QC Technician

Stella Jones Corporation in; Silver Springs (NV); On-site; USD 52,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Stella-Jones is seeking a Quality Control Technician I to help ensure the quality, safety, and integrity of treated and untreated wood products across North America. You will perform inspections, monitor processes, and issue treatment certificates while supporting corrective actions.

Working with operations and production teams, you will verify moisture content, preservative concentrations, and other critical parameters to meet established quality standards and customer requirements.

Qualifications

• Perform post-treatment inspections to verify compliance with AWPA, ANSI O5.1, CSA O15, CSA O80, ASTM D25, and customer-specific requirements.
• Identify nonconforming materials for rework, retreatment, or evaluation.
• Maintain quality databases, reports, and documentation to ensure traceability.

Responsibilities

• Perform post-treatment inspections to verify compliance with industry and customer specifications.
• Identify, segregate, and mark nonconforming materials for rework, retreatment, or evaluation.
• Conduct inspections, tests, and analyze results to support corrective actions.
• Maintain inspection logs, reports, and quality documentation for traceability.
• Coordinate with operations to optimize processes and support ISO/Quality procedures.

Job description

QC Technician (Finance)

Quality Control Technician

Help ensure the quality, safety, and integrity of products that serve critical infrastructure across North America.

The Quality Control Technician I is responsible for ensuring compliance with industry, company, and customer specifications for untreated and treated wood products, preservatives, and treatment solutions. This position plays a vital role in maintaining product quality throughout the manufacturing process by conducting inspections, monitoring processes, identifying nonconformances, and supporting corrective actions.

Working closely with operations and production teams, the Quality Control Technician helps ensure products meet regulatory requirements, customer expectations, and Stella-Jones quality standards while supporting a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Quality Inspection & Compliance

• Perform post-treatment inspections to verify compliance with AWPA, ANSI O5.1, CSA O15, CSA O80, ASTM D25, and customer-specific requirements.
• Identify, segregate, and mark nonconforming materials for rework, retreatment, or further evaluation.
• Conduct inspections, boring, and chemical analyses of treated charges and issue treatment certificates and reports.
• Apply industry standards and customer specifications while ensuring compliance with internal quality procedures and ISO requirements, where applicable.

Process Monitoring & Quality Assurance

• Monitor critical treatment processes, including moisture content verification and sterilization requirements.
• Verify preservative concentrations, incising, shaving, framing, and other manufacturing processes meet established quality standards.
• Support and uphold Corporate Quality Policies and Procedures.
• Maintain quality databases, reports, and documentation to ensure process consistency and compliance.

Testing & Evaluation

• Perform field and laboratory testing to evaluate product quality and treatment effectiveness.
• Analyze test results and recommend treatment adjustments when necessary.
• Ensure laboratory and inspection equipment is properly calibrated and maintained according to required compliance schedules.

Nonconformance & Corrective Action Management

• Identify and communicate quality nonconformances to appropriate stakeholders.
• Collaborate with production and operations teams to determine appropriate disposition, including rework, retreatment, scrap, or escalation.
• At ISO-certified facilities, initiate and document nonconformance incidents in accordance with the QS-017 Control of Nonconformance procedure.
• Support root cause investigations, implement corrective actions, and perform effectiveness checks as assigned.

Documentation & Reporting

• Maintain accurate inspection logs, assay forms, reject material records, and quality documentation.
• Ensure traceability of reworked materials and maintain complete records of inspections, analyses, specifications, and correspondence.
• Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly compliance reports for plant leadership.

Collaboration & Continuous Improvement

• Partner with treating supervisors and operations teams to optimize treating cycles and solution strengths.
• Coordinate with internal teams and external inspectors to support quality initiatives and regulatory compliance.
• Manage and facilitate third-party quality control inspections.

Additional Responsibilities

• This position may serve as the Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) contact for the facility.
• Perform other related duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Why Join Stella-Jones?

At Stella-Jones, quality is at the core of everything we do. As a Quality Control Technician, you'll play an important role in ensuring our products meet the highest standards of safety, compliance, and performance. This position offers the opportunity to work in a collaborative manufacturing environment where your expertise directly impacts product quality, customer satisfaction, and operational success.

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