LSA Fabrication - Quality Assurance Technician
Summary
Supports factory floor quality control by sampling parts, analyzing blueprints, maintaining gauges, and applying statistical process control (SPC).
Principal Objective of Position:
The Quality Control Technician supports the activities of the quality engineers and managers in day-to-day factory floor activities and issues with customers and suppliers.
Essential Functions:
The following reflects management’s definition of essential functions for this job but does not restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Management may assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.
- Measures key quality characteristics of a process by sampling parts and analyzing trends both as first piece verification as well as during the process
- Verifies that sound quality procedures and practices are being followed during process activities
- Maintains all gauges and test machines used for monitoring quality calibrated
- Uses test standards and masters to check readings, adjust tools accordingly and replacing worn or out of date equipment
- Collects data and measures parts as part of a company's continuous improvement plan
- Test samples in experiments
- Understands, establishes, and communicates priorities for the quality inspectors based upon input from the quality / manufacturing team. Evaluates output of processes and completion, validating work is being accomplished
- Trains operators, inspectors, and others in skills of measurement and inspection
- Plans and conducts the analysis, inspection, design, test, and/or integration to assure the quality of assigned product or component
- Analyzes and interprets blueprints, data, manuals, and other materials to determine specifications, inspection and testing procedures, adjustment and certification methods, formulas, and measuring instruments required
- Inspects, tests, or measures materials, products, installations, or work for conformance to specifications
- Applies statistical process control (SPC) methods for analyzing data to evaluate the current process and process change
Other Responsibilities:
- Other duties as assigned.