Description

UPM Quality Technician assures that the product supplied to our customers meets the Quality parameters set forth by United Performance Metals and that each shipment conforms to all specified agreed customer, regulatory, and internal requirements.

This is an entry-level position within the Quality department.

Compensation is $21-24 depending on experience.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Review product certifications for release acceptance or discrepancy resolution

• Receive purchased material in Stratix System

• Apply and release quality hold status of the product as applicable

• Scan certifications and testing reports into the operating system

• Process and administrate requests for certification updates

• Conduct inspection of product when required or requested

• Inspect and resolve questionable material issues involving product integrity

• Assist with inspection layout, set-up as needed

• Understand and apply measuring techniques with internal operating procedure and equipment

• Identify and quarantine nonconforming material

• Enter/Maintain vendor rejection reports

• Process and provide follow up for supplier rejections

• Maintain corrective/preventative action system

• Schedule QIR/Training meetings with both the Production and Sales Departments as needed

• Schedule meetings, as needed, to resolve non-conforming and process issues

• Conduct follow-up actions regarding QIR/Customer Complaints issues until the matter is resolved

• Issue Return/Scrap Authorizations

• Investigate and resolve non-conformities

• Assist with customer quality system requests and approvals

• Assist with the quality orientation for new employees

• Support sales with certification and compliance requests

• Support operations and production with order and material-technical needs

• Maintain AMS/UPM specification spreadsheet used to verify the compliance of mill test reports

• Perform periodic specification revision checks for updates

• Oversee the inspection and measuring of test equipment

• Maintain identification of the testing equipment and documentation providing traceability and calibration frequency

• Initiate and maintain the ongoing assessment and approval of subcontractors

• Perform periodic audits of suppliers and subcontractors

• Responsible for administration of appropriate customer release program

• Assist as needed with compliance audits

• Maintain required customer approval and certification

• Fill out and respond to customer survey requests

• Assist as needed with customer and regulatory audits

• Maintain a full understanding of United Performance Metals' Quality Manual, Operating Procedures, and Work Instructions: How they relate to AMS, ASTM, AISI, AS9100 and ISO-9001 Requirements

• Continued education and training of metals applications, industry requirements, and customer focus activities

• General housekeeping in accordance with the quality expectations

• Assist as needed with internal audits

• Maintain customer property within established procedures

• Maintain and report on shelf-life sensitive items that are maintained in inventory to ensure the products are not expired beyond use

• Other duties as assigned.

Preferred Experience

Material handling experience, using a Forklift and Overhead Crane

1 year Quality related experience and/or training

Preferred Supplier required certificates – i.e., GE DSQR, PWA SDRA

Aerospace experience is preferred

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)