Quality Technician

Eaton's ES AMER ARS PDCAD division is currently seeking a Quality Technician in Greenwood, SC.

As the Quality Technician you will work directly with Mfg. Engineers, Supervisors, lead people, and operations to improve quality and develop continuous improvement programs/projects for new and existing products. You will also assist in determining project priorities and project expectations with operations and other cross-functional teams. In your day-to-day you will monitor processes to ensure compliance to corporate quality principles.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $56000 - $83000 a year. This position is also eligible for a variable incentive program. Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.


What you'll do:

• Analyze assigned VSM area's quality metrics (Scrap, Rework, DPU, CQM data) for trends and work with a cross-functional team to positively impact the metrics.
• Make, manage, and submit required documentation for purchases made on company provided AMEX and/or Visa card in accordance with the company P-card holder policy.
• Perform Virtual Customer Witness Tests using video equipment.
• Communicate quality concerns with all levels of the company (internal and external) through varied forms of media (Email, PowerPoint, Video Conferencing, etc.).
• Occasionally provide backup services as a Scrap Coordinator by recognizing, quarantining, and dispositioning any Non-Conforming Material (NCM) discovered at the site through manual or mechanical means (Forklift).
• Lead and conduct ISO/EQMS compliance audits both internally and at other determined Eaton sites.
• Perform problem-solving analysis of quality metrics and lead initiates to drive for root-cause determination and corrective/preventive actions (site specific and external sister sites).
• Work with engineering and/or drafting to update BOMS, drawings and/or wiring schemes per feedback from EESS and/or other Eaton personnel.
• Provide prompt responses to external customer warranty concerns, that from an investigation may result in drawing changes, scheduling of EESS to perform warranty work and/or shipping of parts and/or material to customer site.
• Train and inform all levels of the organization of all the corporate/divisional quality systems and procedures.
• Become familiar with all ISO, EQMS and IPC Requirements.
• May be required to travel to vendors/supplier to conduct Supplier Site Assessments (SSAs).
• Administrator of multiple information systems/sites/databases: TDM, all local SharePoint Sites (excluding MOL/FED), Customer Witness Test (CWT) Database, Electronic Non-Conformance Material Record/Scrap (ENCMR), and Local site ISO document repository [Controlled Document/Procedures] (MQ1).
• Researches, analyzes, and controls the purchase all quality-related tools (Calibrated tools) [exception of Test Tables].

Qualifications:

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Associate degree from an accredited institution OR High School Diploma / GED with a minimum of 10 years of medium voltage switchgear experience.
• Minimum of 1 year of reading mechanical drawings and electrical schemes.
• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.
• No relocation benefit is being offered for this position. Only candidates within a 50-mile radius of Greenwood, SC facility will be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Two-year technical degree in Engineering.
• Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) or equivalent.

Skills:

• Proficient in MS office (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, OneDrive, Teams).
• Experience with Forms, SharePoint, Visio, and Power Bi, and Power Automate.
• Experience with SQL Server Management, Visual Studio.
• Good communication skills, able to relay pertinent information to all levels of the organization (internal and external) and to any vendors, suppliers and/or customers.
• General understanding of computer programming concepts.
• Experience with ISO-9001 documentation, policies, and procedures.

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