Fortune Brands-posted about 14 hours ago
$20 - $26/Yr
Full-time • Entry Level
Onsite • Meridian, ID
5,001-10,000 employees

The Manufacturing Quality Technician is accountable for protecting our customers by ensuring only compliant materials enter and exit the plant. This role combines comprehensive inspection and testing of incoming raw materials, in-process components, and finished composite decking products with data-driven analysis to prevent defects and drive continuous improvement. Responsibilities include auditing quality processes, maintaining documentation and calibrations, and communicating issues to support timely resolution. By identifying process improvement opportunities and collaborating cross-functionally, the technician helps ensure product reliability, operational efficiency, and customer satisfaction.

  • Measurement and test equipment use and calibrations including hand tools, gauges, optical tools, balances, color meters, and force measuring instruments.
  • Accurate data entry and analysis methods.
  • Quality management system compliance.
  • Process improvement and problem-solving approaches.
  • Area management and housekeeping best practices.
  • Risk assessment reasoning.
  • Nonconforming materials and rework handling.
  • Sampling plans and proper sample preparation.
  • Inspection techniques and processes.
  • Auditing.
  • Write clear, simple sentences, complete technical forms, and apply basic math concepts like estimation and spatial reasoning.
  • Interpret manuals, safety instructions, reports, and understand images, graphs, and coding systems in the work area.
  • Communicate effectively, respond to questions, and collaborate with supervisors and team members to support plant improvements.
  • Take responsibility for assignments, improve skills, and set personal goals with actionable strategies.
  • Be honest with company property and time, communicate respectfully, and resolve conflicts constructively.
  • Maintain punctuality, stay composed in stressful situations, and work effectively in a structured environment. Arrive fit for duty each shift.
  • Ability to work 12-hour shifts in a continuous manufacturing environment.
  • Willingness to work overtime, holidays, and weekends as scheduled.
  • Proficiency with using a computer.
  • Proficiency using Microsoft Office Suite products.
  • Proficiency differentiating shades of color.
  • Ability to operate a forklift.
  • Strong cross-functional communication skills.
  • At least 18 years of age.
  • High School Diploma or GED.
  • Strong English, reading, and writing skills for career advancement, including the ability to interpret safety rules, operating instructions, maintenance manuals, and procedural documents.
  • Previous forklift operation experience.
  • Previous manufacturing experience.
  • Fortune Brands believes in fair and equitable pay.
  • At Fortune Brands, we support the overall health and wellness of our associates by offering comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates’ unique needs. This includes robust health plans, a market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution, product discounts, flexible time off benefits, inclusive fertility / adoption benefits, and more.
  • We offer numerous Employee Resource Groups to support inclusivity and our associates’ feeling of belonging at work.
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