Quality Specialist (Space Systems)

About the role

The Quality Specialist's role will primarily focus on activities within the Material Review Board and Corrective Action. Job responsibilities include assisting with MRB activity and follow-up on corrective actions, reviewing raw material reviews, supporting lot verifications, and conducting failure investigations.

Job Responsibilities

• Aid in MRB activities and follow-up on corrective actions
• Support Lot verification - stagings (kit inspections)
• Review process data, contracts, and PO flow-down
• Support process surveillance and work center audits
• Aid in and conduct failure investigations and drive corrective actions
• Participate in continuous improvement teams
• Collaborate with suppliers on process improvement and value-enhanced opportunities
• Read and interpret blueprints and know definitions of critical, major, and minor characteristics
• Use inspection planning tools and perform a product audit
• Check one or more specified surfaces on similar work pieces for adherence to dimensional tolerances, geometric relationships, and/or configurations
• Recognize parts of unacceptable quality; sort, mark, or count defective or re-workable items; record type and extent of defect or deviation; reject or re-grade items not meeting specifications
• Review and understand traceability (product, material, and calibration)
• Adhere to sequence sheets, routing tickets, order supplements, drawing specifications, quality instructions, and standard operating procedures
• Understand and complete standard inspection forms
• Provide supply certification and test reports to customer with shipments as required
• Maintain necessary records to include keeping logs and inspection reports
• Properly archive records, including component routings and material
• Support the automation of record keeping
• Absorb any/all analysis and problem-solving encountered in daily operations

Additional Duties / Responsibilities

• Bring initiatives and activities to closure in a timely manner through effective interaction with individuals, both internal and external to the Marotta organization
• Maintain and continue to elevate relationships with Business Development, Engineering, Operations, Customer Service, and all other facets of the company
• Abside by all safety, quality, housekeeping, and company policies/procedures to ensure compliance to various regulatory and internal system requirements
• Contribute to a positive and cooperative work environment through effective communication at all levels internal and external to the organization
• Actively participate in team meetings, improvement initiatives/programs, etc. to provide constructive recommendations and initiate actions to support company initiatives/goals
• Consistently demonstrate commitment to company values
• Keep management informed of area activities and of any significant problems
• Assume responsibility for related duties as required or assigned
• Ensure that work area and work areas of direct reports are clean, secure, and well maintained
• Complete special projects and miscellaneous assignments as required

Work Environment

This job interacts both in a professional office environment and a manufacturing/machine shop environment. This role uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines, as well as environments inclusive of the appropriate eye, hearing, and foot protection (as required).

This is a full-time position. Overtime and weekend work may be required as job duties demand. Some travel may be required for this position (10%).

Physical Requirements

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms, and to use hands to finger, handle, or feel.
• The employee is regularly required to stand, sit, walk, stoop, or crouch, and move about the facility.
• The employee may be required to lift and/or move items weighing up to 40 pounds.

Pay Range

$25 - $35/hr

Benefits

• Medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, and disability income insurance programs
• 401(k) retirement plans with company match
• Generous tuition aid program
• Paid vacation, sick, and personal days
• Paid holidays
• Flexible work hours with compressed work week options

Application

To apply for this position, please visit our website at www.marotta.com. For more information about our openings, visit our job openings page.