paragraph; we might be duplicating. The About the role paragraph currently includes that sentence. If we include schedule separately, we would duplicate. The instruction: Preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. It doesn't forbid duplication, but we should avoid unnecessary duplication? Not explicitly forbidden. However, we could keep schedule only in Schedule section and remove from About the role to avoid duplication. But we must preserve all substantive information; removing it from About the role would lose that info unless we keep it elsewhere. Since we have Schedule section, we can keep it there and remove from About the role. However, the About the role paragraph originally includes that sentence; if we remove it, we are altering the original prose. The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." Removing that sentence would be summarizing away detail (removing). So we need to keep it somewhere. We could keep it in About the role and also have Schedule section repeating it; that's duplication but preserves info. Might be okay. However, they said "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Duplication may be considered thin? Not sure. Safer to keep it only in Schedule and remove from About the role? That would be removing detail from About the role, which is not allowed. So we need to keep it in About the role as well. Duplication is acceptable. Thus we keep both. Now craft About the role paragraph: include all that text. Let's copy exactly the paragraph from the posting (starting after opening line?). The posting: "Laitram Machine Shop, L.L.C. Quality Department has an opening for a Quality Specialist. This position will be scheduled Monday through Friday, Dayshift. Overtime and weekend work may be required as needed. Laitram Machine Shop is a division of Laitram, L.L.C., with an extensive portfolio of innovative products and services that improve lives and optimize business worldwide each day. Together, our 4,000 global employees are reliable problem solvers, continuously developing and directly delivering solutions that have driven our customers’ growth worldwide for more than 45 years. We consistently and sustainably work together to create long-term value by continuously improving products, services, and processes for our customers. Our award-winning customer service team provides comprehensive support and access to technical experts to deliver fast, reliable solutions. Laitram Machine Shop was founded upon the principle of doing the right thing, by treating customers, employees, and suppliers with honesty, fairness, and respect. We aim as a company to practice these principles every day, which is why we have been consistently recognized for innovation and workplace excellence. We listen objectively, think creatively, and deliver results. To learn more about our company culture, philosophy, and benefits, please visit our company page." We'll put that in

    . Now Responsibilities list: ensure each bullet matches. Let's list them exactly as in posting: - Diagnose, respond and resolve shop floor and quality related issues with urgency and accuracy. - Communicate with vendors and suppliers regarding nonconformance and quality expectations. - Collaborate with internal teams, cross functional groups, external partners, and production staff to solve problems, support projects, and promote a strong team-oriented environment aligned with the Laitram Business Philosophy. - Role requires managing tasks and priorities without daily supervision. - Perform incoming and outgoing quality inspections, including regular assessments of materials and finished products. - Reject non-conforming products/materials and implement containment plans when necessary. - Read and interpret engineering drawings, plans, and specifications. - Creates CMM programs and other electronic aided equipment programs. - Recommend and support improvements to production processes to enhance quality control. - Document inspection results through detailed reports and performance records. - Lead and support production teams in addressing quality concerns for production parts. - Assess overall quality performance and contribute to strategic plans, processes, and metrics for improvement. - Perform a variety of advanced Quality Assurance tasks. - Track medium to large scale projects and provide regular updates. - Work closely with and, when needed, direct Quality and Manufacturing associates to complete projects. - Develop, follow, and maintain instructions and guidelines required for job functions. - Ability to remain effective and meet deadlines during periods of high workload. Note: "Creates" should be "Create"? Keep as posted. Now Requirements list: - High school diploma - 3–5 years of experience in quality assurance experience in a manufacturing environment, or an undergraduate degree in a technical or quantitative field. - Hands on experience with mechanical systems and a strong understanding of quality standards, testing methods, and basic statistics. - Proficiency in MS Office, including the ability to create data driven reports and graphs. - Strong math, technical, problem solving, and project management skills. - Manage shifting priorities and multiple tasks during periods of high workload. - High attention to detail and a willingness to support both short- and long-term manufacturing goals. - Ability to work overtime or weekends as needed and travel to vendor or customer sites, including periodic travel, including occasional overnight trips. - Must be able to perform the essential job requirements identified in the Functional Job Description for this position, including the ability to lift and move 47 lbs Now Qualifications list (Desired Qualifications): - Quality Assurance or Quality Control certification are preferred, with at least 2 years of experience in a similar role. - Experience in a Quality Assurance role with a focus of process improvements - Possess an ASQ or equivalent certification - Experience in a mass production inspection environment - Experience implementing SPC and/or Six-Sigma concepts - Knowledge of best practices for the Quality Assurance function in a Manufacturing environment - Experience with quality tools such as

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