Quality & Safety Associate

Position Summary

The individual for this position will serve in the role of Quality and Safety Associate. The essential function of the Quality and Safety Associate is to champion the total formal safety and quality programs as the processes to manage the business. The individual will provide support to all departments to ensure product quality through management systems and processes; develop metrics to track the effectiveness of the plant's safety and quality processes and systems; analyze and report results to leadership; manage the implementation and on-going effectiveness of the quality tools and systems; and audit the process for effectiveness

This Position Also Delivers On Our Core Focus Of:

• Service Matters
• Relationships Count
• Performance Delivered
  
  

While Building On Our Core Values Of:

• Help 1 st
• Take ownership
• Do the right thing
• Expect excellence
  
  

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Understand Quality and Safety processes and procedures.
• Identify gaps in training.
• Document baseline of all personnel.
• Develop improvement plan with Chicago leadership and Corporate Safety Director.
• Maintain (and/or develop) the S &Q Program.
• Continuous Training and Education.
• Compliance with OSHA Rules and Regulations.
• Effective communication between Production and Administration.
• Develop and implement quality management strategy and plans, including resource, systems, timescales, and benchmarks for total quality improvement.
• Develop and maintain systems to establish standards relating to activities and products.
• Develop and maintain systems to measure performance against established standard.
• Monitor the performance and take corrective action when necessary.
• Liaise with customers and suppliers where necessary.
• Contribute to executive policy and strategy.
• Provide a suitable and current plan to communicate information and supervision concerning health and safety policies and practices.
• Formulates and maintains quality objectives complementary to corporate policies and goals.
• Interprets quality philosophy to key personnel in organization.
• Develops and initiates standards and methods for inspection, testing, and evaluation.
• Plans and oversees the analysis, inspection, design, test, and/or integration to assure the quality of assigned product or component.
• Decides whether to accept a product or continue business with a vendor based on a review by the quality assurance engineer.
• Periodically reviews all data obtained during all quality control and quality assurance activities to ensure consistency with company policies and procedures.
• Develops new approaches to solve problems identified during quality activities.
• Keeps management team abreast of significant issues or developments identified during quality activities and actions being taken to improve the situation.
• Prepares and presents technical and program information to the management team.
• Directs workers engaged in inspection and testing activities to ensure continuous control over materials, facilities, and products.
• Plays active role on quality management teams within organization.
• Designs and implements quality training programs to key personnel in conjunction with Associates.
• Investigates and adjusts customer complaints regarding quality.
• Ability to work in excess of 40 hours, as business needs arise
• Regular and reliable attendance
• Any other task or duty that is deemed necessary by management.
  
  

Cultural Competencies

Help First Means Being a Reliable Team Member Serving Everyone, Internally And Externally. At Akers, We Believe And Exhibit a “roll Up Your Sleeves And Get The Job Done” Mentality And Behavior. No Job Is Unimportant, And No Person Is Above Any Job. We Demonstrate This Through:

• Able communicator—good clarity, balanced talker, and listener
• Has energy and enthusiasm
  
  

Take Ownership Means That You Think And Act Like An Owner. No Matter The Role, Everyone Is Empowered To Be a Good Steward Of The Organization. Each Person Has The Autonomy To Make Recommendations For Improvement To Their Work And The Organization. We Demonstrate This Through:

• Patient
• Effectively assertive and able to handle conflict and confrontational situations
• Solution vs. blame oriented
• Mixture of firmness and flexibility
• Has energy and enthusiasm
• Holds self and others accountable
  
  

Do the Right Thing means that you do the right thing for the customer, regardless of its popularity. Doing the right thing at the right time requires a person to have and exhibit high moral standards.

• Systematic trainer, willing and able to develop people
• Good work ethic, task focused and willing to extend extra effort
• Able to follow structure where it exists and create structure where it does not
  
  

Expect Excellence Means That You Think And Act Like An Owner. No Matter The Role, Everyone Is Empowered To Be a Good Steward Of The Organization. We Demonstrate This Through:

• Resilient—able to deal with the unexpected, not easily flustered
• Has sense of urgency
• Follows up to ensure quality task completion
  
  

Work Environment / Physical Demands

Fast paced environment, requiring adaptation to continuous changes in Company, Customer and People needs.

• Ability to frequently sit, stand, walk, reach with hands and arm’s length, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, and crouch.
• Ability to regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to sit for extended periods of time at desk in traditional office environment.
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time.
• Ability to work at least 75% of the time on site to facilitate collaboration with production facility.
  
  

Systems Usage

• MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams)
• JKJ
• ERP System such as (HRMS, Amtech, Parabox, etc.)
• KIWI
• ADP Workforce Now
  
  

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• High school diploma, GED with one to two years of experience
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., industrial engineering, quality management, occupational
  
  

health and safety), preferred

• Experience in quality control and safety management, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
• General understanding of quality control methodologies and safety best practices.
• Knowledge of quality management systems (e.g., ISO 9001) and safety regulations.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Effective communication and training abilities.
  
  

Akers complies with all pay transparency laws. Benefits information can be found on our website.