Qa Specialist

TransCore (TRN), a subsidiary of ST Engineering, is seeking a full-time Quality Assurance Specialist I to join our team in Houston, Texas.

Job Summary:   The QA Specialist I will perform one or more quality related functions within the company’s quality program, such as internal auditing, statistician, inspector or testing and calibration expert. Performs basic quality techniques, possibly including calibration, track, analyze and report on materials, processes, and products to ensure they meet the company’s quality standards.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Product and mechanical inspection
• Internal auditing
• Workmanship and solder training
• Data collection and other clerical assignments
• Calibration of equipment
• Metric reporting

Education:  High School Diploma or general education degree (GED)

Required Skills & Experience: 

• Typically requires a minimum of 1-2 years of related experience.
• Microsoft Windows 7/10: Intermediate skills with Windows is required. File and Folder management, navigation of file structures, etc.
• Microsoft Office: Intermediate Skills of Office 2013 or later required with emphasis on MS Excel.
• Excel skills: Intermediate+ proficiency with spreadsheet management, calculations & formulas. More complex operational knowledge is a plus.
• Statistical software: Advanced skills with Minitab.
• Task Management: Ability to manage tasks in an efficient manner, utilization of software-based task management tools.
• Attention to Detail: An extreme attention to detail is required. Ability to pay attention to various pieces of information simultaneously and determine accuracy.
• Critical Thinking: Ability to think through complex scenarios during auditing to ensure a full understanding of situational anomalies.
• Self-driven and fast learner: Motivation to learn new tasks, tools, processes and can learn quickly.
• Problem solving: Creative problem solving is a plus.

Supervision: Normally follows established procedures on routine work, requires instructions only on new assignments.

Experience: Typically requires a minimum of 1 - 2 years of related experience.

Language Skills: Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Certificates, Licenses, Registration:

• American Society of Quality - Certified Quality Technician
• American Society of Quality - Certified Quality Auditor
• Six Sigma Green Belt

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.