First Time Quality Technician, 2nd Shift

Position Summary

Diagnoses, repairs and disassembles transfer cases and other products to help diagnosis quality issues and reduce scrap.

Standard Duties

• Observes products in operation and listens to their sounds to locate causes of trouble/abnormalities.
• Dismantles products to identify and remove any defective parts.
• Process defective part through nonconforming material procedure
• Inspect good components to verify they are conforming and able to be returned to the assembly line.
• Repairs or replaces any defective parts.
• Lubricates and cleans parts.
• Evaluate rejects and determine root cause.
• Enter evaluation data into spreadsheet to create a report including FTQT Log and FPY spreadsheet.

Safety, Health and Physical Requirements

• Stand for long periods of time including during operation of stand up lifts.
• Lifting shoulder high up to 35 lbs repetitively.
• Stepping up and down off lift; walking long distances over extended periods.
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment.
• Working in a non-climate controlled environment.
• Repetitive motion activities including but not limited to box cutting, standing, lifting, loading/unloading carts.
• All employees are responsible for knowing, understanding and complying with the safety policies and procedures.

• Problem Solving: Gathers and analyzes information skillfully; Works well in group problem solving situations.
• Quality of Work: Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness. Monitors own work to ensure quality.
• Productivity: Completes work in timely manner; Works quickly and with purpose.
• Teamwork/Interpersonal Skills: Contributes to building a positive team spirit. Reacts well under pressure; Treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position.
• Initiative: Generates suggestions for improving work. Uses intuition and experience to complement data.
• Coordination/Cooperation: Adapts to changes in the work environment; Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
• Dependability/Reliability: Follows instructions, responds to management direction; Commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals.; Completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate person with an alternate plan.
• Judgement/Decision Making: Exhibits sound and accurate judgment; Includes appropriate people in decision-making process.
• Safety/Environmental/Housekeeping: Observes safety and security procedures; Determines appropriate action beyond guidelines; Reports potentially unsafe conditions; Uses equipment and materials properly.

Key Competencies

• Safety
• Initiative
• Judgement/Decision Making
• Teamwork/Interpersonal Skills

Education & Experience

Education: High School diploma or GED

6 months of quality related experience preferred

• Language Skills: Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

• Communication - Responds well to questions; Participates in meetings. Presents numerical data effectively; Able to read and interpret written information.
• Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of SAP Inventory software; Excel Spreadsheet software and Word Processing software.