Quality Control Technician- Buffalo

Quality Control Technician

Facility: Buffalo, NY

General Description
The Quality Technician is responsible for ensuring the highest possible quality of all products manufactured. The position requires that all facets of the production inspection process be monitored including, but not limited to, raw material certifications, in-process quality controls, and final inspections.

Specific Duties
· Inspect all incoming raw materials to ensure their integrity and that all material specifications have been met.
· Ensure that all products being shipped are inspected within quality standards and recorded into the system with all the necessary information.
· Perform CMM inspection on setup parts and parts coming from in-process production as needed for sampling.
· Monitor the preparation of all shop work orders, travelers, in-process inspection forms, and related documentation to ensure that they are consistent with the ISO standards as stated in the company’s quality manual.
· Monitor all quality control inspections throughout the production process to ensure that the company complies with its internal quality standards, as well as those outlined in our ISO – 9001-2015 standards.
· Ensure that all quality-measuring devices are regularly calibrated per our internal standard.
· Conduct in process inspection and audits when directed.
· Keep files of all production jobs and the raw materials records and quality control reports related to each task.
· Issue the final inspection report and/or sign off for each job completed in the shop.
· Communicate all quality issues to management promptly, along with recommendations for any corrective actions that may be necessary.
· Perform paint line inspections as needed.
· Follow directions from the Quality Control Supervisor.
· Follow all applicable environmental, health and safety rules and procedures and immediately report all dangerous situations, near-misses, and injuries.
· Participate in developing and updating risk assessments and review all applicable risk assessments annually.

Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications
· Previous experience working in a production machining environment preferred.
· Ability to read and interpret blueprints, 1st article inspections, receiving, shipping, and painting inspection.
· PPAP experience a plus.
· Must be proficient in Microsoft Office applications.
· Manual inspection experience. Proficient using micrometers, calipers, height gages, and all standard shop measuring tools.
· CMM Operator/Programmer experience a plus Hexagon PCdimis software.

Physical Demands
· The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully.
· The employee frequently is required to stand; walk, talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop. A large degree of lifting (moderate to heavyweight), bending, squatting and maneuvering. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, for viewing a computer terminal distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception vision for moving objects and ability to adjust focus.
· This position is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions.
· The ability to work with chemicals in the proper environment and while wearing PPE.

Personal Protective Equipment
The following list of PPE is required while in the manufacturing area:
· Safety Glasses conforming to ANSI Z87.1 or higher
· Steel Toe Safety Shoes conforming to OSHA General Industry Standards 29 CFR 1910
· Hearing protection conforming to OSHA General Industry Standards 29 CFR 1910
· The ability to wear a dust mask conforming to OSHA General Industry Standards 39 CFR 1910.134
· Additional PPE may be required depending on the department

Hutchinson Industries, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.

This is a non-exempt position. Hutchinson Industries, Inc. reserves the right to modify the job description based upon its needs and may require the employee to perform functions beyond those mentioned above. Neither this job description nor any other communication creates an employment contract between Hutchinson Industries, Inc. nor the employee, and either one may terminate employment without notice at any time.