What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Control Assistant position at Tejas?
Position Summary
We are hiring for a full time Quality Assistant to support our Quality Manager in ensuring that finished goods meet all production and quality standards. The Assistant will focus on identifying any variations, communicating with operators and managers to resolve any issues, and suggesting improvements in production processes to reduce errors or to increase operational efficiency.
Reliability, commitment and attention to detail are essential to this role.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls, and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to stand, talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk, sit; climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts, and is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals (masks and gloves are available for employee use). The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. Employees are required to wear safety shoes.
We are hiring for a full time Quality Assistant to support our Quality Manager in ensuring that finished goods meet all production and quality standards. The Assistant will focus on identifying any variations, communicating with operators and managers to resolve any issues, and suggesting improvements in production processes to reduce errors or to increase operational efficiency.
Reliability, commitment and attention to detail are essential to this role.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:
- Collect inspect and organize product samples throughout the production process
- Collaborate with team members to ensure that the process requirements for each job are met and Communicate variations or concerns with urgency
- Help prepare and review reports on quality issues and updates to procedures or training to ensure quality and efficiency.
- Adhere to all production safety guidelines including Good Manufacturing Principles (GMP) and SQF (food safety) guidelines
- Basic computer skills (Google Drive, Docs, Sheets)
- Able to use simple inspection tools such as rulers, micrometer and calipers
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- US work authorization required, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship
- Working knowledge of root cause reporting, 5S and/or Lean Manufacturing
- Knowledge of audit processes for SQF certificate (or similar)
- English-Spanish Bilingual
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls, and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to stand, talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk, sit; climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts, and is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals (masks and gloves are available for employee use). The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. Employees are required to wear safety shoes.