Quality Support Technician

Req ID 66376 | North Charleston, SC, United States

About the Team

Ensures lab equipment is operational and coordinate or conduct repairs as applicable, maintains CMM programs to ensure they are most accurate and up to date, ensures gauges are functional and calibrated, coordinates with external vendors as needed, and leads by example with all quality initiatives.  Supports and provide backup support to quality technicians.

What you can look forward to as Quality Technician

• Responsible for CMM programming – from basic programming to expert level programming.
• Maintains a safe work environment and complies with all EHS policies and procedures.
• Maintains conformance to IATF 16949 quality management standards.  Verify respective lab procedures and documentation are accurate.  Initiate revisions to procedures as appropriate.
• Lead 5S activities for lab.
• Responsible to ensure equipment calibrations are up to date and conduct repairs as needed.
• Responsible to provide guidance, leadership and subject matter expert on metrology topics
• Perform statistical analysis to qualify measurement equipment.
• Create and facilitate incoming inspection plans.
• Perform and support to create ISIR/dimensional reports for compiling PPAP documentation.
• Work with vendors to request RFQ for calibrations, gages, and additional services in accordance with ZF policies.  Create purchase requisitions as applicable.
• Support production quality issues and help to resolve.
• Perform basic quality inspections using CMM, gauges, and other devices or equipment.
• Perform incoming inspections, in-process inspections, dock audits, process audit and create quality alerts.
• Maintain traceability of parts by serial number by using bar code scanning equipment.
• Initiate, perform and manage sorts, scrap material processing and production set ups.
• Use basic GD&T knowledge to refer to blueprints to determine proper specifications for inspection.  (Datums, norms, etc).
• Work closely with Process Quality Engineers (PQE), Supplier Quality Engineers (SQE), suppliers and coworkers for component quality improvements and root cause analysis (5 Why, 8D, etc).
• Safely operate powered industrial vehicles once qualified to do so.
• Use SAP for work lists, inspection plans, location movements, quality holds, scrap, and reporting.
• Use of MS Office Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook to facilitate communication.
• Must be flexible with work schedule and work assignments.
• Communicate issues between shifts and escalates to leadership as necessary.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Your profile of Quality Technician

• Working knowledge as a Quality Technician in a manufacturing environment.
• Thorough understanding of GD&T principles and applications.
• Thorough knowledge of reading engineering drawings and blueprints.
• Thorough knowledge of measurement gauges including calipers, micrometers, torque wrenches, etc.
• Thorough knowledge of CMM operations and interpreting results.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• English competency (reading, writing & speaking).
• ​IATF 16949/ISO14001/ISO9001 system familiarity (preferred).
• AIAG Core Tools Awareness (preferred).
• SAP experience (preferred).

What We Offer:

• A supportive collaborative team environment
• Annual Incentive Plan
• Paid Vacation
• Personal Time
• 401k Plan
• Health Care Benefits
• Tuition reimbursement for educational advancement
• A strong diversity culture
• Supportive Employee Groups and community outreach activities

Be part of our ZF team as Quality Support Technician and apply now!

Contact

Bethany Vijayakumar

DIVERSITY COMMITMENT: 
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are more than just words for us. They are at the core of the ZF Way that propels our team members towards their utmost success. We strive to build and nurture a culture where inclusiveness is a natural reflex. We actively seek ways to remove barriers so that every member of ZF can rise to their full potential. We aim to embed this in our legacy through how we operate and build our products as we shape next generation mobility, safety, sustainability and social justice. 

With four generations across 118 nationalities in 41 countries, ZF combines a unique variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and ideas. Together, we solve problems, drive innovation and shape next generation mobility. 

Our company is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity and to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with us and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please contact us. Requests for reasonable accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. ZF is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law. Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer M/F/Disability/Veteran