What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Assurance Technician III position at Bruno Independent Living Aids, Inc.?
Overview
Perform a variety of duties to determine that materials, products and/or processes are in accordance with specifications and requirements. Perform standard inspections. Make visual, dimensional, electrical, or mechanical inspections of materials, processes, assemblies, or sub-assemblies. Use a variety of precision measuring equipment. Calibration of gages & torque tools. Refer deviations from specifications to appropriate personnel. Maintain records pertinent to function.
Responsibilities
- Responsible to evaluate the quality of parts being manufactured
- Perform hands-on inspections of manufactured, purchased and customer return parts
- Calibrate manual inspection tools and equipment
- Read blueprints, welding symbols and engineering drawings and compare against completed parts to assure manufacturing accuracy
- Recommend blueprint and drawing changes to engineers for simplicity or ease of understanding
- Evaluate extent of product non-conformances and determine disposition of purchased product, work in process and finished goods.
- Communicate and follow up with suppliers regarding inspection processes
- Conduct full layout inspection for PPAPs / RPAPs / ISIRs
- Experience with Dimensional Measuring Tools such as Micrometers, Calipers, Height and Radius Gages, Pin Gages, Thread Gages, Plug Gages, and Optical Comparator
- Back up other Quality technicians as needed
Qualifications
- High school equivalent and experience with ISO 9001, gage calibration and product non-conformance systems are required.
- Must have 3 years inspection experience in a manufacturing environment and 1-year CMM experience.
Beneficial skills or experience:
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- Technical certificate / associate degree, arm style CMM experience, including programming with PC-Dmis and/or Polyworks software, and/or torque tool knowledge.
- Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing is preferred.
Skills and Abilities:
Read, analyze, and interpret a variety of information, such as technical procedures, business correspondence, and governmental regulations furnished in written, oral or diagram form.
Create business-level written correspondence and verbally present information to internal and external customers.
Requires job related software skills, MS Office, and the ability to operate a variety of standard office equipment.
Working Conditions/Physical Demands:
- Environment is a modern production facility with heat and air conditioning.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to move around, sit, stand, use hands to finger, handle, and touch; reach above shoulders and talk and hear.
- The employee is required to operate a pallet jack, hoist, and hand tools.
- The employee is required to lift up to 25 pounds regularly; up to 50 pounds occasionally, with higher weights requiring assistance.
