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Quality Technician 1

Panduit and Careers
Merrillville, IN Full Time
POSTED ON 12/28/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/27/2026
At Panduit, we don’t just offer a job – we offer a career where your contributions directly impact our customers, the environment and our company’s success. You’ll have the opportunity to grow, innovate, and be a part of an inclusive team that celebrates both individual and collective achievements. If you’re ready to elevate your career and help us deliver exceptional experiences to our customers, apply today and make your mark with Panduit!
Join our team as a Quality Technician and play a key role in driving excellence! You'll troubleshoot quality issues, calibrate testing equipment, create inspection plans, and support audits. Help train team members, apply statistical methods for process control, and contribute to quality improvement initiatives. If you're detail-oriented and passionate about precision, this is your chance to make an impact!
What You Will Do:
  • Product Inspection: Perform inspections using gauges, metrology tools, and test equipment per written instructions.
  • Nonconformance Handling: Identify, document, and segregate nonconforming materials following established procedures.
  • Process Audits: Conduct quality audits on internal manufacturing processes using standardized tools and document findings thoroughly.
  • Inspection Planning: Maintain inspection forms, storyboards, and databases in collaboration with cross-functional teams, aligned with control plans and ECNs.
  • Quality Improvement: Clearly report quality issues, compile data for reports, join improvement teams, and identify areas for enhancement.
  • System Audits: Support internal quality audits, ensuring accurate documentation of details.
  • Data Reporting: Generate quality documentation, including first article inspection reports.
  • Equipment Calibration: Verify and calibrate measurement tools to ensure ongoing accuracy.
What You Will Bring
  • Education: High school diploma or GED.
  • Experience: 1-3 years of quality experience.
  • Quality Knowledge: Familiarity with basic quality principles, standards, and continuous improvement tools.
  • Statistics Knowledge: Understanding of key statistical concepts including control charts, variation types, process capability, and Gage R&R.
  • Calibration Knowledge: Experience using and calibrating a variety of measurement tools (e.g., calipers, micrometers, CMMs) and maintaining M&TE records.
  • Testing Experience: Skilled in blueprint reading (including GD&T), inspection methods, and sampling plans.
  • Computer Skills: Proficient with data entry, Microsoft Office, and Minitab.
  • Ability to lift up to 50lbs up to 4 hours a day.
What We Can Offer You
  • Competitive Pay & Benefits: Wages starting at $19hr for Quality Techs!
  • Generous Time Off: Take advantage of our generous vacation, sick days, holidays, plus a volunteer day to give back to the community.
  • Retirement & Growth: 401(k) match, profit sharing, and abundant growth and development opportunities to help you advance your career.
  • Work in Comfort: Stay cool and focused with an air-conditioned workspace designed for productivity and comfort.
  • Comprehensive Healthcare Options: Choose from multiple healthcare plans through Blue Cross Blue Shield to find the coverage that works for you.
Making the connections that matter. Join us and apply online to be part of the Panduit team. We're an Equal Opportunity Employer, dedicated to creating an inclusive workplace for all. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Panduit will not sponsor applicants for work visas now or in the future. All roles, including remote positions, require an in-person interview as part of the hiring process.
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