Quality Assurance Technician

3. Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned:

• Test incoming raw materials and determine acceptability
• Verify raw material data on vendor supplied certificates of analysis and determine acceptability.
• Test finished castables and determine acceptability.
• Batch and test new products, modified products and existing products as required.
• Batch materials for castable products.
• Maintain electronic files of test data.
• Enter test data into statistical program.
• Report non-standard test results to the Quality Manager.
• Perform special projects as required.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Maintain lab and work area in a clean and orderly fashion.
• Assist QA Manager and/or Director of R&D with any product development projects.

4. Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required:

• Education and/or Experience: High School Diploma or GED, high school diploma preferred; computer experience in word processing and spreadsheets; 2 years of refractory experience or quality control experience preferred.
• Language Skills: Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to other employees of the organization.
• Mathematical Skills:
  Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, area, circumference, volume, and decimals. Ability to convert units of measure.

5.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 accommodations 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 stand; use hands to handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms, regularly lift 50 pounds
• Work Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment is moderate to loud due to running equipment.