Quality Technician
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Pay
Pay Range: $24.00-$31.00
Schedule
Full Time, 1st Shift. Location: Timken, Keene, NH
Benefits
- Competitive Pay
- Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental and vision coverage.
- Benefits start on first day of employment.
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with generous company match.
- 10 paid holidays per year and paid vacation.
- Paid parental leave.
- Employee discounts on products and services.
- Tuition reimbursement upon start of employment
- Opportunities for professional development and career growth.
About the role
The Senior Quality Technician is the plant-level owner and subject matter lead for New Product Introduction (APQP/NPI) and Management of Change (MOC) activities. This role leads cross-functional coordination, customer-facing submissions (FAI/PPAP), auditable recordkeeping in PLM/PDM systems, and advanced quality analyses to ensure successful implementation of new products and process changes while mentoring and supporting other quality team members.
Responsibilities
- Own and govern plant APQP/NPI and MOC processes for multiple concurrent projects, ensuring milestones, schedules, and customer requirements are met.
- Lead development, maintenance, and tracking of APQP schedules and project milestones; proactively escalate risks and drive timely resolution.
- Serve as the primary plant point-of-contact for customer FAI/PPAP submissions, approvals, and related communications; represent the plant in customer meetings as required.
- Coordinate and execute complex first article inspections (FAI) and PPAP packages; ensure completeness and compliance with customer-specific requirements.
- Plan, coordinate, and analyze process capability studies (Cp/Cpk), measurement system analyses (MSA), and other statistical studies; present findings and recommendations to leadership and customers.
- Lead plant MOC workflows: initiate/track change requests, collect implementation documentation, manage customer acceptance processes, and ensure auditable evidence is maintained.
- Maintain and govern product/change documentation in Timken systems (TeamCenter, CADb, ONBASE, or equivalents); ensure records meet corporate and