Quality Technician

J.B. Poindexter & Co.; Tennessee; On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Company paid life insurance

10 holidays

Vacation and personal time

Job summary

J.B. Poindexter & Co. seeks a Quality Technician to uphold quality-assurance processes, run product tests, and analyze results during development and manufacturing.

You will work with production teams to ensure products meet specifications and drive data-driven improvements. The ideal candidate has a high school diploma with QA experience, strong analytical skills, and ability to read blueprints and interpret statistical data, while maintaining strict safety standards.

Qualifications

• High school diploma with 3-5 years in QA in a manufacturing environment.
• Understanding of blueprints and statistical information.
• Good communication and listening skills.
• Must understand pass/fail tests.
• Good analytical skills; attention to detail; aptitude for working with data.
• Basic engineering concepts are helpful.

Responsibilities

• Conducts testing procedures during manufacturing processes to ensure products comply with quality standards.
• Inspects components before assembly, analyzes trial products during development, or tests finished goods.
• Performs failure mode analysis of materials and processes.
• Collects data to solve production issues and recommend improvements.
• Assesses customer complaints and investigates claims.
• Performs inspection audits on materials and processes to ensure proper specifications are upheld.
• Ensures regulatory compliance is in place where required.
• Maintains and calibrates gauges and testers.
• May prepare inspection plans, train new technicians, and evaluate quality costs.
• Supports and participates in the PPS team efforts.
• Adheres to Quality policy by exceeding customer expectations and supporting continuous improvement activities.

Skills

Attention to detail

Analytical thinking

Reading blueprints

Good communication

Pass/fail testing

Education

High school diploma

Job description

Title: Quality Technician

Responsible for maintaining quality-assurance processes, testing products, recording and analyzing results data during product development and manufacturing.

Job Description:

Responsible for maintaining quality-assurance processes, testing products, recording and analyzing results data during product development and manufacturing.

Essential Functions and Activities:

• Conducts testing procedures during manufacturing processes to ensure that products comply with quality standards.
• Inspects components before assembly, analyzes trial products during development, or tests finished goods.
• Performs failure mode analysis of materials and processes.
• Collects data to solve production issues and recommend improvements.
• Assesses customer complaints and investigates claims.
• Performs inspection audits on materials and processes to ensure proper specifications are tolerances are being upheld.
• Ensures that regulatory compliance is in place where required.
• Maintains and calibrates gauges and testers.
• May prepare inspection plans, train new technicians, and evaluate quality costs.
• Supports and participates in Morgan Olson’s PPS team efforts.
• Adheres to Quality policy by exceeding customer expectations, being customer-focused and supporting continuous improvement activities.
• Adheres to Safety policies and practices behavioral based safety 100% of the time.
• All other duties as assigned.

Physical Requirements/Hazards:

• Job requires extensive standing, stooping, or bending, lifting, reaching, twisting and turning to assemble parts. Lifting will involve fabricated parts and assemblies weighing anywhere from several pounds to 50 pounds. Parts weighing more than 50 pounds are handled with a hoist or with help from another team member.
• PPE:Safety shoes, Safety glasses with side shields are always required. Other PPE such as hearing protection, gloves, safety goggles, respirators, etc. may be required depending upon the task at hand.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma with 3-5 years’ quality assurance experience in a manufacturing environment
• An understanding of blueprints and statistical information
• Good communication and listening skills
• Must understand pass/fail tests
• Good analytical skillsAttention to detail and an aptitude for working with data a plus
• Basic engineering concepts are helpful

Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k)
• Company paid life insurance
• 10 company paid holidays
• Vacation and personal time

Equal Opportunity Employer