Quality Lab Tech (2nd Shift)

SupportFinity™; Winston-Salem (NC); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

SupportFinity™ is seeking a quality assurance professional to support manufacturing through inspection and assessment of product quality. The role involves monitoring and testing products, ensuring adherence to specifications, and training staff on quality standards.

The ideal candidate will have prior experience in quality assurance and strong attention to detail. This position requires good communication skills and the ability to handle various physical demands in a manufacturing environment.

Join a team committed to quality and safety in an essential manufacturing role.

Qualifications

• Previous quality assurance experience preferred.
• Ability to input and retrieve information on a computer.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills using tact and diplomacy.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions.
• Basic mathematical skills using whole numbers and fractions.
• Ability to apply common sense to solve problems.

Responsibilities

• Inspects and tests product to ensure it meets specifications.
• Monitors product tracking methods and maintains customer samples.
• Trains quality and production employees in QA procedures.
• Prepares routine reports and gathers data.
• Advises production on quality problems and implements corrective actions.

Skills

Quality assurance experience

Communication and interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Basic mathematical skills

Problem-solving abilities

Job description

Job Summary

Supports manufacturing through inspection and assessment of product quality.

Shift Hours

2:45pm - 11:00pm

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Must also have a good understanding of all other manufacturing technologies currently being utilized in the manufacturing process including but not limited to:
  • Extrusion lamination and coating
  • Adhesive lamination
  • Gravure coating and printing
• Following standard methods and techniques, inspects and tests product to ensure it meets customer and product specifications, and alerts production when standards are not met
• Monitors product tracking methods (i.e. UPC, date stamps, etc.) and maintains customer samples
• Puts questionable product on hold, organizes re‑work if necessary, and inspects returned product
• Prepares routine reports, including gathering and summarizing data
• Tests and verifies raw materials as needed
• Assists in training quality and production employees in quality assurance procedures and standards
• Follows and participates in plant safe housekeeping guidelines designed to ensure a safe work environment. Participates in GMP
• Performs capability and Gage R&R studies monitoring process improvement efforts
• Advises production personnel of quality problems and works with supervision to develop and implement corrective and preventive action plans

Qualifications

• Previous quality assurance experience preferred
• Ability to input and retrieve information on a computer
• Basic understanding of equipment and processes
• Good communication and interpersonal skills using tact and diplomacy
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos
• Ability to effectively present information in one‑on‑one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization
• Basic mathematical skills and understanding of units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• Ability to apply common sense and solve problems

Physical Demands

• Frequently stand, walk, talk, and hear
• Occasionally sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and smell
• Frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds

Specific Vision Abilities

Close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus

Work Environment

• Frequently moving mechanical parts
• Occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions; and vibration
• Noise level in the work environment is usually loud, and wearing hearing protection is required

Tekniplex commits to making reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified individuals with disabilities and qualified disabled veterans, unless such accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the conduct of its business.