Quality Technician

Job Description

Job Description

Position Information

Job Title:

Department/Location:

Quality Technician - Collagen

Quality/Montgomery

Reports To Title:

Work Schedule:

Quality Manager

Weekdays 40 hours per week + flexibility for additional work if required

Job Purpose

• To follow up day to day quality in the Montgomery facility, ensure correct measurement and disqualification criteria, make sure the product meets quality expectation and initiate quality improvement

Duties and Responsibilities

• Daily check the information in OSP from ATL, Water test and FKM from previous day
• Review all records and check if all was done according to the procedures, using correct frequency and specification and if incidents were solved proper way. Review with ATL, WT or FKM operator any possible error or doubts
• Daily visual inspection of the product on each machine in any shift.
• Review material in hold, low quality records and together with Quality manager take decision Ensuring proper product packaging
• If needed, organize inspection of casing with quality issue.
• Responsibility of finalizing claims and analysis in timely manner
• Organizing their schedule and ensure all utilities needed for their work
• Responsible for Quality devices in his/her area
• Communicating with Production and Extrusion Quality and solving quality problems together with them
• Analyzing Quality data, tendencies
• Weekly and Monthly Reports required by Quality Manager.
• Cover vacation for any other Quality Technician.
• Back up of Quality Manager in his absence.

Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor's degree is preferred, but not required, in some engineering fields, such as industrial engineering, chemical engineering, etc.

Experience

2 years of experience in Quality areas, with knowledge of quality inspection and quality rejections.

Skills

• Basic management in MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Basic knowledge of lab equipment and methods, basic knowledge of ISO system
• Languages: Bilingual (English and Spanish) required (oral and written fluency).
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to find root cause of problem, solution Abilities
• Strong control of the process, good organization, improvement mind
• Other characteristics such as personal characteristics – responsibility, accuracy, sincerity.

Competencies

Required Competencies:

• Communication
• Adaptability
• Ethics
• Problem Solving
• Teamwork

Working Conditions

Within the production facility the environment is controlled. There are times that require inside and outside working so ups and downs in temperature are normal. Must follow all safety regulations at all facilities and wear all proper safety equipment. Steel toe shoes, hearing protection, safety glasses, and goggles are required in certain areas of the plant. The facility is also a BRC food packaging facility so all requirement of the BRC must be followed

Physical Requirements

Must be able to spend a considerable amount of time working on the production floor among a variety of different machines/chemical and physical laboratory. Work on feet for long periods of time. Some lifting required. Must be aware of your surroundings at all times. Must be willing to work in wet environments doing testing when necessary

Direct Reports

• ATL and WT Quality Collagen

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.