1st Shift Quality Technician

Alleguard; Calgary; On-site; CAD 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Alleguard in Calgary, AB, seeks a 2nd Shift Quality Technician to inspect, test, sort, sample, measure, or weigh materials and finished parts for defects. You will assist the Quality Supervisor in compiling and reporting data, and coordinate quality standards with customers and inspectors.

Pay is CAD 20/hr with a 6am–2:30pm schedule and flexible production needs. The role requires a High School Diploma or GED and at least 2 years in quality inspection/management, with supervisory experience

Qualifications

• Periodic physical exertion and ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Minimum 2 years in quality inspection/management, preferably in manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Discuss inspection results with product owners and recommend corrective actions.
• Coordinate First Part Approval (FPA) procedures per requirements.
• Discard or quarantine non-conforming items and monitor quality using QMS.
• Ensure calibration of measuring/testing equipment.
• Record and maintain inspection/test data (weights, temperatures, grades).
• Issue approved QSS and work instructions before each production run.
• Perform daily item packaging/labeling verification for QSS compliance.
• Provide leadership to Quality team and assist in training.

Skills

Quality inspection

Supervisory experience

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Come join a leader in Protective Foam Solutions! At Alleguard, we’re built from the ground up to expand and shape our customer’s businesses. We understand the diversity of challenges that customers are facing across different industries, from confidence in their supply chain to needing the latest innovations at their fingertips. These challenges are also opportunities, and whether our customers are in construction, protective packaging, cold-chain or other industries, we are relentless in seeing around corners, and going the extra mile to help their business succeed.

Position: 2nd Shift Quality Technician

Job Summary

Inspect, test, sort, sample, measure, or weigh raw materials or processed, machined, fabricated, or assembled parts or products for defects, wear, and deviations from specifications. May use precision measuring instruments and complex test equipment. Assist the Quality Supervisor in the compilation and reporting of quality data. Communicates and coordinates quality standards and activities with customers and Quality Inspectors.

Pay: $20/hr CAD

Schedule:

• Monday through Friday
• 6am-2:30pm
• Flexibility is a must; schedule subject to change based on production needs

Responsibilities

• Discuss inspection results with those responsible for products and recommend
  necessary corrective actions.
• Coordinate First Part Approval (FPA) procedures in conformance with
  established company or customer requirements.
• Discard or quarantine for inspection products, materials, and equipment not
  meeting specifications. Monitor all aspects of product quality and manage the
  process using the company’s Quality Management Software (QMS) program.
• Ensure that all measuring/testing equipment is properly calibrated.
• Record and maintain accurate and complete inspection or test data, such as
  weights, temperatures, grades, or moisture content and quantities inspected or
  graded.
• Issue approved QSS (Quality Standard) and work instructions prior to the start of
  every production run.
• Perform daily spot check verification of item packaging/labeling configuration to
  insure conformance to the QSS.
• Provide leadership to the Quality department personnel, including directing
  work activities and follow up.
• Assist in the training of Quality department personnel.
• Assist Plant Manager and/or Quality Supervisor in applicable employee training
  events.
• Compliance with legal environmental and safety requirements of the area.
• Focus effort to ensure that the administration / quality management system
  achieves the intended results, in the activities that develops.
• Promote improvement.
• Know the environmental aspects of the area and its control.
• Know the environmental impacts associated with their activities.
• Identify specific environmental requirements of the customer.
• Follow all Environmental and Safety policies.
• Comply with procedures, regulations, and instructions of environmental and
  safety programs.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Position may require periods of intense physical exertion in conditions of low to high
  temperatures and humidity. Position requires ability to lift, push, pull, and/or carry up to 50 lbs. on a frequent basis. Position requires frequent and repeated standing, stooping, bending, and grasping.
• High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate); Minimum of 2 years
  employment experience in quality inspection/management position (preferably in a
  manufacturing environment).
• Relevant supervisory experience may be substituted for the
  education requirement at the discretion of the hiring manager or Director of Quality

Alleguard Company Values

• Safety - We care for our employees by creating and maintaining an environment with consistent actions, trusted processes, and courageous conversations.
• Trust - We build confidence with our employees and customers through dependability, respect, clear communication, and service.
• Integrity - We are consistent in always striving to do the right thing by accepting responsibility for our decisions and actions.
• Collaboration - Our diversity is the catalyst that drives our teamwork, creative problem-solving, and partnership.
• Growth - We invest, develop, and empower our people to build our company so our customers will experience outstanding success, in turn contributing to our own.
• Accountability - We achieve our success by holding ourselves and each other to high standards of behavior, commitment, and personal responsibility.

We’re a dynamic, high-growth business, invested in helping you grow with Alleguard.

Many of our colleagues have been with us for decades. That’s because we believe in collaborating as a team to serve and support each other as well as we serve and support our customers.

Alleguard’s employee-centric culture is designed to help you maximize your talents, learn new skills, and gain valuable experience on the way to achieving your professional goals.

*Hiring process typically takes about 1 week to complete*