Quality Technician

KSB is a leading supplier of pumps, valves and related service. Our reliable, high-efficiency products are used in applications wherever fluids need to be transported or shut off, covering everything from building services,industry and water transport to waste water treatment, power plant processes and mining. Founded in 1871 in Frankenthal, Germany, the company has a presence on all continents with its own sales and marketing organisations and manufacturing facilities.

Around the globe, more than 190 service centres and around 3,500 service specialists are on hand to provide local inspection, servicing, maintenance and repair services under the KSB Supreme Serv brand. Innovative technology that is the fruit of KSB’s research and development activities forms the basis for the company’s success.

People. Passion. Performance. It is these three success factors that make KSB the company it is today.

At KSB, we recognise that it is people who actually make the difference – the people we employ and the people we serve. This is why we are committed to equal rights and treatment worldwide and never lose sight of the aspects ecology and sustainability when manufacturing our products.

To perform in-process and final inspections of manufactured and purchased products and provide Quality support to foundry and machining operations. The Quality Technician is responsible for verifying product conformance to engineering, dimensional, material, and customer requirements, with a strong focus on dimensional inspection, calibration, precision measurement, engineering drawing interpretation, and the use of CMM and other metrology technologies. The applicant must be a self-starter capable of working independently and effectively with Quality, Manufacturing, and Engineering.

• Promotes Safety and Housekeeping as Job #1 at all times by following all safety requirements and identifying and reporting safety concerns.
• Performs in-process, final, and returned-product inspections of cast and machined components.
• Inspects castings for dimensional and visual conditions and identifies applicable foundry and machining defects.
• Supports first-piece, part qualification, and other required inspections to verify conformance to engineering and customer requirements.
• Evaluates and documents nonconforming material and assists Quality, Manufacturing, and Engineering with disposition and corrective action activities.
• Creates SAP Quality notifications and maintains applicable inspection and nonconformance records.
• Supports Manufacturing with inspection activities and troubleshooting of dimensional, casting, machining, and other product quality concerns.
• Provides assistance with problem solving and root cause analysis related to product and process nonconformances.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Reads and interprets engineering drawings, specifications, tolerances, and inspection requirements.
• Applies GD&T and appropriate measurement techniques when evaluating dimensional requirements.
• Performs dimensional inspections using micrometers, calipers, height gages, bore gages, indicators, radius gages, surface plates, and other precision measurement equipment.
• Performs inspections using CMM, portable CMM, 3D metrology, and other computer-based measurement systems as required.
• Supports CMM and metrology software operation, inspection setup, data collection, analysis, and dimensional reporting.
• Selects appropriate measurement methods and equipment based on drawing requirements, tolerances, part size, and inspection needs.
• Prepares…