Quality Coordinator

CENTURY ALUMINUM • Robards, KY

19d

About The Position

The Quality Coordinator develops and coordinates projects involving casting practices, quality improvement, expenditures, methodology, and the overall operation of the Casting Department. The role works to improve casting products and eliminate unacceptable product by auditing and reviewing casting, homogenizing, and sawing practices, advising production and technical supervision about unacceptable practices, and assisting with quality-related problem solving. The position also provides relief coverage for production crew leaders as needed.

Requirements

• Technical or associate degree preferred; relevant work experience may substitute for a degree.
• Experience in quality control, audits, manufacturing, and process control.
• Computer skills, including Microsoft Office, email, and reporting.
• Willingness and ability to work a 12-hour rotating swing shift.

Nice To Haves

• Technical knowledge of the casting process.
• Technical or associate degree.

Responsibilities

• Develop and coordinate projects, analyze project data, implement solutions, and follow up with technical team members to improve quality, process control, expenditures, methodology, and Casting Department operations.
• Assist production and technical supervision and employees with immediate and planned quality-related problem solving to maintain high recovery and productivity.
• Provide operating crews with technical support on allowable casting, homogenizing, and cutting procedures and product quality.
• Coordinate requests for billet and other product slices, metal cleanliness samples, hydrogen values, and other product measurements such as diameters.
• Control sample flow by obtaining and identifying the correct samples and processing paperwork for maintenance and other laboratory areas.
• Maintain technical equipment and supplies by ordering supplies, ensuring equipment is in proper working order, and building necessary apparatus.
• Support and carry out the Company's Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action policy.
• Enhance professional growth and competence through appropriate internal and external learning, development activities, and training.
• Fill in for production crew leaders on a relief basis as needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Associate degree