Technician, Quality Process

About The Company

Glen-Gery Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Brickworks Limited. Brickworks Limited (“The Group”) is a large Australian-listed group of companies. The Group has been in operation since the early 1900s, has a market capitalization exceeding $2.5 billion, and operates across 3 core business segments: Building Products, Land & Development, and Investments. The Group employs more than 2,000 FTE employees and operates nationally across Australia, recently acquiring Glen-Gery Corporation to add operations in the USA.

Founded in 1890, Glen-Gery Corporation is one of the nation’s largest brick manufacturers and operates eight brick manufacturing facilities. Glen-Gery products are sold nationally through a network of over 500 distributors as well as in Canada. Since entering the USA in 2018, Brickworks have acquired Sioux City Brick, Redland Brick and the distribution business of Southfield Corporation in Illinois and Indiana (Illinois Brick, Indiana Brick). The combined North American business now has more than 900 employees, operates across 40 locations, including 8 brick plants, 26 masonry supply/retail locations and 3 design studios.

Basic Function

The Quality/Process Technician is responsible for establishing quality operating standards at the plant. These parameters will ensure the process quality necessary to manufacture our products in a consistent manner. Responsibilities include evaluating all variables, analyzing and improving processes and reducing wasted materials.

Responsibilities:

• Create quality operating standards to strengthen the culture of quality in the plant.
• Identify process improvements and critical activities for the plant and document key characteristics for promoting quality assurance.
• Document the critical control variables to formalize and preserve a quality process. Communicate results with management and business leaders in the company.
• Establish control criteria and verification of measuring equipment.
• Manage Internal Audits
• Generate action plans in order to increase the degree of compliance within the facility.
• Coordinate corrective, preventive, or quality improvement actions or
• Ensure compliance requirements are followed to reduce the risk of recurring nonconformance .
• Promote the development of market orientation within the plant.
  
  
  

Education And Experience Requirements

• BS/BA Degree in Engineering or Related Field (Industrial, Quality, or Process)
• Relevant experience (five years) in a manufacturing environment
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes and claims management
• Knowledge of Management Systems models
• Internal Audit Techniques
  
  
  

This job description is not intended to be all inclusive and as such, the employee will also be required to perform other reasonably related business duties as may be assigned by the immediate supervisor and/or other management personnel as required.