Quality Technician Job

General Duties

• Maintain compliance with all health, safety and environmental procedures and guidelines.
• Be open to covering off shifts sometimes to help with vacation coverage.
• Perform daily/weekly/monthly calibration verifications as per the schedule.
• Perform daily and weekly housekeeping assignments.
• Perform and assist in miscellaneous quality activities including new product set up, customer information requests, training, audits, customer complaints and process improvement activities.
• Maintain inventory of laboratory supplies, raw materials for laboratory batches and laboratory chemicals.
• Refill all lab solutions and solvents, as needed.
• Proper handling, maintenance and disposal of sample retains, per applicable work instructions.
• Restock lab supplies as needed. Check lab inventories and notify the Quality Manager of needs.
• Proper disposal of laboratory waste as needed.
• Maintain required laboratory housekeeping standards.
• Safe work practices; proper use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
• Special projects as designated by Quality Leader and other job duties, as assigned.

For Incoming Raw Materials

• Conduct raw material testing per the associated work instruction and enter all results into SAP.
• Notify the Quality Manager, designated R&D Scientist and Run Plant engineers for approval or material disposition of materials not meeting specification.

For Manufactured Products

• Conduct In process and finished goods testing per the associated work instruction.
• Review batch records and perform final product release.
• Run all tests according to specified test methods to ensure that produced material meets the requirements before disposition.
• Make recommendations to production to adjust the material into specification when required.
• Input completed batch test results into SAP.

Education And Experience Requirements

• A high school diploma, or equivalent, with related experience.
• A basic understanding and ability to perform simple tasks in Microsoft Office applications such as Word and Excel.
• A preferred associate degree in a Science discipline.
• Experience working in an industrial setting, especially those handling hazardous materials.
• Experience with SAP software or other formula and quality management software.
• Experience working with ISO quality management system.
• Experience working with safe practices.
• GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) knowledge.
• Mathematical skills ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Reasoning ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.

Physical Demands

• Frequently stand, use hands and fingers, handle, squeeze, or feel, and reach with hands and arms.
• Occasionally climb or balance.
• Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, ability to adjust focus, and the ability to distinguish color differences throughout the visible spectrum.
• Must be able to lift 50 pounds.

Work Environment

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, and hazardous chemicals.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.
• There will be limited exposure to chemicals, including but not limited to solvents and isocyanates.