Quality Technician - Nights

The Quality Technician tests product batches and will make adjustments, as necessary, to ensure compliance with customer specifications and quality standards.

Essential Functions

• Performs standard tests on assigned product line production batches and on some incoming raw materials as needed, ensuring the meeting of Company and the customer’s specifications.
• Acts as a technical resource to production addressing issues related to production batches.
• Recommends to production and may develop adjustments to batches to meet specifications.
• Records test results in SAP. Maintains reference files.
• Completes and maintains all required paperwork, records, documents, etc.
• Ensures all gauges and test equipment are verified.
• May participate in investigations of complaints and corrective actions as needed.
• Follows and complies with all safety and work rules and regulations. Maintains departmental housekeeping standards.
• Completes and sends documentation to customers (i.e. COA)
• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:
Education and Experience
Required Education:

• US High School diploma, GED equivalency or equivalent experience
• 1 year of related manufacturing lab/quality experience or 1 year of Company production experience.

Additional Qualifications

• Must be able to read/comprehend written and oral instructions in English; read and comprehend safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, technical lab procedure manuals and product recipes/material identifications.
• Must be able to write legibly to keep records and to correspond.
• Must have strong mathematical skill to add, subtract, multiply and divide and the ability to perform these operations using units of weight measurement, volume, and distance.
• Must be able to effectively communicate one-on-one and in small group situations.
• Requires matching proficiency, including the ability to color match.
• Must have ability to reason and address problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Must have manual dexterity sufficient to use a wide variety of standard lab equipment including a scale, ovens, viscometers and the ability to operate standard office equipment such as a computer, a calculator, telephone, fax, and photocopier.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Experience level:

• 3 years

Schedule:

• 12 hour shift
• Night shift

Work setting:

• In-person
• Manufacturing facility

Application Question(s):

• Do you have manufacturing experience? If so how many years?
• Do you have experience in either plastics or paper manufacturing?

Work Location: In person