Quality Control Inspector

Description

SUMMARY: Perform Quality Control procedures, laboratory instruments, in a timely manner, and receive assignments and direction from the Quality Control Team Leader and Managing Director.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Follows specific procedures using assigned equipment to perform final inspection and test of finished goods prior to shipment in a timely manner.

• Reviews shipping schedule to prioritize work load.

• Performs duties with speed and accuracy as required to keep pace with work schedule.

• Completes and maintains accurate documentation for each instrument in an organized and orderly fashion.

• Maintains certain test equipment calibration (such as TRACI).

• Calibrates instruments according to specification.

• Connects unit to be tested to test equipment and performs appropriate tests.

• Reads dials or digital displays that indicate electronic characteristics such as voltage, capacitance, etc.

• Compares results with specifications and records test data, or plots test results on graph.

• Records defects on Instrument Traveler attached to unit and returns unit to Test Department for repair.

• Confers with the QC Team Lead and/or Production Manager & Managing Director regarding testing procedures, results, and to resolve problems.

• Inspects units for paint defects or other cosmetic defects.

• Maintains an orderly department and keeps incoming and outgoing instruments separated.

QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• A high school diploma or GED equivalent education with 2+ years' experience in manufacturing environment desired

• Must have excellent interpersonal skills


LANGUAGE SKILLS

Must be able to read and interpret documents; must be able to communicate effectively with others.

REASONING ABILITY

• Apply common sense understanding to carry out written or oral instructions.

• Must have an aptitude for mathematics and science

• Ability to analyze technical problems and find solutions

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be able to stand and/or move while performing job duties

• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 15 pounds, infrequently lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.

• Exemplary attendance and punctuality

• Visual acuity requirements including color, depth perception, and field of vision. The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading.

• Must have dexterity of hands and fingers to operate equipment; hearing and speaking ability to exchange information in person or on the telephone; sight ability to read schematics and information.

Awareness Technology, Inc. is a Drug Free Workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, ancestry, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, medical condition, disability, veteran status, gender identity, or any other basis protected by law.

Benefits Include: 401(k) matching, Health Insurance, Dental insurance, Disability insurance, Life insurance, Paid time off

Awareness Technology, Inc. has been manufacturing high quality diagnostic instruments and equipment for the low to medium volume laboratory since 1982. We specialize in ELISA, chemiluminescence, Biochemistry instrumentation and ELISA reagents, with an emphasis on quality, reliability, economic design and price. Our clients have come to expect and appreciate the high level of customer service they receive from our sales and technical support staff. Awareness Technology values our business partners, and we have an earned reputation as a reliable and economic source for the equipment, supplies and advice that they depend on to service their customers.

Our Vision and Mission Statement

Our vision is to become the first name in small instrumentation design. We will offer impeccable quality, creative, exciting and effective products, with obvious value. We will be known worldwide for our ability to readily resolve seemingly complex requirements with quick, simple and affordable instrument solutions.

We will not seek to merely satisfy our corporate clients but instead, we will dazzle them with such knowledge, organization, individual attention, flexibility, courtesy and professionalism that their referrals will become our primary source of new business.

We will endorse the practice of continuous improvement, promote our interests aggressively, support free enterprise, play fair and earn a profit. We will reinvest profits for the further attainment of our corporate mission. Our employees will be smart, loyal and dependable. We will honor our company and ourselves by all we do.

Quality Policy

"In concert with our mission of continual improvement and maintaining the effectiveness of the quality management system, quality remains defined by our customers' decisions. As long as Awareness Technology, Inc. continues to adhere to its commitment to comply with all legal and regulatory requirements and is comfortable with the ethical and liability issues, quality is what our customer says it is".