Plant Quality Assurance, Associate Lead

Ingevity•Waynesboro, GA

About The Position

Are you ready to do something remarkable? Ready to collaborate with an incredible team to solve problems that improve people’s lives? Meet Ingevity. At Ingevity, we develop innovations that purify, protect and enhance the world around us. Our products enable oil to flow better, crops to grow fuller, roads to last longer and ensure that the air we all breathe is cleaner. Our people come from all different backgrounds and help reimagine new possibilities daily. We understand there is no challenge too big and no contribution too small. We seek out new ideas for tackling complex problems and celebrate achieving the improbable. We value each person’s unique talents and synergize them to create meaningful impact and sustainable solutions for our customers and our world. Bold. Energetic. Ingenious. Genuine. If these qualities describe you, we’d love for you to join Ingevity! Ingevity is a company made up of extraordinary people of every race, religion and background, all worthy of the same dignity. Our differences are one of our great strengths. Join us in building a culture of increasing diversity and respect – a culture where everyone belongs. Ingevity is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled. Recruiting Agencies: Ingevity does not accept unsolicited resumes and therefore, will not be responsible for any fees associated with unsolicited resumes. Ingevity provides products and technologies that purify, protect and enhance the world around us. Through a team of talented and experienced people, we develop, manufacture and bring to market solutions that help customers solve complex problems and make the world more sustainable. Headquartered in North Charleston, South Carolina, Ingevity operates from 23 locations around the world and employs approximately 1,600 people. For more information, visit Ingevity.com.

Responsibilities

Technical expert for quality related equipment in the Quality Test area and Production Floor – understand & ability to fix, communicate with external sources if needed and train operation team member.
Maintain QA Area test equipment such as snap gages, BWC chamber, etc. Do first level troubleshooting and repairs when issues arise. Work with Maintenance on any higher-level issues. Send out equipment for repairs as needed.
Manage measuring equipment verification/calibration activities with internal and external resources. Assure that all equipment is verified, calibrated and functional in accordance with established procedures. Manage replacement activities for out of calibration equipment.
Key contact for quality related activities in the Product Performance Test Area
Support corrective action activities regarding containment, root cause analysis and implementation of corrective action.
Lead small quality related projects from planning to implementation.
Support and lead non-conformance report investigation and closure.
Support measuring requests and solid understanding of standard measuring equipment such as calipers, micrometers, automated gauging.
Serve as an internal quality auditor – training will be provided.
Oversee the monitoring of inventory levels and ordering of key supplies used by the QA and MVI areas.