What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Assurance Technician - Gauge Lab position at Vallourec North America?
Why Join Us
At Vallourec, we are seeking individuals whose passion and dedication match the strength and resilience of the steel we produce. The Gauge Lab Technician is responsible for calibrating gauges, inspecting hand tools, and adjusting gauge intervals in accordance with API specifications. This role ensures traceability records are created and maintained, linking back to NIST standards.
Your Day-to-Day Impact
You’ll play a vital role in our Quality team by:
- Ensure safe working practices.
- Maintain and calibrate gauges.
- Manage drift inventory.
- Conduct receiving inspections of critical parts.
- Audit production lines.
- Document calibrations and gauge repairs.
- Maintain housekeeping standards in the gauge room.
What You Bring
We’re looking for candidates who are sharp, safety-focused, and ready to roll up their sleeves:
- Thorough understanding of API specifications related to tubular goods.
- Experience or training in the care and maintenance of measuring and test equipment.
- Proficiency in API Thread Gauging.
- Strong communication skills and ability to maintain historical records of gauge certifications and repairs.
- Directable, teamwork-oriented, adaptable, accountable, reliable, and proactive.
- Safety awareness, ability to give and receive constructive feedback, pride in performance, commitment to continuous improvement and quality, effective communication, positive response to change, and high attention to detail.
What You’ll Gain
- Get paid for what you know - and earn more as you learn more.
- Opportunities to work on cutting-edge equipment
- A culture that values your input and celebrates improvement
- Real growth potential in a stable, essential industry
And Benefits that Include:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
- Company-Paid Life Insurance & Short/Long-Term Disability
- Profit Sharing: Up to 4%
- 401(k): Company match 4.5% with no vesting period
- Paid Parental Leave: For birthing and non-birthing parents, including adoptions
- Paid Holidays: 10 days, plus 1 personal floating holiday
- Paid Vacation Time
- Discretionary Performance-Based Bonus Program
- Tuition Reimbursement
Safety isn’t negotiable, it’s who we are. Every spark, every shift, and every decision is guided by a commitment that goes well beyond compliance. We don’t cut corners; we set the standard. That means clear expectations, continuous training, and shared accountability at every level. Protecting our people is more than a priority, it’s a promise we make to every colleague, every day.