Quality Technician I: Precision Testing & Inspection

TOPPAN Packaging Americas; Morristown (TN); On-site; USD 29,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

TOPPAN Packaging Americas in Morristown, TN is seeking a Quality Technician I to inspect and test raw materials and finished products, ensuring alignment with internal and customer quality specs. The role supports production, maintains quality records, and generates customer documentation in a fast-paced setting.

The candidate will perform lab and production-floor tests, analyze material characteristics, and work with teams to resolve product-quality concerns, with rotating 8-hour shifts and a

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED preferred but not required.
• Candidates with manufacturing experience and required literacy, numeracy and technical skills will be considered regardless of education.

Responsibilities

• Quality Inspection & Testing: Inspect and grade finished structures for color, registration, ink adhesion, dimensions and other quality requirements.
• Use a lab sealer to prepare heat and cohesive seals for testing.
• Use a tensile tester to evaluate heat seals, cohesive seals, and lamination bond strengths.
• Use analytical balances to weigh raw and finished materials.
• Use X-Rite equipment to test the opacity of finished materials.
• Perform organoleptic evaluation of finished materials.
• Use a gas chromatograph and integrator for headspace analysis of solvents in packaging.
• Use a Thwing-Albert COF tester for substrate friction analysis.
• Operate a densitometer and X-Rite software to evaluate color quality.
• Perform basic routine maintenance on lab equipment.
• Production & Quality Assurance Support: Conduct QA table functions, cut samples, document defects, notify personnel.
• Approve color standards for on-target color and defect-free samples.
• Assist with analyzing and troubleshooting product-quality concerns.
• Prepare job boards, color standard booklets, and other quality materials.
• Support Production by communicating quality results in a timely manner.
• Make quality judgments using experience and product history.
• Work independently and with others to meet quality requirements.
• Demonstrate total quality commitment and continuous improvement.
• Keep a clean, organized work area.
• Documentation & Customer Support: Maintain records and statistics of testing; submit COAs to customers.
• Create professional quality documentation including run-data forms and color submissions.
• Operate and update databases, spreadsheets, and word-processing programs.
• Maintain logs accurately and timely.
• Perform additional quality-related duties and overtime as needed.
• We’d Love to Hear From You If: you can follow instructions and complete assignments in a fast-paced environment.
• you can maintain logs and documents accurately and on time.
• you have initiative to progress through the process.
• you can make sound judgments from experience.

Skills

Quality testing

Documentation

Laboratory testing

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

X-Rite equipment

Thwing-Albert COF tester

Gas Chromatograph

Densitometer

Analytical balances

Tensile tester

Data logging software

Job description

TOPPAN Packaging Americas in Morristown, TN is seeking a Quality Technician I to inspect and test raw materials and finished products, ensuring alignment with internal and customer quality specs. The role supports production, maintains quality records, and generates customer documentation in a fast-paced setting.

The candidate will perform lab and production-floor tests, analyze material characteristics, and work with teams to resolve product-quality concerns, with rotating 8-hour shifts and a