Quality Technician 3rd Shift

Kasai North America, Inc; Manchester (TN); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Kasai North America, Inc. in Manchester, TN is seeking a Quality Associate to monitor production processes for conformance and to perform receiving inspections. You will verify color, material disposition, and product quality while maintaining safety and housekeeping standards.

The role requires 1+ year in quality, the ability to read blueprints, and basic computer skills, with occasional travel and a HS diploma or GED.

Qualifications

• At least 1 year experience in the quality field.
• Ability to interpret blueprints, drawings, schematics.
• Computer literate and professional in a business environment.
• Must pass Farnsworth Munsell 100 Hue test yearly.
• Ability to travel for extended periods with limited notice.

Responsibilities

• Interact with internal customers and meet quality goals.
• Generate reports and verify documentation.
• Monitor and enforce ISO/TS16949 and ISO 14000 policies.
• Support the implementation and maintenance of Quality and Environmental Policies.
• Perform first-off inspection for setup approval and changes.
• Gauge parts per inspection instructions and record results.
• Identify materials for proper disposition (OK to use, Hold, Rejected).
• Audit compliance to policies to assure product conformance.
• Perform inspections on supplied materials.
• Coordinate disposition of rejected materials and issue RO.
• Generate paperwork for disposition (scrap tickets, shipping docs).
• Sort and/or rework rejected parts as required.
• Enter data from received materials for inventory purposes.
• Enter data from inspections performed by QA production auditing.

Skills

Math skills

Blueprint interpretation

Computer literacy

Color vision

Attention to detail

Verbal skills

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Micrometers

Calipers

Indicators

Job description

The Quality Associate position has two primary functions: production auditing and receiving inspection. The production auditing consists of continuous monitoring of the production processes to confirm product conformance including first-off approvals. The receiving inspection technician verifies product conformance of outside supplied materials including disposition of rejected materials and performing computer transactions for inventory purposes.

RESPONSIBILITIES: (All Quality Associates)

• Interact with internal customers.
• Meets quality and quantity levels of assigned work, housekeeping, and safe work practices.
• Generates reports as required and verify accuracy of all documentation.
• Monitor and enforce ISO/TS16949 and ISO 14000 policies and procedures.
• Support the implementation, achievement, and maintenance of the Quality and Environmental Policies and Procedures

RESPONSIBILITIES: (All Quality Associates assigned to production auditing)

• Performs first-off inspection for set-up approval, material change, color approval, and die changes.
• Gauge parts per inspection instructions.
• Record inspection results and material dispositions.
• Identify materials for proper disposition such as OK to use, Hold, Rejected, etc.
• Audit compliance to policies/procedures to assure consistent product conformance.

RESPONSIBILITIES: (All Quality Associates assigned to receiving inspection)

• Perform inspection per inspection instructions on supplied materials.
• Identify materials for proper disposition such as OK to use, Hold, Rejected, etc.
• Audit compliance to policies/procedures to assure consistent product conformance.
• Record inspection results and material dispositions.

RESPONSIBILITIES: (All Quality Associates assigned to rejected supplier materials)

• Coordinate disposition of rejected materials including requesting return authorizations from suppliers.
• Generate all paperwork associated with the disposition of rejected materials including scrap tickets, return authorizations, shipping documents, inventory adjustments, reject notifications, etc.
• Sort and/or rework rejected parts as required.

RESPONSIBILITIES: (All Quality Associates assigned to data entry)

• Enter data from received materials for inventory purposes.
• Enter data from inspections performed by QA production auditing.

Education

• High School Diploma or GED

Experience

• At least 1 year experience in the quality field.

Skills

• Above average mathematical skills, written skills, and verbal skills
• Ability to interpret blueprints, drawings, schematics, etc.
• Computer literate
• Capable of overall professionalism in a business environment
• Must be able to judge color visually and must pass the Farnsworth Munsell 100 Hue test yearly.

TRAINING SPECIFIC To POSITION

• Capable of using basic measurement devices such as micrometers, calipers, indicators, etc.

Other

• Ability to travel for extended periods of time with limited prior notice
• Must be able to work any assigned shift