QC Tech 1

Stella-Jones Corporation; Tacoma (WA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Stella-Jones Corporation is seeking a QC Technician 1 to ensure materials meet industry, company, and customer specifications through inspections from raw material intake to post-treatment evaluation.

You will evaluate treated materials for compliance with standards such as AWPA, ANSI O5.1, CSA O15, CSA O80, and ASTM D25, and maintain inspection logs and reports to support corrective actions and traceability.

Qualifications

• Must have experience performing quality checks and inspections.
• Familiarity with industry standards (AWPA, ANSI O5.1, CSA O15, CSA O80, ASTM D25) is desirable.
• Ability to maintain inspection logs, assay forms, and rework/retention documentation.
• Proficiency in calibration and verification of lab and inspection equipment.

Responsibilities

• Post-Treatment Inspection: assess treated materials for compliance with standards and customer requirements.
• Identify nonconformances and coordinate disposition with production supervisors (rework, scrap, or escalation).
• Monitor critical treatment steps and verify moisture content and sterilization per procedures.
• Maintain accurate records of inspections, analyses, specifications, and correspondence.

Job description

QC Technician 1 ensures conformance to industry, company, and customer-specific specifications for untreated and treated material, preservatives, and treating work solutions. The Quality Control Technician plays a critical role in ensuring the integrity, safety, and compliance of preserved wood products. This position is responsible for conducting inspections, identifying nonconformances, and supporting corrective actions throughout the production process, from raw material intake to post-treatment evaluation.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Post-Treatment Inspection: Evaluate treated materials for compliance with AWPA, ANSI O5.1, CSA O15, CSA O80, or ASTM D25 and customer-specific requirements. Segregate and mark nonconforming materials for rework or retreatment as needed
• Nonconformance Management: Identify incidents of nonconformance and communicate to stakeholders. Collaborate with production supervisors to determine disposition—rework, scrap, or escalation. At ISO certified facilities initiate and document nonconformance incidents per theQS-017 Control of Nonconformanceprotocol.
• Process Monitoring: Ensure critical treatment steps are being performed including moisture content verification, and sterilization. Ensure adherence to documented procedures in theQC Manual and ISO procedures as applicable.
• Documentation and Reporting: Maintain accurate inspection logs, assay forms, and reject material records. Ensure traceability of reworked materials.
• Compliance and Standards: Apply industry standards such as AWPA, ANSI O5.1, CSA O15, CSA O80, and ASTM D25. Follow internal policies and customer specifications as outlined in theQC Manual or ISO procedures as applicable.
• Testing & Evaluation: Administer field and lab tests, evaluate results, and recommend treatment adjustments.
• Quality Assurance: Maintain and enforce the Corporate Quality Policies and Procedures; oversee quality reports and databases.
• Process Oversight: QC preservative concentrations, incising, shaving, framing, and other manufacturing processes to ensure compliance with standards.
• Inspection & Certification: Conduct boring, inspection, and chemical analysis of treated charges; issue treating certificates and reports.
• Calibration: Ensure lab and inspection equipment is appropriately calibrated at recommended compliance intervals.
• Documentation: Maintain accurate records of inspections, analyses, specifications, and correspondence.
• Collaboration: Work closely with treating supervisors to optimize cycles and solution strengths.
• Corrective Actions: Initiates corrective actions as necessary, supports root cause analysis, implements actions, and completes effectiveness checks as assigned.
• Reporting: Complete daily, weekly, and monthly compliance reports for plant leadership.
• Third-Party Coordination: Manage external quality control inspections.

This position may also be designated as the EHS contact for a facility and may be assigned additional related duties.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.