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Position Purpose: The Quality Technician I will plan, lead, and performtechnical activities. The Quality Technician will grow to be considered aSubject Matter Expert in their assigned position and be responsible fortraining, improvement, and independent problem solving in their area. TheQuality Technician will regularly interface with Quality Engineering,Production Planning, Procurement, Manufacturing, and Test as needed.
Title: Quality Technician I
Position Type: Full Time
Pay Range: $19.00 - $34.00/hour (Salary to be determined by theeducation, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of theapplicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.)
Location: Boulder, CO
Benefits:
100% company paid health, dental and vision benefits for you and yourdependents effective the first of the month following hire dateLife insurance401k (matching 4% with a minimum 5% contributionGenerous PTO (3 weeks of vacation + 3 floating holidays, 2 weeks of sicktime, 7 paid holidays throughout the year) and parental leave
Job Responsibilities:
Find ways to continuously improve the processes in their area.Assist in establishing, implementing, maintaining and improving departmentprocess documentation.Drive Lean Manufacturing principles throughout the organization as it pertainsto quality assurance methodology.Foster a collaborative and interactive team environment that supports both alearning and teaching culture. Maintain an effective working relationship withothers in the company.Follow established job safety practices, policies and procedures asspecified in plant and in corporate directives for the safe performance ofdaily activities. Proactively suggest improvements and elevate issues tomanagement.Assist with the calibration program. Make sure all tools that need to be inthe program are included, that they get sent out and returned on the correctfrequency, the needed data is obtained, and the quality records are kept.Help locate missing tools.Interface with calibration suppliers to get tools sent out, returned, andrepaired if necessary.Start NCRs and shepherd the determination of risk/actions when OOT tools arereceived.Operate x-ray equipment.Be involved in audits of the calibration system.Inspect mechanical and electrical components as needed.Other responsibilities as assigned.
Required Qualifications/Education:
A.S. or A.S. in a technical discipline OR equivalent experience.0-3 years of relevant experience.Experience in aerospace/defense, electronics contract manufacturing,and/or high precision machining.Experience with calibration programs and knowledge of ISO17025 preferred.Experience using computers for data entry, item lookups, etc. Experiencewith MS Word and Excel.Basic understanding of material flow in a manufacturing environment andimportance of measuring tool calibration.Familiarity with ISO9001 and AS9100 requirements as it pertains tomanufacturing and quality operations. AS9100 experience preferred.Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education.
Working Conditions:
This job operates in a professional office environment, but in amanufacturing company. This role uses standard office equipment such ascomputers, phones, photocopiers, scanners, filing cabinets and faxmachines. This job operates in a professional laboratory environm nt in amanufacturing company. This role uses standard laboratory and manufacturingequipment such as computers, electronics test equipment, and associatedoffice equipment.
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must bemet by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of thisjob. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals withdisabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the dutiesof this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods oftime. The employee is occasionally required to stand, bend, reach, andwalk. The position requires some light physical effort. This would require theability to lift or move objects up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift or moveobjects up to 25
pounds. Specific vision abilities are required by this job which includes