Quality Assurance Associate I

PM Shift: Monday - Friday 7:00AM – 3:30PM

Pay: $25.00 - $27.00 an hour depending on experience

Safety – Integrity – Customer Focus – Respect & Trust – Accountability – Excellence

As a Quality Assurance Associate I, you will:

Conduct internal audits, documentation, data analysis, control of non-conforming material, authorization of customer returns, and support overall product quality in manufacturing. Compile data, validate compliance of quality objectives, identify needs for improvement and/or preventative action, and to provide overall assistance in the maintenance of the Quality System and its supporting processes.

What will my responsibilities include?

• Maintain the Quality Management System by developing and revising procedures, work instructions, forms, charts and quality assurance reports.
• Conduct internal audits in compliance with the Audit Schedule, review all necessary documentation pertaining to the scheduled audit and its applicable areas, complete all Reports and Check Lists, provide training to personnel of area being audited, work with the Quality Director and/or Designee to ensure overall compliance to the Quality Management System.
• Customer Surveys: Prepare and complete by collecting, analyzing, and reporting data.
• Document Control, verify certificate of conformance, Scan and Index documents into system.
• Maintaining compliance of all calibrated assets, issue PO.s and schedule calibration testing. Coordinates with equipment owners and departments to issue and control all scheduled equipment due for calibration to prevent use of out of calibration equipment. Monitor calibration schedule to ensure necessary equipment is properly calibrated in a timely manner. Works closely with calibration contractors to schedule and perform calibration activities. Review equipment specifications for the appropriateness of all preventive maintenance requirements. Collect, report, and monitor calibration performance metrics. Initiate and report any out of tolerance results. Work with equipment owners to initiate and support investigation of all calibration results for equipment found out of tolerance.
• Provide support to Environmental Health & Safety activities.
• Control the non-conforming material. Using a variety of inspection methods to determine if a non-conforming condition exists. Perform root cause and corrective action analysis as required. Conduct daily RCCA meeting with manufacturing, engineering and QA personnel to determine the disposition of product. Create reports to monitor trends.  Authorize customer’s request for product return. Conduct investigation, coordinate RCCA meetings and provide containment and corrective action response to the customers. Collaborate with other departments such as Finance to credit a customer if necessary, etc.
Other reasonable duties as business and operational needs dictate.

Function: Quality Assurance
Experience Level: Entry Level