Quality Lab & Foundry Technician - 3rd Shift

A.Y. McDonald; Dubuque, Northern (IA, KY); Hybride; USD 42 000 - 54 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Health insurance

Dental & vision

Life insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Résumé du poste

A.Y. McDonald Mfg. Co. is a leading manufacturer of water works brass, plumbing valves, and water systems, and natural gas valves and meter bars. The company was founded in 1856 and is committed to taking care of the customer – our boss, through our growing investments of education, automation, and innovation.

A career at A.Y. McDonald Mfg. Co. comes with a family friendly culture, on-the-job training, advancement opportunities, and the chance to make a difference every single day.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree (A.A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or six months to one year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsabilités

• Operate the OES spectrometer and provide input to the foundry on necessary additions to the furnace.
• Track process improvements through the foundry and machine shop.
• Perform fracture analysis on defective castings to determine root cause of the defect.
• Assist foundry supervisors with identifying types of casting defects properly and determining if castings are acceptable.
• Evaluate grind requirements and identify ways to improve or reduce grind times.
• Identify opportunities to reduce scrap and other cost savings.
• Evaluate foundry processes (core making, molding, pouring, etc.) to identify areas that need better training and assist with that training when needed.
• Train people in SPC software to aid manufacturing of quality parts.
• Operate the CMM and other measuring equipment in the quality lab to aid in checking production parts.
• Provide quality instructions and guidance to the factory supervisors when manufacturing issues arise.
• Perform SPC measurements and entries to assist operators in manufacturing of high-quality parts.
• Coordinate non-conforming material and assist with rework when needed.
• Identify opportunities to reduce scrap.
• Troubleshoot issues with electronic leak testers.

Connaissances

People-first mindset

Cross-functional collaboration

Quality improvement

Attention to detail

Root cause analysis

Formation

Associate's degree (A.A.) or equivalent

Outils

OES spectrometer

CMM

SPC software

Description du poste

A.Y. McDonald Mfg. Co. is a leading manufacturer of water works brass, plumbing valves, and water systems, and natural gas valves and meter bars. The company was founded in 1856 and is committed to taking care of the customer – our boss, through our growing investments of education, automation, and innovation.

A career at A.Y. McDonald Mfg. Co. comes with a family friendly culture, on-the-job training, advancement opportunities, and the chance to make a difference every single day.