Senior Quality Technician - 1st - Pelzer

Essential Job Duties

• Perform quality inspections of in process and completed product
• Maintain positive, progressive, and productive attitude toward plant targets and objectives regarding reliability, accountability, safety, integrity, quality, and productivity as a unified goal.
• Internally Audit daily work activities within the organization to identify non-conformances in process that require sustained correction.
• Escalate repeated non-conformances or advanced level problems to QA Engineers.
• Ensures all associates in respective area are competently trained and practicing proper operating procedures to ensure a quality product is passed through all stations.
• Identifies opportunities to build quality into the products and processes.
• Works closely with engineering, production, safety, vendors to ensure product compliance.
• Engage in any improvements which seek to drive the COPQ down.
• Assist development of a fully documented SOP’s for all activities within the organization.
• Deliver training for any new quality improvement.
• Supports Quality Engineering with root cause investigation and corrective action implementation.

Knowledge, Experience, Skills, and Abilities

• 2 Year associate degree Required (Quality/Manufacturing Tech Preferred)
• 5-7 years’ experience working in an advanced technical QA position in a manufacturing environment.
• 2-5 years' experience using measuring tools (calipers, micrometers, and/or tape measures) to do in-depth quality checks.
• 2 years’ experience with leadership responsibilities highly preferred.
• Quality related certifications and traininghighly preferred (Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Kaizen, Calibration, 9-hour Quality Technician, etc.)
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, and strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work as a member of a team in a team-oriented environment.
• Ability to plan and organize your responsibilities according to needs of the company
• Ability to make decision and self-pace your work. Strong prioritization skills.
• Demonstrated problem-solving ability in an organized manner using 8D/NCR methodology.
• Experience with Data Collection.
• Ability to read engineering drawings and measure or test product to determine conformance.
• Trained Internal Auditor and experience auditing to internal and ISO standards.
• Experience training team members to internal standards and operating procedures.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Ability to occasionally travel to vendors and clients to handle NCR’s.
• Ability to interact with multiple people at different levels to include but not limited to upper management, production, engineering, clients, and vendors to creatively resolve quality issues.
• Must act in the best interest of Vertiv to clients and suppliers.
• Must have an employment track record consistent with Vertiv Internal Job Posting standards.

Physical / ADA Requirements

Due to the nature of our work, Team Members may be required to lift 50 lbs. on a regular basis, carry objects over distance, bend/twist, squat, climb ladders, stand for extended periods of time, use tools requiring manual dexterity, and may be required to operate powered industrial equipment.