Quality Assurance Technician

Mount Family Group, LTD•Lowell, MA

5d•$20 - $25•Onsite

About The Position

This self-motivated individual is responsible for inspection of all products and conducting testing processes during and after manufacturing build to ensure that products comply with quality standards. They perform the following duties personally or through non-supervisory direct reports.

Requirements

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, drawings, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
Ability to speak and write effectively.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Knowledge of Manufacturing software; Spreadsheet software and Word Processing software.
Thorough knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, process improvement, and warehouse methods.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Highly organized, self-motivated individual who can work independently and accountably and inspire high performance from a team.
Able to manage multiple tasks and priorities and easily adapt to changing situations.

Responsibilities

Interprets engineering drawings and diagrams, confers with management or engineering staff to determine quality and reliability standards.
Dimensionally inspect raw material, finished parts and tooling to drawings, purchase order and applicable documentation using calipers, gauges and other required tooling.
Coordinate compliance with all applicable standards such as ISO 9000, and other applicable customer requirements.
Review product and process non-conformance and recommend actions including but not limited to modifications of processes, products or QA standards where warranted. Report to management on quality issues, trends and losses.
Selects products for testing and inspection at specified stages in production process for variety of qualities such as dimensions, performance, and mechanical characteristics.
Record results of inspections by part number and department in an inspection log and maintain an inspection data sheet for each lot of material and tooling inspected.
Requests changes to QA plans, tolerances and other required process control procedures to insure processes, work in progress and finished goods meet the specified quality standards.
Conducts receiving inspection and testing as required.
Utilize standard mechanical instruments, functional gauges and test rigs and testing equipment.
Process associated documentation including process tags, rework tags and nonconforming material documents.
Provide technical expertise and transfer knowledge to other members of the operations.
Communicate daily with all departments.
Performs related duties assigned by supervisor.