What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Lab Technician position at Ensinger, Inc.?
If you have experience in a Quality/Lab environment, are interested in adding value to a local manufacturer and looking for the stability of a growing global company – an Ensinger career is for you. Ensinger processes high performance and engineering plastics at our North American headquarters in North Strabane Township. As a Quality Lab Technician, you will be an integral part of a team responsible for Ensinger’s safe, productive extrusion operations.
Summary
As a Quality team member, you will have the opportunity to support and advance Ensinger’s value proposition, while inspecting, validating and certifying our products and applications to an expanding market.
Key Responsibilities
· Promote safe work practices and demonstrate a zero tolerance for non-compliance with sage work practices, policies and regulations
· Performing final inspection of finished goods
1. Completing visual inspection, verifying dimensions and physical attributes
2. Verifying product code and ensuring traceability
· Completing product certifications
1. Verifying ASTM callouts
2. Verifying customer specifications
3. Verifying lot and batch traceability
4. Issuing non-conformance report, when warranted
· Preparing – dimensional stability test specimens
o Safely operating band saw, milling machine, router and notcher
· Performing material testing
o Performing the following testing: tensile, flexural, compression, shear, izod impact, hardness (Rockwell, shore d), specific gravity, melt flow, differential scanning calorimetry and relative viscosity
· Managing test schedule
o Schedule and prioritize customer, R&D, and internal testing
· Completing quality data reporting
· Inspecting incoming resin
· Calibrating equipment
Qualifications
- Associates degree
- Successful work experience working in a Quality or Laboratory environment and/or hold an applicable quality certification, required
- Must be detail oriented
- Demonstrated mechanical skills
- Creative thinker, continuous learner, and problem solver who is self-motivated
- Experience in a Continuous Improvement Program, preferred
- Experience working with Microsoft Office
- Interest in obtaining certifications as deemed necessary
Additional Information
- For additional information about Ensinger, please see our website: www.ensingerplastics.com
Ensinger, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Job Type: Full-time
Education:
- Associate (Preferred)
Experience:
- Quality: 1 year (Preferred)
- Lab Technician: 1 year (Preferred)
Work Location: In person