What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Technician - Santa Claus, IN - MFG - Santa Claus, IN position at Kimball International?
If you prefer a career that offers different opportunities daily while working with a variety of people, Kimball International would like to talk to you. We are a family-friendly company that values the differences that make each associate unique.
Qualifications:
Educational -
- Previous manufacturing quality or inspection experience.
- Experience with Six Sigma tools preferred.
- Completed Lean Intern program or willingness to complete at earliest opportunity.
- ASQ certification in a quality role a plus.
Leadership Skills
- Change Management
- Self Management
- Decision Making / Judgment
- Problem Solving
- Goal Setting
- Interpersonal
- Leadership / Coaching
- Negotiation
- Communication
Technical Skills Required
- Passed color hue test as applicable.
- Strong documentation skills
- Able to analyze data and make decisions
- Basic MS Office skills.
Interpersonal Skills
- Team Oriented
- Strong drive for success.
- Customer centric
- Possess a high degree of integrity.
- Ability to keep humor in the workplace.
- Ability to build & sustain relationships.
- Flexible and open to change
Communication Skills
- Good listener
- Good written and verbal communications
- Good presentation skills
- Negotiation skills
- Persuasive and credible
- Ability to teach processes to others
- Able to give balanced feedback
Business Skills:
- Good strategic planning skills
- Results focused
- Ability to meet deadlines
High Level Statement of the Role:
The Quality Technician is responsible for providing quality support for team.
Roles and Responsibilities:
* Data collection, analysis, and communication of in-house and supplier quality data.* Identification and communication of nonconforming product.* Assist with problem solving on recurring issues using effective problem solving techniques (i.e. Pareto analysis, Cause and Effect Diagrams, Statistics, Experiments, FMEA's, etc.).* Assist with inspection, measuring, and test equipment requirements for all processes in their area of responsibility.* Provide inspection, sampling and process control requirements.* Document general quality information and specifications.* Auditing product or processes.* Clarify and communicating product specifications.* Be the central source of quality information and quality-related input. * Provide for training as necessary with regard to quality, inspection, and so on where the quality department has the expertise.* Perform incoming and in-process inspection and testing when required.* Participate in and drive corrective actions.
- Leads problem solving or corrective action activities.
- Analyzes FPY data and works with team to eliminate failures.
- Works with Area Manager and Process Engineer to develop team members
- Identify and measure local performance measurements in support of our Business Plan.
- Role models the Vision and Guiding Principles and
Corporate Goals of Kimball International.
- Support safety and environmental efforts to better serve our employees and community.
- Support our Quality Policy.
- Support our Environmental Management System (EMS)
- Works with team to improve performance metrics.
- Owner of OOBA (Out of Box audit) process daily.
- Provides feedback to teams on OOBA results daily.
- Parts inspection and verification.