Reliability Specialist Job Champaign area,Illinois USA,Quality Assurance

Job Title: Reliability Specialist

Department: Quality Department

Reports To: Quality Supervisor

Status: Full-Time/Non-Exempt

Salary:

Minimum Hiring Rate: $23.02/hour Maximum Hiring Rate: $25.82/hour
Monthly Bonus opportunities up to 9% of base monthly pay

Benefits: All full‑time positions are eligible for health, dental, vision insurance, tuition reimbursement, and 401k match up to 5%. Please go to this link for more information on our benefits:

Summary: Plans and conducts reliability testing activities for industrial processes, materials, and products to support production and new product introduction objectives.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Responsibilities

Responsible for reliability testing and reliability testing equipment to support production verification and new product validation objectives.

Develops, revises, and executes a testing schedule to complete testing objectives.
Using standard tests, evaluates materials and processes for compliance with established requirements.
Proactively assesses and maintains equipment for standard testing.
Applies statistical process control (SPC) methods to evaluate trends and nonconformances in reliability test results.

Documents and reports data consistent with company policies and procedures.

Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office applications for documenting and reporting reliability testing data. Must gain proficiency in additional applications for specific job functions.

Communicates significant issues or developments identified during quality assurance activities and recommends process improvements to plant leadership.

Maintains a working knowledge of government and industry quality assurance codes and standards.

Escalates equipment, quality, and safety issues to Shift Supervisors and other AFSI personnel as appropriate.

Works in a safe manner and is mindful of the safety of others, following all safety policies and procedures. Reports any accidents and potentially unsafe situations immediately to appropriate supervisor and/or other leaders.

Supports other department objectives as needed.

Other duties as assigned.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee may be required to sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel.

The employee may be required to stand for prolonged amounts of time; walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Qualifications

Education and/or

Experience:

2-year degree or certificate from college or technical school; or 2 to 4 years’ related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
Language

Skills:

Able to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals; write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals; speak effectively before groups of employees; effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, partners, and customers.
Mathematical

Skills:

Able to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry; apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
Reasoning Ability: Able to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists; interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Preference given to qualified candidates with current ASQ certifications.
Other

Skills and Abilities:

Able to interact well within and communicate effectively with all levels of the…