What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Technician position at SilencerCo?
Quality Technician
Located in West Valley City, UT
Full-time
Shift: Day Shift - 6:00 AM - 4:30 PM (Monday - Thursday)
Position Description
Work in an exciting industry, building incredible products as a part of the SilencerCo Quality Assurance Team! SilencerCo has a high standard for all our products that leave our facility. As a Quality Technician you are responsible to check all products throughout production and before they are shipped to customers ensuring that we meet our high standard for precision and durability. Quality Technicians play a role in inspecting and ensuring that products meet or exceed blueprint specifications and other fit, form and function related parameters. You would be responsible to calibrate and issue measuring equipment/gauges to Operators and other co-workers to ensure that products can be properly inspected at their workstations.
Job Responsibilities
- Calibrate and Maintain all measuring instruments such as: calipers, micrometers, optical comparators, thread gauges, etc.
- Kit measuring instruments for upcoming Machine Changeovers to minimize downtime.
- Order new measuring instruments both for new products and to replace worn or damaged instruments.
- React to Quality abnormalities in the production environment.
- Reading and comprehension of blueprints, data, manuals, SOP's or other documentation to determine specifications, inspection and testing procedures, adjustment methods, certification process, formulas, or measuring instruments required.
- Problemsolve non-conforming issues that may arise within the shop.
- Regularly create and implement Process Improvements.
- Operation of our coordinate measuring machine, keyence optical measurement system, surface roughness tester and other advanced metrology equipment.
- Execute regular Quality Certification Service (QCS) on products.
- Reporting features or parts which don't conform to print of design intent (NCR).
Job Qualifications
- Basic understanding of mathematics - It's a plus if you have knowledge of imperial system/decimal inch, arithmetic, algebra, geometry, statistics, and other applications.
- Quality Analysis - Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
- Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to suggest alternative solutions to problems, arriving at conclusions through data, research, and information and ideas presented through spoken word. The ability to apply skills both internally and externally.
- Basic Computer Skills - Experience with Excel, Word, Solidworks, Powerpoint, and Google Suite is a plus. SilencerCo operates by using Mac and Windows computers.
- Detail Oriented - Inspection requires meticulous attention to detail.
- Knowledge of firearms industry, and SilencerCo products is a plus
*required*
- High School Diploma required
- 1 year of manufacturing quality work experience
