Sr. Quality Control Technician

Gibraltar Industries Inc•Taylorsville, MS

36d

About The Position

The Senior Quality Control Technician is responsible for facilitating the alignment of: Engineered component and assembly specifications and standards. Internal plant process capabilities. Sourced materials and component quality conformance. Customer Expectations The Senior Quality Technician accomplishes this alignment by facilitating the collaboration of multiple organizational functions for the purpose of providing products and services that consistently

Requirements

High School diploma or GED required.
3 years of experience working with extruded or sheet metal manufacturing preferred
3 years' experience in a quality assurance role preferred.
Metrology
Computer software: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access. Prefer Access design, development and creating knowledge.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's Degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Works in conjunction with the Company's Engineering Group to define critical to quality requirements for all product components, assemblies, and finished goods. Provides for the construction of or procurement of all necessary references (drawings, industry standards, product descriptions, customer mandates, etc.,) to clearly define those requirements for those influencing the manufacture of those materials through each step of the manufacturing process.
Implement & maintain the Certification /Internal Audit of all plant operations.
Enter data in interactive database, inform Supervisors on a timely basis of line performance, and address corrective actions for continual improvement.
Create/update Critical-to-Quality (CTQ) inspection instructions covering all workstations
Train personnel in CTQ elements at their workstations
Develop process audit schedules and perform audits (including product sample inspections) versus Assembly WIs and CTQs.
Address pertinent floor issues (Assembly & upstream operations) with urgency to aid Manufacturing.
Facilitates the alignment of plant process capabilities with Customer and regulatory requirements. Coordinates the development and implementation of countermeasures that assure performance.
Investigate the issue.
Identify suspect products, and properly pursue containment to closure.
Notify Supervisors & Management of a given negative outcome as warranted.
Report findings and recommendations.
Participate in customer issue resolution.
Performs the evaluation of returned goods and the review of non-compliance reporting from Customers. Serves as the Plants primary liaison to Sales and Customer Service to respond to defined issues. May interface directly with Customers at the request of Customer Service.
Execute administrative duties on effective & timely basis.
Provide for quality advocates plant wide and effect cross-training.
Set QA expectations and demand results.
Participating in conduct of performance reviews, aimed at employee growth and satisfaction.
Communicate with colleagues effectively to enhance teamwork and overall results.
Issue reports on timely basis.
Mentor others in Quality principles and practices.