Industrial Lab Technician - Press

Wieland North America•Buffalo, NY

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Wieland is hiring an Industrial Lab Technician - Press Room. The Industrial Lab Technician will be responsible for performing tests on in-process and finished material samples to ensure that materials conform to customer specifications. The technician will advise production personnel, including Bliss Press Operators, of any necessary adjustments to in-process materials and communicate out-of-specification finished material test results to technical personnel for appropriate corrective action.

Requirements

AAS in a Technical Discipline
3-5 years full-time professional work experience.
Participate in continuous improvement of ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 50001, 9001, IATF 16949 programs and procedures though active participation in the near miss program.
Handles containerizing and labeling universal wastes including batteries and lamps, as well as spent aerosol cans (HW).

Responsibilities

Calibrates dial indicator gauges, performs in-process examination involving visual inspection of samples for physical defects and dimensional tests of cup height, base thickness, wall thickness, wall thickness variation, wall height, grain weight, and outside diameter to ensure customer specifications are met.
Enter results into specified form.
In-process dimensional checks are to be checked before running material to produce parts.
Enter data into appropriate form to file electronically.
Use cutting wheel to section cups to be electro-polished.
Use an agent to highlight grain structure to be measured under a microscope.
Use CMM machine to measure cup dimensions of multiple parts based on customer specified lot numbers.
Release verified material for shipment.
Relabel packages when necessary.
Gather chemical analysis from reported data from cast shop via EMS.
Forward strip sample to Spectro lab for tests when necessary.
Notifies Quality Engineer or other appropriate personnel of non-conforming samples that may require additional investigation.
Investigate into root cause for non-conforming parts.
Occasionally amend the Furnace schedule when inaccuracies are present.