Quality Technician

AriensCo•Fayetteville, TN

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Quality Technician provides hands-on quality support to manufacturing operations, ensuring products and processes meet design, customer, and regulatory requirements. The role performs inspections, audits, testing, and measurement activities to verify compliance, identify nonconforming material, and support corrective action and continuous improvement. Working closely with production and engineering, the technician helps improve process capability, reduce risk, and maintain consistent manufacturing quality. This position is based at AriensCo’s Fayetteville, Tennessee, Plant 6, on second shift: Monday through Thursday, 3:00 PM to 1:30 AM, with overtime as needed. Starting pay is $20 per hour plus a $2 shift differential.

Requirements

Quality Technician or Manufacturing Engineering Technician certificate or diploma from a college or technical school; alternatively, three to six months of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience is preferred.
Understand measurement types, measurement terminology, and measurement scales.
Have strong knowledge of basic mathematical operations and perform measurement conversions; solve for x; and add and subtract degrees, minutes, and seconds.
Select appropriate measuring tools and techniques for a given characteristic.
Know how to measure using surface plate layouts.
Have basic calibration knowledge.
Identify or recognize inspection errors and initiate resolution.
Read and interpret blueprints and understand definitions of critical, major, and minor characteristics.
Have knowledge of testing methods.
Identify and report nonconforming material.
Understand traceability for product, material, and calibration.
Know basic quality terms, definitions, and concepts.
Know basic problem-solving steps: understand the problem, determine the root cause, develop and implement solutions, and verify effectiveness.
Be authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

Nice To Haves

American Society for Quality (ASQ) certificate.

Responsibilities

Perform daily process audits to ensure processes are followed according to Ariens standards.
Complete product audits to verify products are manufactured according to design intent.
Carry out daily problem-solving efforts using 8D and A3 methods.
Eliminate waste using Lean Manufacturing tools and techniques.
Provide floor support to manufacturing and help remove obstacles that negatively affect production.
Inspect components using appropriate equipment against print and/or CAD specifications.
Learn and apply Ariens standards and outdoor power equipment industry standards.
Teach other employees quality processes and methods.
Identify and process nonconforming material.
Drive action based on regular reviews of data and metrics.
Reduce risk using Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA) tools.
Raise awareness by posting Quality Alerts.
Communicate process capability using Statistical Process Control (SPC).
Verify supplier compliance by reviewing PPAP submissions and/or auditing supplier parts during incoming inspection.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance effective the 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.
Reimbursement for safety shoes and safety prescription glasses.
Employee Product Purchase Program.
50% daycare discount at Brillion Early Learning Center.
10% tuition discount at KinderCare Learning Centers nationwide, excluding Brillion Early Learning Center.
Onsite health clinic at Bellin Health Brillion Campus only.
Nearsite and urgent care clinic options at Brillion Campus only.