Technician, Quality Assurance Job Description
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Technician, Quality Assurance Job Description
- Lead investigations of quality issues reported from all sources such as customer service, warranty and suppliers
- Support Quality Supervisor in reporting and communication of issues to suppliers’ CAR/PAR process and verification of effectiveness
- Perform detailed product inspection and testing as needed to applicable regulations and standards for all product categories
- Prepare quality data for supplier and customer audits for internal purposes
- Assist with QC wet chemistry, from grape to finished wine, as requested by winemaking team
- Advise bottling personnel in quality control issues
- Communication (Material Safety Data Sheets) program and internal audits
- Provide QA support to expanding range of Product Lines
- Operate Device Calibration Process
- Help with routine Plant Maintenance activity
- Ability to become competent in operational systems such as Lab, MRP and Warehouse
- Knowledgeable in cGMP requirements as it relates to a topical OTC manufacturing laboratory
- Responsible for all analytical and microbial testing on raws, processed, finished ingredients, finished stock, retains
- Calibrations of instruments and standardization of solutions
- Ability to test in an organized approach (grouping like test) to maximize testing efficiency
- Ability to interpret test data and report suspect findings to the Chemist/Advisor
Technician, Quality Assurance Job Description
- Audit and verify products and raw materials that do not meet specifications
- Operate, monitor, and control water process systems including Ultra-violet lights, zonation process, Reverse Osmosis filtration process, distillation process, sub-micron filtration process, pumps, valves, instrumentation, and mineral mixing/addition process
- Keep accurate, complete, and legible records
- Safely handle/use chemicals, biological agents, and waste
- Establish relationships and work effectively with Alco-workers at all levels and relevant contractors/suppliers/customers
- Conduct qualitative and quantitative testing of syrups and raw materials throughout the entire production process
- Analyze syrup beverage and water attributes, including sensory and microbial testing
- Audit processes to ensure proper operations
- Conduct package quality inspection and quality audits and isolate product that does not meet standards
- Receive and test raw materials prior to production process
- Able to effectively present information and respond to questions from Management, Associates
- Ability to read and understand complex procedures, assemble appropriate equipment, perform analyses and calculate results
- Generally works in a normal office environment
- May work in a maintenance shop environment for limited amounts of time
- Conduct extensive tests on the digital content and provide accurate reports with unambiguous steps to reproduce the issues reported
- Communicate and Partner with different teams (both internal and external) to address the issues reported and drive them to closure
Technician, Quality Assurance Job Description
- Perform other duties and special assignments on any shift as required by supervisor
- Test incoming raw materials to ensure all material complies with set quality specifications
- Test finished product to ensure all material complies with set quality specifications
- Prepare and fill sample requests
- Carry out activities outlined by programs in Quality Control Manual
- O-Microbiological verification of sanitation procedures
- O-Record and maintain temperature log
- O-Verify CCPs
- O-Perform bag weight checks
- O-Perform calibration checks
- Observations, and reports
- Submits recommendations for any required training to improve quality control processes or skills to
- Associate Degree in an engineering discipline, Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Electronics, Chemical, or working to that degree
- American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certified Quality Technician (CQT)
- Ability to perform machine shop level math
- Knowledge in understanding of Total Quality Systems or an ISO/TL 9000 registered system
Technician, Quality Assurance Job Description
- Assess technical capabilities and training needs of operators and provide training and support as necessary
- Issue/retrieve gages as required and instruct operators in the proper use of gages
- Perform general maintenance, calibration and documentation to established procedures
- Perform routine lab analysis and approval of heat-treated product per established sampling plans
- Perform various physical tests such as tensile strength, pin and bushing push off
- Monitor and support established SPC applications
- Perform capability studies and collect raw data to support Engineering and Tool Room projects
- Identify, segregate, and document nonconforming materials
- Follow up rejections to identify causes and ensure effective corrective action
- Audit system compliance and initiate system changes where deficiencies are identified
- Proven GC/HPLC experience
- Ability to operate or learn RCS system for QA transactions
- Microbiologic Lab Experience is a plus
- Prefer experience and knowledge of manufacturing systems, the quality function and technical products
- QA / GMP knowledge and implementation required
- Understands how to add value to both the internal and external customer
Technician, Quality Assurance Job Description
- Discusses electrical layout, assembly procedures and problems with manufacturing engineer and reads blue prints and schematics to clarify detail and functional criteria of production equipment
- Sets up standard test apparatus or devises test equipment and circuitry to conduct functional, operational, environmental, and life tests to evaluate performance and reliability of production equipment
- Adjusts, calibrates, aligns, and modifies circuitry and components and records repairs made on production equipment
- Participate in the implementation of quality improvement initiatives to reduce process variation and prevent process and product nonconformities
- Work with the QA personnel to review proposed product specification changes, or new product offerings prior to implementation, to help assess the impact on product/process quality requirements and help to implement appropriate changes as needed
- Assist in communications to internal customers from a quality standpoint, and for facilitation of processing of nonconforming material
- Use basic quality principles, tools, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Participate in internal process and product audits
- Participate and prepare sensory test tasting events
- Interface with internal and external quality partners
- AS in Biology or related field is preferred
- College level technical education in Electronics or Computer Science or equivalent experience
- Familiar with Microchip or other 8 bit embedded microcontroller based designs
- Familiar with Z-wave and/or Zigbee wireless protocol
- Familiar with Security Alarm or Home Automation systems a plus
- 2 or more years related Quality Assurance experience