Quality Technician: Root-Cause Pro & Process Improver

Dover Corp; Colonial Heights (VA); On-site; USD 48,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Dover Corp in the United States seeks a Quality Technician to assess products and processes for conformance to specifications. You will work across manufacturing, engineering, and sales to resolve issues, improve processes, and ensure product quality from inspection to release.

The role emphasizes hands-on testing, measuring with calipers, micrometers, and CMM, plus documenting standard work and improvements in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED (minimum).
• Minimum one (2) years of experience in a quality control/assurance role or other position that requires evaluating product quality against a defined set of specifications.
• An associate that meets, at minimum, the standard for a level 1 Quality Technician skill set
• Strong trouble shooting skills, including electrical trouble shooting
• Need to be able to diagnose electrical issues
• Ability to upload programs to controller hardware
• Need to be able to follow or help develop trouble shooting guides
• Strong computer skills including Windows software, web-based applications, etc.
• Ability to use hand tools, including multi-meters
• Self-starter

Responsibilities

• Conduct root cause analysis on components, parts, and/or finished product that do not meet specified customer or internal requirements and recommend courses of action/fixes to address issues.
• Partner with functional organizations to identify, analyze, recommend, and implement solutions to address quality issues, eliminate/reduce scrap, improve manufacturing processes, reduce parts errors and/or failures, improve product variability, etc.
• Develop, implement, record, and report on routine internal and specialized customer quality audits.
• Develop and implement standard work instructions and standards, quality alerts, standard operating procedures, etc.
• Measure parts to prints using precise measuring equipment such as calipers, micrometers, CMM, etc.
• Conduct tests to ensure cases meet required internal and customer requirements.

Skills

Root cause analysis

Troubleshooting

Electrical troubleshooting

Strong computer skills

Self-starter

Education

High school diploma or GED

Associate degree in technical field

Tools

Calipers

Micrometers

CMM

Multi-meters

Programmable controllers

Job description

Dover Corp in the United States seeks a Quality Technician to assess products and processes for conformance to specifications. You will work across manufacturing, engineering, and sales to resolve issues, improve processes, and ensure product quality from inspection to release.

The role emphasizes hands-on testing, measuring with calipers, micrometers, and CMM, plus documenting standard work and improvements in a fast-paced environment.