Quality Auditor

Purpose of the Job:

To audit, inspect and review all level of material used, modified, produced and shipped to customers for adherence to all applicable quality specifications, standards and criteria as specified and provided.

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

Responsibilities include:

• Spot check and verify all applicable criteria of quantity, quality and conformance to specifications is achieved and/or adhered to when incoming material is received in any manner and from any source.
• Perform material characterization with supplied tools ad techniques such as wire pull test to validate material yield as certified by supplier
• Aggregate data collected during audits, spot checks and characterization tests into basic report for presentation to others including other Quality Team members, Managers and Members of the Departments and Leadership Teams
• Provide objective and subjective feedback as to any professional concern or positive performance of any all suppliers that are evaluated.

Responsibilities include:

• Validate WIP conforms to drawings and specifications throughout any aspect of fabrication and process
• Perform predefined tests with tools provided on coatings applied to products including but not limited to:
• Powder coat/wet paint thickness
• Powder coat/wet paint curing
• Powder coat/wet paint adhesion
• Outgas perforation/bubble density
• Surface deviation
• Support customer specific requests for product testing as indicated in contract/purchase order documents.
• Verify weld quality, placement and conformance to supplied drawing sand AWS standards as required

• Record all test data captured during any product quality or process evaluation in form that supports later aggregation
• Maintain these records and perform aggregation and trend analysis of data in search for individual and comprehensive behavioral analysis
• Prepare reports for others as requested to communicate trends supported by data aggregation/analysis; be prepared to use said data/report to support data driven business decisions

• Serve as one member of a small Team that evaluates customer complaints for data driven root cause analysis
• Work with Team to draft possible corrective actions in line with root cause
• Monitor corrective actions measure for requested effectiveness to improve overall business efficiencies.

Work with Procurement and Engineering to engage with current and future suppliers to validate:

• Process capabilities that support the type of offering they can provide
• Quality Manual, polices, procedures and associated documentation for minimally acceptable standards and their own demonstrable conformance to their own standards
• Recovery capabilities and focus when non-conformance events occur, and remediation is required and time constrained

• Maintain and support good housekeeping in work areas throughout the facility
• Assist with safety audits as required
• Assist to evaluate corrective actions taken

• Support quality awareness initiatives as requested by Leadership Team
• Provide explanations to other personnel of quality concepts and provide examples of real use in current practice

Assist in maintaining Audit records for end-to-end tracking of material utilization, lot tracking and containment as required.

• Reject or hold products due to non-conformance in liaison with Production Leaders and other Management personnel
• Stop Production if a critically unsafe situation is identified
• Initiate, recommend and provide solutions through designated channels

• Bi-Lingual (English/Spanish)- MUST BE ABLE TO READ, WRITE, AND SPEAK GOOD ENGLISH
• Good administrative skills
• Basic knowledge…