Quality Assurance Lab Technician

Brief Description

Lane Enterprises is excited to welcome a Quality Assurance Lab Technician to their team! From generous benefits, including bonus opportunities and an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), to great employee retention, this is a fantastic opportunity to join a thriving organization!

Benefits: Lane offers a generous benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k, Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays, Company paid Life insurance, Voluntary Life Insurance, ESOP opportunity, and a generous bonus incentive plan.

Position Overview

• Responsible for performing all quality control testing and ensuring testing is completed properly.
• Develop workable knowledge of material and finished pipe testing requirements of the appropriate AASHTO or ASTM standards based on the style of pipe being produced.
• Daily auditing for Quality and Compliance to established processes and SOPs throughout all production areas including but not limited to: Processing / Production, Fabrication, Yard storage, Internal Quality processes and programs.
• Daily review of current product through previous day inventory from all lines to verify compliance and/or identify non-conformances in real time.
• Interfacing with production personnel and the management team to effectively communicate observations, audit findings, testing results, and AASHTO/ASTM standard requirements.
• Understanding when to escalate findings, results, or observations to the Quality Assurance Supervisor and Quality Assurance Manager.
• Monitoring and collecting incoming resin following sampling procedures to ensure compliance with requirements. You will need to be outdoors for resin sampling in all seasons/weather.
• Data entry to electronically store test results.
• Electronic measurement entry to initiate testing for equipment interfaces.
• File and maintain test reports and resin samples in an organized fashion.
• Understand the basic concept of the Lane blending program.
• Follow Quality Manual (QSM).
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  

Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years' experience in a Quality Assurance Department, manufacturing experience preferred.
• High School Diploma, GED or equivalent education preferred.
• Strong attention to detail with a high level of accuracy when completing measurements and testing; organizational skills; strong mathematical aptitude.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and applications: Excel (averaging, creating tables, min, max, exporting); Word; Office (emails, embedding photos, attaching documents); Adobe Acrobat; Data entry for electronic quality programs; Interfacing for testing equipment programs.
• Effective verbal and written communication.
• Problem-solving.
• Active listening and comprehension.
• Strong time-management skills.
• Mechanical and process aptitude.
• Ability to work alone and as an individual contributor to the QA Team.