Job Description

If you’re looking for a special place to build or grow your career, you’ve found it. Whether you’re an experienced professional, a recent college graduate or somewhere in between, IDEX is a place where you can apply your existing skills and learn new ones in an environment where you can make an impact.

With interesting opportunities in engineering, marketing, sales, supply chain, operations, HR, finance, and more across more than 40 diverse businesses around the globe, chances are, we have something special for you.

SUMMARY OF JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Quality Technician will be the primary Quality coordinator between departments in the plant for quality issues and concerns. With a proactive approach, the Quality Technician will investigate quality issues and develop measures and/or create procedures that will eliminate repetitive failures. The incumbent will understand and follow ISO requirements, 8D problem solving and assist with plant quality audits. Must be a good communicator oral and written with computers skills in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and Power Point.

REPORTS TO (Title): Quality Manager

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Acts as liaison between Manufacturing and Quality relative to customer specifications, customer quality requirements, customer problems along with internal specifications.
• Monitor all manufacturing processes through audits and daily evaluations, to ensure that processes are being followed and short cuts are not being taken, jeopardizing the quality of our product.
• Continually strive to improve: Testing methods, tooling, and equipment that will ensure adequate quality in our manufactured product.
• Qualify and Maintain Inspection records from the Machine shop.
• Qualify and Maintain Inspection records from Vender FAI’s (First Article Inspections).
• Assist in conducting annual plant audits and systems surveys.
• Manage and Maintain Calibrated gages. To include GageTrak and ensure calibrations are up to date.
• Send gages for repair and calibration.
• Remain flexible with daily activities to handle emergency issues as they arrive.
• GD&T blueprint reading. Be able to provide support and training to Supervisors and Union workers.
• Know and understand Mitutoyo and Zeiss CMM capability and limitations. Provide support to Inspectors.
• Continually assist departments in the implementation of quality improvement programs.
• Continuously review and update Quality Assurance procedures and systems.
• Work with engineering to develop simple and efficient methods of testing new product lines.
• Provide support as deemed necessary by management to allow the Quality Department to function efficiently.
• Must demonstrate the ability to review customer complaints, analyze returns and make recommendations for corrective action.
• Monitor Supplier performance.
• Open Follow Up and coordinate closing of Supplier Corrective Action (SCAR’s).
• Assist with Supplier Audits and maintaining Supplier Quality System.
• Perform other duties as may be assigned by the Quality Manager.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND REQUIRED ABILITIES:

• Effective communication
• Must have working knowledge of manufacturing and quality processes and principles (ISO) industry standards.
• Requires experience in product and process failure analysis and an understanding of quality techniques such as SPC, CMM, GD&T etc.
• Must be skilled in use of personal computers with emphasis in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and Power Point.
• Must be skilled to work with team(s) and collaborate with other functions and shop floor employees.
• Must express excellent communication, oral and written with the ability to communicate up and down the chain of command.
• Express the ability to present, and train individuals and small teams with confidence.
• Must understand quality techniques with a methodical approach.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum of five years experience in manufacturing.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Perform general office functions.
• Visual acuity needed for close detail work and computer use.
• General manufacturing, warehouse and office environment.
• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Are you ready to join a different kind of company where our people, our culture, and our commitments are centered around providing trusted solutions that improve lives around the world?

IDEX is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Affirmative Action Employer. IDEX gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other consideration or protected category made unlawful by federal, state or local laws (Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled).

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