Job Description

Senior Quality Technician

Columbia Station, OH

$27-$30/HR

The **Senior Quality Technician **ensures compliance with required quality standards by maintaining quality documentation and inspection results, managing the gauge calibration system, and identifying continuous improvement and cost-saving opportunities.

Senior Quality Technician Responsibilities:

• Act as a backup contact for internal and external quality issues, partnering with the Quality Manager, Engineering, and Operations to resolve customer concerns.
• Monitor supplier quality and delivery performance; communicate with suppliers to obtain corrective actions and ensure action plans are implemented and maintained.
• Lead root cause analysis and implement corrective and preventive actions for internal and external quality issues.
• Maintain calibration standards and records for all gauges, including employee- and customer-owned gauges.
• Update PPAP information as requested and participate in APQP and Quality Department meetings.
• Read and interpret blueprints; conduct first-piece, final, and receiving inspections.
• Complete the SBP-10 Nonconforming Product Process and manage deviations in the Quality Manager’s absence.
• Assist with customer requests, FMEAs, and check sheets; support internal and external quality reporting and resolution.
• Perform capability studies, analyze quality data, and manage, maintain, and conduct MSA studies at required intervals.
• Maintain quality system records and apply established quality processes and supporting documents.
• Use Microsoft Excel, Word, other software, and the ERP system.
• Support ISO 9001 and IATF/TS 16949 process and documentation training.
• Collaborate with colleagues and comply with company environmental, health, and safety requirements.

,Senior Quality Technician Qualifications:

• Associate’s degree or preferably 3 years of experience in a position with similar responsibilities and job knowledge.
• Mechanical and mathematical aptitude.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints and work with quality inspection, calibration, and documentation processes.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and ERP software.
• Ability to lift up to 40 pounds.

You should be proficient in:

• 5 Why (Root Cause Analysis Method)
• ISO 9001 Certification Experience
• PPAP Process Experience
• ISO 14001 Certification Experience
• Root Cause Analysis