Quality Control Technician

Description

Summary

The Quality Control Technician directly supports the Quality Manager in planning, coordinating, and executing plant-wide quality activities. This role ensures consistent production alignment with customer requirements, corporate standards, and regulatory specifications.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Quality & Documentation Control

• Drawing & Revision Management: Review engineering drawings, interpret GD&T specifications, process Drawing Change Requests (DCRs), and maintain strict revision control.
• Create and manage work instructions: Support accurate and consistent production processes.
• Product Inspection: Verify product conformance through audits and inspection in areas listed below:

 - Forming, Stamping, BIR Assembly, BIR Weld, Fabrication, and any other area as needed.

Quality Planning & Reporting

• Perform 5S walks: Maintain workplace organization and compliance.
• Conduct AM/PM floor audits: Verify process adherence and identify improvement opportunities.

Cost & Scrap Tracking

• Prepare documentation for rejected materials, scrap disposition, and print change/deviation requests.

Engineering & Production Support

• Production Kits: Prepare production kits and print required supplemental paperwork as needed
• PPAP Team Participation: Actively participate in dimensional studies and record data to support PPAP and new product launches with guidance from Quality Manager.
• Complete first/last piece verifications: Ensure product conformity at start-up and shutdown.

Inventory & Technician Support

• Tool Management: Support the Quality Control Coordinator with monthly tool verification activities
• Teamwork: Assist with sorting suspect products when quality issues arise and carry out quality activity at other locations when needed.
• Carry out other tasks needed by management.

Qualifications

• Education & Experience: Associate degree in a technical field, 6–12 months of related experience, or an equivalent combination of both.
• Technical Skills: Proficient in Microsoft Office; skilled at reading technical documents, safety regulations, and standard procedures.
• Metrology Tools: Working knowledge of precision measurement instruments, including calipers, micrometers, and tape measures.
• Mathematical Skills: Strong grasp of geometry, statistics, fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions.
• Problem Solving: Ability to solve complex multi-variable problems and execute written, verbal, or diagram-based instructions.
• Physical Demands

- The employee is regularly required to sit, use hands, and communicate effectively.

- The employee may occasionally be required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, or lift up to 25 pounds.

Reasonable accommodation may be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.

Work Environment

• The work environment may include occasional exposure to moving mechanical parts.
• Noise levels are typically high; appropriate personal protective equipment is provided.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

BENEFITS

• Comprehensive benefits offerings including but not limited to – Health, Dental, Vision, Life, & Disability
• Vacation time with automatic rollovers
• Minimum 7 Paid Holidays
• Weekly attendance bonus that pays an extra $25 for working at least 35 hours onsite!
• 401(k) with company match that vests immediately upon participation.
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $4,500 per year
• Shoe Reimbursement up to $50 on qualifying footwear with no waiting period!

Requirements

LANGUAGE SKILLS

• Read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Write routine reports and correspondence. Speak effectively before groups of customers or employees.

REASONING ABILITY

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

COMPUTER

• Proficient in the use of computers and MS Office applications. Proficiency with ERP systems used for production planning, scheduling and inventory control to manage manufacturing processes; analyze and utilize data for decision making.

MATHEMATICAL

• Work with math concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

• Associate's degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or six months to one year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

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 sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception 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 occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.