Quality Technician

Leer•New Lisbon, WI

41d

About The Position

Under the direction of the Quality Manager, the Quality Technician monitors and evaluates all materials and processes involved with the manufacture of ice merchandisers and walk in coolers. Leer, Inc. is a growing company that is all about our team members. We’re 100% employee-owned. What does employee-owned mean? We share the wealth and believe that hard work should be rewarded and that every member of our team is crucial to our joint success. We’re looking for team players to help us sustain our growth and continue to make Leer, Inc. not just an industry-leading manufacturer but one of the best places to work in the Midwest.

Requirements

5+ years experience in quality or inspection role.
Understanding of advanced mathematics concepts.
High level of visual awareness.
Advanced organizational skills.
Experience drafting reports and collecting data.
Ability to work alone with minimal supervision.
Ability to analyze and interpret technical information.
Familiarity with the materials and processes involved with the manufacture of products within the assigned areas.
Basic understanding of refrigeration and electrical systems utilized in the manufacture of the ice merchandiser and walk in coolers.
Experience with Microsoft Office required.
Ability to work with test and measuring tools such as tape measure, calipers, micrometer, pressure gauges, and amp probes.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in business or related field preferred.

Responsibilities

Responsible for performance as measured against key safety, quality, and production metrics.
With direction from Quality and Operations leaders, completes detailed procedures and checklists to verify and document the equipment is assembled to the defined specifications.
Works with Operations to help define and implement quality requirements, plans, checklists, and other deliverables.
Provide inspection related reports and support material as required.
Ensures the Non-Conforming Material (NCM) process is properly utilized when needed; and leads the tagging, logging and quarantine of NCM materials.
Provides updates to the Quality and Operations teams on the status of any quality issues discovered.
Coordinates the collection of quality data (inspection results, checklists, pictures, certifications, etc.).
Supports the Quality Team in the corrective action process.
Conducts scheduled or random quality inspections on raw materials, work in process, and finished assemblies.
Collaborate with Leadership and quality teams at other facilities on the implementation of standardized quality tools consistently across all locations.
Assist with quality training as needed.
Offer quality technical support to Operations personnel as the need arises.
Work with other departments within the division as need arises. This may also entail working directly with vendor representatives and occasionally with customers.
Maintain departmental records pertinent to quality issues related to the assigned division or areas.
Maintain and keep current assigned reports and files.
Handle all follow-up calibration as specified by UL.
Perform finished goods inspection and packaging duties as need arises.
Update standards of work and job instructions as needed.
Inspect freight damaged returns to supply information to Shipping and Receiving for the filing of freight claims.
Also supply information to Scheduling to process the returns back through Production.
Physically capable of lifting up to 50 pounds.