Quality Technician

Gates Corporation • Red Bay, AL

15d • Onsite

About The Position

The Quality Technician, located at Gates’ Red Bay, Alabama plant, verifies process set-ups and provides specialized technical support to engineers and production teams to ensure final product quality. The role tests processed materials against quality specifications, assists with troubleshooting production issues, and alerts key personnel to negative quality trends and nonconformances. The technician may need to cover other shifts at short notice due to absences, vacations, or other coverage needs.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of experience in a manufacturing environment, laboratory setting, or quality assurance.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles and strong problem-solving abilities.
• Basic understanding of Statistical Process Control (SPC).
• Proficiency with Windows-based PCs and Microsoft Office applications.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Test incoming and in-process materials to ensure compliance with quality specifications.
• Provide specialized technical support to engineers and operations teams in evaluating final product characteristics.
• Verify process set-ups and changeovers, and assist in troubleshooting production issues.
• Analyze test data against specifications and promptly alert key personnel to negative trends or nonconformances.
• Cover absences, vacations, or other staffing needs on alternate shifts, often on short notice.
• Focus on customer quality expectations, with performance metrics including cost of poor quality, customer incidents, PPM defects, and internal scrap.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, along with other voluntary benefit options, beginning on the first day of the month immediately following the date of hire.
• Paid vacation, with the number of weeks stated as 3 or 2 in the posting, plus 11 holidays (9 scheduled and 2 floating) and 8 sick days; vacation days accrue.
• 401(k) with a 3% company contribution and an additional 3% company match.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Bonus, SIP, sign-on, and equity eligibility are mentioned, but the posting does not clarify which apply to this position.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed