Quality Specialist
IDEX · Geismar
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The Sr. Quality Specialist is responsible for ensuring that all company products meet or exceed our customer’s expectations. Duties include inspecting incoming raw materials and products to ensure conformity throughout the production process. When a product fails to meet our high standards, this role dispositions the product, documents reasons for the failures and works with the Operations Director to put in place process improvements to reduce and/or eliminate recurrence. This position is also responsible for developing and maintaining the Quality Management System and any/all external quality standard certifications that may be required (i.e. ISO 9001:2015).
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
None
PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:
- Plan, prepare, and manage ISO Quality Policy and the ISO 9001 certification/re-certification process.
- Establish and maintain company’s Quality Management System, standards and specifications
- Review customer’s requirements and ensure they are met.
- Ensure manufactured components and assembled products meet company standards and objectives.
- Ensure our products meet all regulatory requirements, both national and international.
- Define quality procedures in collaboration with Operations.
- Setup and maintain controls to ensure that proper quality checks are performed (i.e., internal audit program and checklists).
- Own Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) processes.
- Monitor performance by gathering relevant data and producing statistical reporting tools.
- Calibrate and maintain analysis equipment.
- Work closely with Engineering to define testing requirement to ensure new products meet customer’s expectations.
- Ensure proper disposition of non-compliant materials, documenting reasons for non-compliance and working in collaboration with the Operations Director to improve manufacturing processes to reduce/eliminate recurrence.
- Ensure Operations employees are thoroughly trained on proper quality checks.
- Execute checks to raw materials and final product to ensure adherence to standards.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
- High school diploma or equivalent required
- Bachelor’s degree and/or relevant work experience in lieu of a degree required
- Minimum of 3 years of experience with ISO 9001 audits
OTHER SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Valid driver’s license
COMPUTER SKILLS:
- Proficient in Microsoft Offices suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Preferred:
- Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software (J.D. Edwards) knowledge and proficiency
- QMS software knowledge and proficiency
WORK ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS:
Skills/Abilities:
- Effective Communication. Communicating effectively through reading comprehension, active listening, written expression and comprehension, and speaking and oral expression..
- Initiative. Willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
- Leadership. Willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
- Adaptability/Flexibility. Being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
- Independence. Develop one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
- Critical Thinking. Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Active Learning. Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Quality Control Analysis. Conduct tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
- Monitoring. Monitor/Assess performance of self, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Systems Analysis. Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Time Management. Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Service Orientation. Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Getting Information. Observe, receive, and otherwise obtain information from all relevant sources.
- Analyzing Data or Information. Identify the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
- Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings. Monitor and review information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
- Judgment and Decision Making. Consider the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Documenting/Recording Information, Enter, transcribe, record, store, or maintain information in written or electronic form.
Physical Requirements:
General Physical Activities. Perform physical activities that require considerable use of hands, arms and legs and moving whole body, such as typing, grasping, holding, climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.
Handling and Moving Objects. Use hands and arms in handling, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
Ability to lift and carry 25 pounds.
Ability to stand for extended period of time.
Are you ready to join a different kind of company where our people, our culture, and our commitments are centered around providing trusted solutions that improve lives around the world?
IDEX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IDEX gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other consideration or protected category made unlawful by federal, state or local laws.
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