QUALITY TECHNICIAN

Shawmut Infinite, LLC.; Burlington (NC); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Shawmut Infinite, LLC. is seeking a quality associate in Burlington, NC to support production with a focus on data entry, trend assessment, and issue escalation. You will monitor knitting and warping quality, communicate with leadership, and coordinate supplier materials to ensure shipment readiness.

The role requires a high school diploma and at least one year in quality, with a preference for candidates with textile manufacturing exposure and strong computer skills.

Qualifications

• Must have basic quality system knowledge.
• Minimum of one year in a quality role preferred.
• Three years in a manufacturing environment preferred.
• Experience in textile manufacturing ideal but not required.

Responsibilities

• Utilize internal systems software with Microsoft Office to identify and assess trends in quality.
• Customer-related data entry in preparation for customer sharing.
• Daily assessment of production tickets for quality issues and shipment approval.
• Monitor knitting machine and warping operation quality, escalating issues as needed.
• Communicate yarn quality issues to leadership, including placing machine on hold if necessary.
• Supplier communication of raw material issues.
• Customer and supplier visit support, as requested.
• Assessment of fabric samples for identifying quality concerns.
• Manage supplier documentation regarding claims and returns.
• Manage incoming nonconformance reports from customers and assist in development, implementation, and logging of corrective actions.

Skills

Data entry

Quality awareness

MS Office proficiency

Communication (verbal/written)

Detail oriented

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Description

• UTILIZE INTERNAL SYSTEMS SOFTWARE WITH MICROSOFT OFFICE TO IDENTIFY AND ASSESS TRENDS IN QUALITY
• CUSTOMER-RELATED DATA ENTRY IN PREPARATION FOR CUSTOMER SHARING
• DAILY ASSESSMENT OF PRODUCTION TICKETS FOR QUALITY ISSUES AND SHIPMENT APPROVAL
• MONITOR KNITTING MACHINE AND WARPING OPERATION QUALITY, ESCALATING ISSUES AS NEEDED
• COMMUNICATE YARN QUALITY ISSUES TO LEADERSHIP, INCLUDING PLACING MACHINE ON HOLD IF NECESSARY
• SUPPLIER COMMUNICATION OF RAW MATERIAL ISSUES
• CUSTOMER AND SUPPLIER VISIT SUPPORT, AS REQUESTED
• ASSESSMENT OF FABRIC SAMPLES FOR IDENTIFYING QUALITY CONCERNS
• MANAGE SUPPLIER DOCUMENTATION REGARDING CLAIMS AND RETURNS
• MANAGE INCOMING NONCONFORMANCE REPORTS FROM CUSTOMERS AND ASSIST IN DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, AND LOGGING OF CORRECTIVE ACTIONS

Requirements

• HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE. EDUCATION BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL PREFERRED.
• AT LEAST THREE (3) YEARS IN MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT PREFERRED, AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING A PLUS.
• EXPERIENCE IN TEXTILE MANUFACTURING IDEAL BUT NOT REQUIRED.
• MINIMUM OF ONE (1) YEAR EXPERIENCE IN A QUALITY ROLE PREFERRED.
• BASIC QUALITY SYSTEM KNOWLEDGE.
• MUST HAVE GOOD COMMUNICATION SKILLS, BOTH VERBAL AND WRITTEN, TO INTERFACE WITH SUPPLIERS, CUSTOMERS, AND ALL LEVELS OF PERSONNEL IN THE ORGANIZATION.
• HIGH LEVEL OF COMPUTER SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE OF MICROSOFT OFFICE APPLICATIONS, INCLUDING WORD AND EXCEL.
• MUST BE DETAIL ORIENTED.