Quality Assurance Technician - Entry-US
About The Position
About KennametalWith over 85 years as an industrial technology leader, Kennametal Inc. delivers productivity to customers through materials science, tooling and wear-resistant solutions. Customers across aerospace and defense, earthworks, energy, general engineering and transportation turn to Kennametal to help them manufacture with precision and efficiency. Learn more at kennametal.com. Follow @Kennametal: Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.Solon, OH Shift: 2nd Shift Monday - Friday 12PM - 8PM Job Summary: This position will cover job functions for the Quality department on the manufacturing floor and lab performing dimensional & visual certification inspections• Perform dimensional and visual inspection for customer certification orders or quality critical inspection requirements• Participate in Quality and Lean projects with cross-functional personnel• Perform routine quality analysis, input data into computer system, maintain logs and other required paperwork. Maintain communication with all customer groups, group leader, and other technicians• May be required to perform other tasks as needed within the scope of the Quality department as defined below
Requirements
- High School Diploma or GED Required
- Must be able to use required computer software including but not limited to SAP, Microsoft Office.
- 1-3 years of experience required.
- Requires vocational training or equivalent industry experience.
- Must be able to properly use gages and measurement devices that determine compliance to drawing and product specifications. Must be able to retrieve and read drawings.
- Must be able to read and understand insert identification chart, routings and operating procedures.
- Must be familiar and able to properly interpret insert defect criteria.
- Follows procedures/work instructions for conducting customer certifications.
- Applies experience and skills to complete assigned work within own area of expertise.
- Works within standard operating procedures and/or scientific methods.
Responsibilities
- Perform dimensional and visual inspection for customer certification orders or quality critical inspection requirements
- Participate in Quality and Lean projects with cross-functional personnel
- Perform routine quality analysis, input data into computer system, maintain logs and other required paperwork. Maintain communication with all customer groups, group leader, and other technicians
- May be required to perform other tasks as needed within the scope of the Quality department as defined below
- Conduct customer certification inspections as required using defined inspection equipment including but not limited to manual gages, OGP and Keyence vision systems
- Conducts nondestructive examination (NDE) and quality control (QC) inspections on products, materials, components, parts, etc. at various stages of the production process to ensure compliance with established quality standards
- Record results of inspections as required
- May include in process inspections of inserts and physical property inspections
- Completion of standard SAP transactions to support material movement to and from the certification labs will be required
- Captures and analyzes statistical data from processes to either confirm compliance with established standards or identify deviations from standards
- Daily work is determined by structure and needs of the Operations, Materials and Quality groups.
- Performs specialized technical tasks required to support Quality
- Works with a limited degree of supervision, with oversight focused only on complex new assignments.
- Must have a base knowledge of SAP or aptitude to be trained in the application
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
