Quality Technician

AriensCo•Fayetteville, TN

9d•Onsite

About The Position

The Quality Technician provides hands-on quality support to manufacturing operations by ensuring products and processes meet design, customer, and regulatory requirements. This role performs inspections, audits, testing, and measurement activities to verify compliance, identify nonconforming material, and support corrective action and continuous improvement efforts. Working closely with production and engineering, the technician helps improve process capability, reduce risk, and maintain consistent manufacturing quality.

Requirements

Quality Technician or Manufacturing Engineering Technician Certificate or Diploma from college or technical school; or three to six months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience preferred.
American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certificate preferred.
Must understand types of measurement, measurement terminology, and the different types of measurement scales
Must have a strong knowledge of basic mathematical operations and perform measurement conversions; be able to solve for x; add and subtract degrees, minutes, and seconds
Must be able to select the appropriate measuring tools and techniques for a given characteristic
Must know how to measure using surface plate layouts
Must have basic calibration knowledge
Must be able to identify/recognize inspection errors and initiate resolution
Must be able to read and interpret blueprints and know definitions of critical, major, and minor characteristics
Must have knowledge of testing methods
Must be able to identify and report nonconforming material
Must understand traceability (product, material, and calibration)
Must know basic quality terms, definitions, and concepts
Must know the basic problem-solving steps: understand the problem, determine the root cause, develop/implement solutions, and verify effectiveness
Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

Responsibilities

Perform several daily Process Audits to ensure all processes are being followed per Ariens standards.
Complete Product Audits to ensure all products are being manufactured per design intent.
Carry out problem solving efforts, using 8D’s and A3’s daily.
Eliminate waste in all processes using Lean Manufacturing Tools and Techniques.
Execute “Floor Support” by supporting Manufacturing and removing the hurdles that negatively affect production.
Inspect components, using an array of equipment, to print and/or CAD specifications.
Learn Ariens standards and OPE industry standards and apply them in this role.
Teach other employees Quality processes and methods.
Identify and process non-conforming material.
Drive action based on the regular review of data and metrics.
Reduce risk using Process Failure Mode Effects Analysis (PFMEA) tools.
Raise awareness by posting Quality Alerts.
Communicate process capability using Statistical Process Control (SPC).
Ensure AriensCo suppliers are compliant by verifying PPAP submissions and/or auditing their parts within incoming inspection.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance effective first day of employment
Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA) plan
401(k) match and profit-sharing plans
Life Insurance
Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
Short Term Disability
Parental Leave
Onsite Marketplace Care Partners at all locations
Paid holidays
Employee Assistance Program
Tuition Reimbursement and Apprenticeship Programs
Safety shoes and safety prescription glasses reimbursement
Employee Product Purchase Program
50% Daycare discount Brillion Early Learning Center
10% tuition discount at KinderCare Learning Centers nationwide Excludes Brillion Early Learning Center
Onsite health clinic with Bellin Health Brillion Campus Only
Nearsite & Urgent Care Clinic Options Brillion Campus Only