About The Position

Alene Candles LLC & Midwest is a private label, contract manufacturer that produces high-quality candles for some of the world’s most recognized retail, boutique, and cosmetic brands. With our headquarters in New Hampshire and locations in Ohio, we’ve been in business for over 25 years. We are passionate about making the best products in the world, making safety our number one priority, and being an insanely great place to work. We have been selected as a "Best Company to Work For" in 2020 and 2021 and 2023 Business of the Year for Manufacturing.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or general education diploma (GED)
  • 1-2 years as a quality inspector or similar position in a manufacturing environment in which the individual was required to monitor and report on quality attributes of some product and/or process.

Nice To Haves

  • Associates Degree preferred
  • Will be expected to be a team member of the supervisory and management staff, chairing meetings, offering opinions, supporting initiatives, and treating co-workers with mutual respect.
  • Ability to use various machines and practical skills.
  • Good communication skills to deliver valuable teamwork.

Responsibilities

  • Supports the supervisor with quality related items in a manufacturing process environment with respect to candles and home fragrance products.
  • Monitors and helps verify corrective and preventive actions are effective and sustainable while maintaining product quality.
  • Evaluate efficiency standards and measure performance to targets.
  • Tracks, reports, conducts root cause analysis, and supports corrective actions as defined by the supervisor to maintain and improve efficiencies.
  • Responsible for the BME & EU testing process, logging samples into database, and printing testing forms and ID barcodes.
  • Preps samples according to customer requirements, sets up distribution to various testing facilities (internal, customer, 3rd party), and communicates the sample distribution list with various customer reps daily.
  • Ensures a safe work environment by communicating safety requirements, auditing, tracking, and providing feedback and corrective actions to employees and management.
  • Will collect data, maintain metrics, monitor trends, and report to supervision on the health and well-being of manufacturing.
  • Perform process, line and procedural audits while challenged with improving efficiencies of line production.
  • Provides additional support where needed and serve as backup coverage for senior technicians and supervisors.
  • Own the WIP and Quarantine stored at site location

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision with a Healthcare Reimbursement Account
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Basic Life Insurance (100% company paid)
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Flexible Spending Account
  • Paid Holidays
  • Paid Time Off
  • Paid Maternity and Parental Leave
  • Voluntary PTO Donation Program
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • “Alene Gives Back” – our paid volunteer program
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