Quality Control Inspector - Second Shift

Birk Manufacturing Inc.•East Lyme, CT

About The Position

As a member of the Birk Manufacturing Quality Control team you will be responsible for inspecting, measuring and testing individual products to Birk Manufacturing and/ or customer specifications and requirements. This includes, but is not limited to, incoming inspection of raw material, in-process verification and inspection of products and process, and overall inspection of final products using visual and mechanical test equipment.

Requirements

Have a working understanding of quality management systems.
Have a working understanding of the principles and tools of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement tools within a low volume, high quality manufacturing facility
Familiarity with Calibration + Tolerances
Familiarity with FMEA, Control Plans, FEMA, PDCA
Familiarity with Lean/ 6S/ Six Sigma/ Kaizen
High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED)
Experience with Electrical Properties and Measurements (Resistance, Ohms, Watts, Amps, Multi-meter, Dielectrical Strength (Hypot meter), Caliper, Verniers, Temperature Measurements – Fahrenheit + Celsius)
Experience with measurements; inches, millimeters, fractions, decimal points and conversion factors.
Experience reading schematics, drawings and blueprints
Familiarity with; Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Data Entry

Nice To Haves

Certified Internal Auditor Training
Lean & Six Sigma Training

Responsibilities

Manage, control and prioritize Birk Manufacturing, Inc. inspection process.
Examine incoming raw materials, customer supplied materials, and/or any other incoming goods before releasing to inventory/ production.
Perform in-line inspection of semi-completed products
Perform Final Inspection of Birk Manufacturing outgoing final products
Operate special test instruments/equipment.
Hypot/Dielectric test using a Hypot meter
Resistance tests using a multi-meter
Immersed water testing
Dimensional tests using Steel Rulers, Micrometers, Verniers, Calipers, Radius + Pin Gauges
Microscope for visual inspections
When looking for air bubbles, contamination, bridging, pinholes, missing circuit trace, etc.
Pull tests of raw material and finished products
Freezer/ refrigerator product and/ or item testing
Perform First Piece Inspections/First Article Reports (FAIR)
Inspection against all dimensions and specified notes on specification sheets and/or prints/drawings pertaining to specific product.
Including, but not limited to, resistance check, dielectric strength test, pull test, visual inspection and electrical inspection of installed components (fuses, thermistors, RTDs, T-stats, etc.)
Ensure there is an up-to-date First Piece Article for all continuous and new production runs.
Including up-to-date paperwork, proper identification of first article, proper location, etc.
Ensure product is compliant to UL, CSA and RoHS requirements when applicable.
Product must have correct identification that is clear and legible.
Consult and confer with Engineering Department when discrepancies, possible defects, borderline judgment calls need to be made.
Consult and confer with Production Manager when a repetitive defect is found to make sure defect is identified, corrected and prevented for future orders.
Inspect and investigate returned products from customers. (RMA’s)
Giving input/suggestions to QA Manager on rework, reason for failure/defect
Where applicable, write, verify and update QC Inspection Instructions for specific part numbers.
Assisting co-workers, if possible, to help them produce a quality product.
Make disposition on non-conforming Birk products and incoming raw material
Scrap, return to production, return to supplier, pass/accept, disposition from engineering
Accept/Reject First Piece inspections and return to production for go-ahead on production run OR return back to production for rework.
Dispute returned products with customers and their complaints.
Only if units are returned and after rigorous inspection at Birk no defects are found.