Quality Technician

About the role

The Quality Technician position is an interim backfill role intended to maintain quality and meet customer expectations at Georgia-Pacific's Oriented Strand Board (OSB) facility in Fordyce, AR until the end of 2026. Potential for movement to other roles within the facility is possible.

Responsibilities

• Perform daily quality control tests as outlined by Georgia-Pacific standards and American Plywood Association (APA) specifications, including surface inspections, thickness tolerance checks, flake geometry and moisture content verification, cross-panel density, internal bonding, parallel and perpendicular checks.
• Work with the Team Leader to resolve quality and/or production problems.
• Operate lab testing equipment, heavy equipment, and mobile equipment (forklift, manlift).
• Become well-versed with all elements of the production process.
• Load and unload various raw materials.
• Communicate effectively and respectfully with other team members in a team-based environment.
• Compose technical material including letters, reports, and proposals.
• Perform tasks such as pulling, pushing, and lifting up to 50 lbs., as well as walking, climbing, stooping, standing, and reaching for up to 12 hours.
• Complete training to become CPR and First Aid certified.

Requirements

• Experience using basic computer software.
• Experience working in a manufacturing environment.
• Solid working knowledge of APA performance standards and policies for structural-use panels, production methods, tests, and reporting procedures for quality control from receipt of raw materials to shipment of the finished product.
• Experience with Statistical Process Control.
• Bachelor's Degree in Wood Science, Sustainable Biomaterials, Engineering, Technical, or related Science field.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a manufacturing team to meet desired goals and outputs.

Skills

• Strong attention to detail.
• Initiative.
• Effective communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Knowledge of statistical process control.

Benefits

Details on benefits will be provided in the offer letter.

Pay

Details on pay will be provided in the offer letter.

Schedule

Details on schedule will be provided in the offer letter.