Associate, Quality (REQ900)
- Location
- Greenville, Ohio, United States
- Work mode
- On-site
- Employment type
- Full-time
About the job
Associate, Quality - Starting Wage is $22.00 per hour!
Greenville, OH How can you make a difference at your job and can have the opportunity to grow? Join the Greenville – Spartech Team! The Spartech Greenville Ohio facility manufactures a variety of specialty plastic products across various markets. We are proud to service customers in the Aerospace, Building & Construction, Healthcare, Packaging, Farming Equipment, and Automotive markets. This diversification allows us to weather market downturns and provide stable employment for our employees. Continuous improvement and challenging ourselves to be better is how we retain our customers and our team members. The Greenville culture is built on working together in a safe environment to provide high quality products to our customers on time. The Quality Associate is responsible for ensuring all products manufactured at the Greenville facility meet Spartech and customer requirements through product inspection, line audits, process verification, testing evaluation, product release, and quality system activities. This position is primarily manufacturing floor based and works directly with production personnel to verify product quality, approve product for shipment, identify nonconforming material, troubleshoot quality concerns, support operator training, and ensure compliance with customer specifications and internal requirements. The Quality Associate serves as a key quality resource within manufacturing operations and is responsible for final quality approval of finished products prior to shipment. Requirements ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES Product Inspection and Line Audits
• Perform continuous line audits throughout the shift.
- Perform continuous line audits throughout the shift.
- Conduct first-piece and final-piece approval inspections on production runs.
- Approve product prior to pallet wrapping and banding.
- Verify all dimensional requirements including thickness, width, length, and customer-specific tolerances.
- Evaluate color, appearance, gloss, opacity, and overall product quality.
- Ensure all customer specifications and requirements are met.
- Verify all required testing has been completed and meets acceptance criteria.
- Record inspection results and maintain quality records.
- Identify, document, and communicate nonconforming conditions.
• Audit production paperwork for accuracy and completion.
- Audit production paperwork for accuracy and completion.
- Audit process logs for compliance with established requirements.
- Audit material usage to ensure compliance with production standards.
- Verify manufacturing processes remain within established operating parameters.
- Ensure all required testing, inspections, and documentation are completed.
• Generate and maintain Nonconformance Reports (NCRs).
- Generate and maintain Nonconformance Reports (NCRs).
- Participate in customer complaint investigations.
- Conduct root cause analysis activities.
- Assist with corrective and preventive action implementation.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives throughout the facility.
• Perform daily calibration and verification checks of quality equipment.
- Perform daily calibration and verification checks of quality equipment.
• Ensure retain samples are collected during the production run.
- Ensure retain samples are collected during the production run.
- Verify retain samples visually and dimensionally prior to approval.
• Work directly with operators and production personnel to troubleshoot quality concerns.
- Work directly with operators and production personnel to troubleshoot quality concerns.
- Assist with identifying process improvements and corrective actions.
- Assist with daily line preparation including paperwork, pallets, and production organization.
- Assist with wrapping and banding finished pallets following final quality approval when necessary.
- Assist with training new Assistant Operators.
- Provide ongoing quality guidance and coaching to production employees.
- Promote quality awareness and adherence to customer requirements throughout the facility.
QUALIFICATIONS Required
• High School Diploma or GED.
- High School Diploma or GED.
- Manufacturing, production, quality inspection, or related industrial experience.
- Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to read and interpret specifications, work instructions, and quality requirements.
- Basic computer skills and data entry experience.
- Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• 2-5 years of manufacturing quality, inspection, or production experience.
- 2-5 years of manufacturing quality, inspection, or production experience.
- Plastic sheet, film, extrusion, converting, or related manufacturing experience.
- SAP experience.
- Ability to use measuring devices and inspection equipment. (micrometers and tape measures)
- Color evaluation.
- Experience performing process and product audits.
- Root cause analysis and corrective action experience.
• Frequent standing and walking throughout the manufacturing facility. • Frequent lifting, handling, and inspection of product samples. • Ability to lift up to 50 pounds occasionally. • Ability to work in a manufacturing environment with moderate to high noise levels. • Ability to work safely around moving production equipment. Benefits We offer competitive salary, incentive, and benefit programs . - Most Benefits Start Day One! Benefits include:
• Medical, Dental, & Vision.
- Medical, Dental, & Vision.
- Company paid life and long-term and short-term disability programs.
- Flexible spending accounts.
- 401(k) with a strong matching program.
- 120 hours Paid Time Off (pro-rated based on hire date).
- 11 paid holidays.
Spartech, LLC provides equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status, or other legally protected classification in the state in which a person is seeking employment. Spartech will use E-Verify to ensure employment eligibility of newly hired employees where required.
From Spartech's careers page (Workable), checked 29 Oct 2026.
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Posted 22 Sept 2026 · checked 29 Oct 2026 · Report this job