Quality Technician 3rd Shift - Chattanooga, TN / Plant 1

Gestamp; Chattanooga (TN); On-site; USD 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading international automotive group as a Quality Technician in Chattanooga, TN. In this role, you will be pivotal in ensuring product quality during the manufacturing of advanced metal stampings and assemblies. The position emphasizes teamwork, continuous improvement, and innovation, allowing you to grow professionally in a supportive environment. You will collaborate with skilled professionals, utilizing your expertise in quality assurance to monitor production processes and uphold high standards. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge projects in the automotive sector and build a rewarding career with a commitment to excellence.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED required with experience in Quality Assurance.
• Strong attention to detail and analytical skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and maintain product quality during manufacturing processes.
• Document product status and manage containment activities when necessary.
• Conduct audits and checks to ensure compliance with quality standards.

Skills

Quality Assurance

Attention to Detail

Communication Skills

Analytical Skills

Education

High School diploma or GED

Tools

Measurement Devices

Quality Control Tools

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Quality Technician 3rd Shift - Chattanooga, TN / Plant 1

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US Gestamp Chattanooga, US, US Gestamp

Date: Mar 19, 2025

Quality Technician 3rd Shift - Chattanooga, TN / Plant 1

Role Summary

To provide guidance and direction with respect to product quality during the manufacturing of cold and hot metal
stampings, laser cut metals, and robotically mig, spot, and projection welded assemblies by direct communication with
production, engineering, tooling, maintenance and quality personnel.

Key Responsibilities

1. Monitor and maintain the quality level of product.
2. Authorized to stop the line when quality defects are found.
3. Use various tools, fixtures, measurement devices to analyze functionality of product.
4. Recognize and disposition of product requiring sort, rework or scrap based on customer specifications.
5. Document and complete required checks utilizing electronic or hard copy means to record product status.
6. Manage product containment activity when necessary and determine clean points with operational assistance.
7. Advise operators, supervision on current and historical part quality and acceptability.
8. Conduct fixture checks and perform first, middle and last checks on parts.
9. Participation in the Layered Process Audit schedule.
10. Participation in the Internal ISO 9001/IATF 16949 Audit schedule (applies only to certified ISO 9001/IATF 16949 internal auditors).
11. Participation and cooperation in answering questions and providing information for internal and external audits regarding or related to ISO 9001/IATF 16949, VDA 6.3, and customer standards.
12. Perform various other jobs as deemed necessary and appropriate.

Knowledge and Education

1. High School diploma or GED equivalent.
2. Experience in Quality Assurance in a manufacturing environment is required.

Additional Information

1. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
2. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to handle, manipulate, or feel objects, tools or controls, reach with hands and arms, climb stairs, talk and hear.
3. Employee must occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds.
4. While performing the duties of the job, the employee is exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time.
5. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
6. The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
7. The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
8. The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and seek to hire the best candidate regardless of age, beliefs, disability, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation.

About us

We are a multi-technology company present in over 20 countries and our team of over 40,000 is made up of 90 different nationalities. They are the driving force of our company, which designs, develops and produces parts for over 900 models of the leading vehicle manufacturers, and enable us to be one of the top suppliers worldwide.

Do you have what it takes to build the future of mobility with us?

- You will be joining a leading international group in the automotive sector with a clear commitment to innovation, a trail-blazer in Industry 4.0 and engaged with ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) criteria.

- This is an opening to build a career in a global environment with many opportunities to grow both professionally and personally by participating and leading innovative and international projects.

- You will find a supportive and friendly environment where the emphasis is on team work, continuous improvement, trust, a dynamic spirit and thinking outside the box, and a passion for a job well done.

- You will be working with highly qualified professionals as Gestamp is committed to the ongoing training of our teams.