Quality Associate

Overview

Position Summary. To ensure all incoming and outgoing materials meet or exceed the customer requirements and Argon Industries ISO policies and procedures.

• Understand, train and monitor all employees to Argon’s Quality Policy & Requirements and ISO procedures
• Assist with ISO internal audits
• Analyzing new parts and completing the PPAP process
• Communicate with customers, suppliers and coworkers. Prepare, review, enforce and/or follow up with all CARs, SCARs, Customer Complaints etc, completing all paperwork, requests, etc in a timely manner.
• Organize and maintain all Quality Assurance documentation and files
• Interpret ASTM and AISI standards and judge compliance to the standards (including flatness and squareness)
• Read, interpret and understand the Job Traveler and customers requirements including blueprints, drawings, deviations, etc to assure Argon’s compliance.
• Communicate, assist and/or train personnel alerting them of any potential problems, safety issues and/or methods to increase efficiency.
• Work with engineering and manufacturing to ensure clear and accurate information exists by updating drawings, job travelers and programs.
• Observe, evaluate and suggest new ideas, policies and procedures.
• Identify appropriate materials for the job, including the ability to check the type, size, quantity, quality and maintain traceability.
• Advance Product Quality Planning (APQP) experience preferred

• Properly utilize inspection equipment to accurately complete the job in accordance with the customer requirements and ISO procedures:
  Caliper, height gage, micrometer, square, CMM, pin/thread gage, etc.
• Perform 1st piece inspection, in-process inspection, final inspection, for all internal (welding and some fabrication).
• Train and utilize all inspection equipment including the Keyence CMM and Inspecvision
• Inspect all incoming material ensuring all materials accepted meet the inspection criteria of Argon Industries
• Interpret ASTM and AISI standards and judge compliance to the standards (including flatness and squareness)
• Responsible to revise and maintain updated Work Instructions relative to quality
• All other duties as assigned

• Must have working knowledge of quality systems and familiarity with ISO.
• Must have ability to use or learn all inspection equipment, ie micrometers, calipers, height gages, CMM’s, etc.
• Must have ability to read and interpret blueprints, including geometric tolerances and weld symbols.
• Must have ability to perform manual layout inspection.

• Continuous Improvement
• 5 Why (Root Cause Analysis Method)
• Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)
• ISO 22000
• Advanced Inspection & Gauge Measurement
• Blueprint Reading