Senior Quality Assurance Technician

Job Description

Job Description

KHS is a subsidiary of Salzgitter AG. As one of the world's leading manufacturers of filling and packaging systems for beverages and liquid food we are a world-class player. Our customers have trusted in our passionate pioneering spirit and first-class technologies for over 150 years. However, we can only remain world class if we continue to find new employees who make just as high demands of themselves and the quality of their work as our customers make of us at KHS. Are you one of them?

The Quality Assurance Technician inspects incoming and internally manufactured parts specifications, following diagrams and other written and verbal specifications. The QATI works with quality standards and interacts with other departments to implement the quality system.

Your Responsibilities:

• Receives reports within Enterprise Resource Planning System (ERPS) system to initiate quality review or inspection.
• Assembles information, prints, diagrams, purchase orders; finds errors, omissions and makes improvements for engineering documents; submits to the Engineering Department.
• Pulls part or sub-assembly samples; inspects parts, using prints and precision measurement tools such as micrometers, calipers, height gage and other inspection/test equipment corresponding to applicable Quality System Standard (QSS); operates Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM); and moves parts to the staging area.
• Reviews and completes quality documentation with the part including ERPS update.
• Works with documentation control process; initiates engineering change requests, writes non-conforming material reports for rejected parts and forwards to the Materials Review Board (MRB) or applicable department.
• Interacts with other departments to gain information regarding non-conformance; identifies errors on documentation; communicates and initiates changes to applicable departments.
• Participates in MRB meetings to communicate non-conformance and collaborate on corrections.
• Communicates drawing specification deficiencies to the Engineering Department.
• Maintains supplier performance documentation.
• Interprets drawing specifications for the Machine Shop.
• Calibrates inspection tools as required.

Your Profile:

• An understanding of and ability to apply quality standard systems such as International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
• Ability to set-up and use gages
• Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks under time constraints
• A high school diploma or G.E.D. equivalent
• Two years of experience related to quality assurance in a manufacturing environment working with tight tolerances
• An equivalent combination of education and experience.

Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, Vision insurance offered at 30 days of employment
• Generous Educational Reimbursement program
• Company sponsored Life and Disability Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Ten (10) Paid Holidays per year
• 401K with Company Match

In order to ensure our success in the future, too, we need first-class employees – and we also have plenty to offer them.