Quality Technician - Weekend AM Shift

About the role

As a Quality Technician at Wheatland Tube, a division of Zekelman Industries, in Rochelle, IL, you will play a key role in ensuring product quality and process compliance across the facility.

Responsibilities

• Perform duties in accordance with company safety policies and report unsafe conditions.
• Conduct inspection and testing activities to support plant quality requirements.
• Notify operational personnel when product is out of tolerance and verify quality after adjustments are made.
• Support operations as a team member to define root cause and resolve issues before they impact quality.
• Ensure non-conforming products are identified, recorded, and properly tagged.
• Monitor cleaning and environmental processes throughout the facility, including:
• Performing titrations on process tanks.
• Making process adjustments accordingly.
• Ordering chemicals as needed.
• Maintain regular, full-time, predictable onsite attendance.
• Support the gauge calibration program by issuing and monitoring gauges used on the floor.
• Participate in continuous improvement and yield projects.
• Avoid additional projects and analyses as needed.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment.
• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Strong team player with the ability to coordinate efforts across multiple groups.
• Sound decision-making, analytical, and computational skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Commitment to safety, quality, and continuous improvement.

Physical Abilities

• Ability to bend, twist, stoop, sit, kneel, crawl, push, and pull.
• Ability to reach in all directions.
• Ability to meet other physical requirements as needed for the job.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.

Skills

• Detail-oriented.
• Analytical.
• Safety-focused.
• Experienced in a manufacturing environment.

Benefits

Zekelman Industries offers competitive compensation and excellent benefits, including low-cost, high-quality medical and dental benefits. In addition, we have an amazing tuition assistance program, a bonus plan, a 401(k) plan with a generous company match, immediate vesting, and much more.

Pay

Base Hourly Range: [$23.00–$37.00 USD]

Schedule

Competitive Compensation