Quality Technician Iii

Introduction

At GAF, we cover more than just buildings. We cover each other. Under this roof, you will have the tools and resources you need to grow and develop in your career. You will experience our incredible culture and will be empowered to support your teammates, your customers, and especially your community. Under this roof, we define the future while leading the present through our deep well of experience and our responsibility to the future to drive improvements and innovation in our products. We are GAF. And under this roof, we protect what matters most.

Team or Function Overview

This position will be on the Mt. Vernon, Indiana plant operations team, located about 20 miles west of Evansville. This GAF site was founded in 1973 and produces a wide variety of asphaltic shingles and rolled roofing materials.

Summary

The Quality Technician III will perform various quality systems and testing activities for manufacturing operations, including raw material and process fluid testing, quality audits, plant trials, and quality lab maintenance and organization.

Essential Duties

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Review real-time product quality and compile quality reports
• Assist in plant trials, including trial finished product testing. This may include traveling for testing at various sites.
• Perform daily finished product testing
• Perform daily audits, aged layouts, QS&C audits, assisting in UL audits, etc.
• Provide support in product quality to the production line, including support during start-ups and necessary testing to ensure quality standards are achieved
• Assist in claims investigations as required
• Assist with maintaining the WinSPC database, including error detection, troubleshooting, and training
• Assist in lab equipment verifications and calibrations throughout the plant
• Train Operators on Quality Test Methods in the different areas/stations
• Serve as an area team leader in the plant centerlining program

• Assist in process improvement projects including measurement system analyses
• Maintain EHS standards for the work area including updating and maintaining JSA's and participating in EHS plant meetings and 5S activities
• Able to think under pressure, make quick decisions, and act as a decision maker on the line
• Assist in managing Product on Hold Process to help facilitate a timely disposition of product on hold

Physical Demands

• Ability to read and concentrate via computer data entry typing and proofreading
• Must be able to climb ladders and/or stairs and walk on open grating on elevated surfaces
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
• Required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, or crouch
• Frequent sitting, walking, and standing, and occasional climbing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and balancing
• Frequent use of eye, hand, and finger coordination enabling the use of office machinery
• Oral and auditory capacity enabling interpersonal communication as well as communication through automated devices such as the telephone
• Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
• Must continuously have the ability to differentiate colors precisely
• Able to work extended hours, off shifts, and weekends when required
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally up to 50 pounds

Under This Roof, We Require

• Associate's degree required. A Bachelor's degree in science or engineering preferred.
• 1-2 years working in a manufacturing environment required. 5+ years of quality assurance and process improvement experience is a plus.

Under This Roof, We Also Value

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (such as Outlook and Excel)or G-Suite is a plus
• Familiarity with standard manufacturing concepts, practices, and procedures is helpful