Quality Technician

Join us in becoming the premier die casting manufacturer and engineering solutions supplier worldwide.

Pay: $23.50-$36.00 per hour, depending on experience and qualifications. Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k), paid time off, paid holidays, and other company benefits.

Position Summary The Manufacturing Quality Technician is responsible for supporting day-to-day quality activities throughout the manufacturing operation, ensuring products and processes meet customer, company, and regulatory requirements. This position combines hands-on manufacturing quality support with responsibilities for maintaining and improving the company’s Quality Management System (QMS). The Quality Technician will perform inspections, support problem-solving and corrective actions, maintain quality documentation, assist with audits, and ensure controlled documents are current, accurate, and available at the point of use. The ideal candidate has experience in a manufacturing environment and understands quality systems, document control, inspection methods, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Quality Management System

· Support the implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the company’s Quality Management System. · Maintain awareness of applicable ISO, customer, and internal quality requirements. · Assist with internal, customer, and third-party quality audits. · Maintain quality records and ensure required documentation is completed accurately and retained according to established procedures. · Assist with corrective action, preventive action, and continuous improvement activities. · Track quality issues, corrective actions, and follow-up activities to ensure timely completion. · Assist in maintaining quality metrics and reports, including scrap, rework, customer complaints, first-pass yield, and other applicable KPIs. · Assist with process audits and layered process audits.

Document Control · Maintain controlled copies of procedures, work instructions, inspection instructions, forms, specifications, and other QMS documentation. · Review documents for accuracy, completeness, revision level, and approval status. · Process document revisions and ensure changes are properly reviewed and approved. · Update controlled documents when manufacturing processes, equipment, specifications, or customer requirements change. · Remove obsolete documents from points of use and ensure only current revisions are available to employees. · Maintain document revision history and supporting records. · Coordinate document updates with Engineering, Manufacturing, Maintenance, Quality, and other affected departments. · Assist employees in locating current procedures, work instructions, and forms. · Support periodic reviews of controlled documents to ensure they remain accurate and effective.

Quality Inspection & Manufacturing Support · Perform incoming, in-process, and final inspections using established inspection procedures and customer specifications. · Utilize calipers, micrometers, gauges, CMM equipment, optical measurement systems, and other inspection equipment as required. · Review engineering drawings, specifications, control plans, inspection instructions, and customer requirements. · Support production personnel with quality questions and provide guidance regarding product and process requirements. · Identify nonconforming material and assist with containment, disposition, and corrective actions. · Maintain accurate inspection and quality records. · Perform first-piece, last-piece, and periodic production inspections as required. · Support measurement system and gauge calibration activities.

Problem Solving & Continuous Improvement · Participate in root-cause analysis using tools such as 5-Why, Fishbone/Ishikawa, Pareto analysis, and other problem-solving methods. · Support corrective and preventive action activities. · Assist with containment and root-cause investigations for internal and customer quality issues. · Participate in process improvement and Lean Manufacturing initiatives. · Identify recurring quality problems and communicate trends to Quality and Operations leadership. · Assist with developing and updating control plans, inspection plans, and standard work. · Work closely with production teams to identify opportunities to reduce scrap, rework, variation, and customer defects.

Qualifications Required · High school diploma or equivalent. · 2+ years of manufacturing quality experience preferred. · Experience working in a manufacturing environment. · Understanding of basic quality inspection methods and measurement equipment. · Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and specifications. · Experience with quality documentation and record keeping. · Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office. · Strong attention to detail and organizational skills. · Ability to communicate effectively with production, engineering, and management personnel. Preferred · Experience with an ISO 9001 Quality Management System. · Experience with document control systems or QMS software. · Experience with corrective action and root-cause analysis. · Experience with internal or customer audits. · Experience with control plans, PFMEA, inspection plans, and work instructions. · Experience with statistical process control (SPC). · Experience with GD&T. · Experience with CMM or other automated inspection equipment. · Experience in die casting, CNC machining, metalworking, or other discrete manufacturing environments. · ASQ Certified Quality Technician (CQT) or similar certification