Quality Technician & Safety Officer
Scott Group Studio · Grand Rapids, MI ·
- Category
- Occupational safety
Job Description Summary
Reporting to the Customer Experience & Quality Manager, the Quality Technician role requires an adaptable quality professional with excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to adapt quickly to various tasks.
This is a split role where the individual will support inspection activities in the production areas, assist administratively with the AS9100/ISO 9001 quality system, and work directly with the health and safety team as one of the primary safety officers.
This role will require a candidate who is familiar with or willing to learn about ISO 9001/AS9100 and is comfortable operating in a flexible quality role within a manufacturing environment.
Job Responsibilities
Quality Assurance Responsibilities
Safety Officer Activities
Reporting to the Customer Experience & Quality Manager, the Quality Technician role requires an adaptable quality professional with excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to adapt quickly to various tasks.
This is a split role where the individual will support inspection activities in the production areas, assist administratively with the AS9100/ISO 9001 quality system, and work directly with the health and safety team as one of the primary safety officers.
This role will require a candidate who is familiar with or willing to learn about ISO 9001/AS9100 and is comfortable operating in a flexible quality role within a manufacturing environment.
Job Responsibilities
Quality Assurance Responsibilities
- Be able to learn and perform all major inspection activities including:
- Stamp checks,
- Tufting checks
- Face-up & Face down checks
- Pre-shear checks
- Shipping checks
- Identify and contain quality issues and help in completing or coordinating repair work.
- Liaise with Design Department to monitor any specific concerns on projects.
- Assist with root cause analysis and corrective actions.
- Create quality records for defective product.
Safety Officer Activities
- Perform safety audits of production workspaces.
- Oversee 5S system and continue to drive improvements therein.
- Report safety incidents and take part in root cause analysis and corrective actions.
- Assist in performing structured risk assessments related to workplace safety.
- Assist Safety Committee leadership in ensuring compliance with applicable workplace safety requirements and regulations.
- Take part in safety committee meetings and assist in safety related projects.
- Experience with AS9100, ISO 9001, or other related QMS standards is highly desirable
- Previous experience in a quality role is highly desirable.
- Some experience in quality and manufacturing settings is desired.
- Ability to pass a color vision assessment (such as the Farnsworth Munsell or equivalent hue test) and accurately distinguish colors for color matching and quality evaluation.
- Must be highly organized, self-directed and able to meet deadlines.
- Strong interpersonal skills & ability to work with others to solve problems.
- Ability to interpret sketches, renderings and applicable design material where relevant to the inspection of product once training is complete.
- Must be detailed when recording information and maintaining records.
- Ability to stand, bend, and walk for extended periods.
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
- Must be able to work safely with wool