Quality Control Technician (Nights)

Morris Packaging, LLC; Plymouth (MN); On-site; USD 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Morris Packaging is seeking a Quality Control Technician for night shifts at their Plymouth location. This full-time role involves ensuring compliance with quality standards, monitoring product quality, and maintaining safety in operations. Candidates should have a high school diploma and strong attention to detail, with opportunities for career advancement available.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

401K plans with company match

Bonus programs

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent required.
• Ability to read standard measuring tape.
• Manufacturing experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Monitor product quality and report deficiencies.
• Document and quarantine defective materials.
• Support training of quality control technicians.

Skills

Attention to Detail

Communication

Technical Capacity

Critical Evaluation

Decision-making

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Job description

Position:Quality Control Technician (Nights)

Location: Plymouth, MN

Job Id:291

# of Openings:5

Quality Control Technician

By joining the Morris Packaging team, you will become part of one of the most exciting teams in the packaging industry. If you are looking for a great career that provides job satisfaction and professional advancement with a company that values YOU, join our team today!

As a Quality Control technician, you will be responsible for ensuring compliance with implementing Morris Packaging’s and customers quality standards, following quality control best practices, providing guidance, adhering to quality control policies, actively participating in resolving production and customer issues and offering support to all areas of production, safely, efficiently and accurately.

Essential Functions:

• Monitor product quality of each department. Ensure deficiencies are caught and corrected.
• Report quality deficiencies and communicate those deficiencies to operators, department & shift leads, shift supervisors and other quality control technicians.
• Flag, document and quarantine defective material. This includes moving defective products to the designated area and ensuring all nonconforming material is tracked to the origination point of defect and recorded.
• Ability to take direction and follow the shift supervisor and/or shift lead requests.
• Maintain housekeeping standards and always work safely.
• Responsible for banding materials to pallet to ensure safety when moved.
• Ability to run the laboratory equipment as needed for testing. This includes computers, COF tester, micrometer, gloss meter, tear tester and all other in-house quality control equipment.
• Maintain positive working relationships with team members, production staff and visiting customers and suppliers.
• Support training of quality control technicians.
• Assist and verify color standards at press and with supplier samples using X-rite equipment.
• Verify print copy to the customers’ approved artwork via GMG or the AX system.
• Gather/retain samples and verify that they are the current revision and have passed quality standards. File samples in the designated location.
• Ensure color standards are consistent throughout the entire run from including shift to shift, roll to roll and production run to production run.
• Ability to read and understand a die line (blueprint) of a bag.
• Cut down rolls to find defects and/or good material.
• Communication.
• Technical capacity.
• Troubleshooting.
• Critical Evaluation.
• Decision-making.
• Detail-oriented.
• Training/Teaching.
• Quality Control Analysis.

Work Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts, vibration and cleaning solvents. The noise level in the work environment can be loud. It has a moderate to high demand for tight deadlines. This position will experience moderate interruption in workflow, starting and stopping for product changeovers.

Physical Demands: The physical demands here are representative of those that must be met by employees to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and listen. The employee is required to see color variance between products, perform tasks requiring manual dexterity, stand for extended periods of time and walk extended distances. While performing the duties of this job :

• Continuous (6 or more hours per day) bending, pushing, pulling, reaching, lifting and grasping.
• Continuous (6 or more hours per day) standing and walking.
• Continuous (6 or more hours per day) talking, teaching and repetitive motion, hand/wrist movement.
• Frequent (1 to 2 hours per day) working at a computer terminal.
• Ability to move and lift objects, frequently 20-75 lbs.
• Ability to use lifting equipment.
• Good eyesight, normal hearing.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work: This is a full-time position working 12-hour rotating shifts 6pm-6am. Nights and hours may vary depending on production requirements. This position may require significant work hours beyond the normal workday based on the demands of the business cycle, customer volume of business.

Travel: Travel is no t required for this position.

Required Education and Experience:

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Must be able to read standard measuring tape (imperial or metric).
• Ability to maintain, understand and follow quality, safety and SQF standards, policies and procedures.
• Ability to read and write English.
• Ability to communicate clearly with team members and production staff.
• Ability to understand and read a tape measure.
• Ability to differentiate between colors.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks.
• Ability to receive, track and distribute materials, supplies and equipment.
• Ability to complete routine quality paperwork.
• Ability to read, sort, check, count and verify numbers.
• Ability to perform simple arithmetic.
• Manufacturing experience preferred.

Morris Packaging offers a comprehensive benefits package to provide the protection you need today and in the future. Benefits may include but are subject to change: time off plans, medical coverages, bonus programs, disability coverages, company paid & voluntary life insurance, 401K plans with company match, & HSA contributions (when applicable).

Licenses and Certifications : None

Certifications or required class attendance : None

Supervisory Responsibility: None

Morris Packaging is committed to empowering our employees to achieve their full career potential through a range of advancement opportunities, technical training, cross-training, and more. If you're seeking a workplace where your career can truly thrive, join the Morris Packaging team!