The Quality Technician is responsible for technical support to the Quality Assurance Department and Inspection personnel. The position requires a technical background sufficient to assist in procedure development, drawing reviews and provide joint technical interface between Engineering and Manufacturing and coordinates with Purchasing for Supply Chain quality compliance."

" Statistical process control (SPC) and Lean manufacturing implementation.
" Knowledge of military and commercial specifications for materials, pumps/compressors, protective finishing, heat treating, and non-destructive testing.
" ASME Y14.5M (dimensioning and tolerencing), ANSI/ASQC Z1.4 (sampling procedures and tables for inspection by attributes), MIL-STD-100 (engineering drawing practices), ANSI/NCSL Z540-3 (calibration systems requirements), FED-STD-H28 (screw thread standards). Must be able to work with minimal supervision.
" Supporting interface/assistance to the Contracts and Purchasing departments.
" AS9100/ISO 9001 Quality Management System Requirements.
" Must be able to work with minimal supervision.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public. Ability to communicate in English.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

As a member of the organization, the employee is expected to work effectively with co-workers, customers and others by sharing ideas in a constructive and positive manner; listening to and objectively considering ideas and suggestions from others; keeping commitments; keeping others informed of work progress, timetables and issues; addressing problems and issues constructively to find mutually acceptable and practical business solutions; addressing others by name, title or other respectful identifier and; respecting the diversity of our work force in actions words and deeds.

COMPUTER SKILLS

IBM PC and Microsoft Windows for Word, Power Point and Excel, PC Dims, Solidworks, CAD++, QC 5000 CMM software or similar.

TOOLS/EQUIPMENT KNOWLEDGE

CMM (Coordinate Measuring Machine), Hardness tester, Optical comparator, Profilometer, Sine plate, calipers and micrometers, Height gages, Gage blocks, Precision measuring pins, Gear wires, Spline and thread gages, Scientific calculator, Dial indicators, Multi meter, Company van and Pallet jacks.

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); and One year certificate from college or technical school or equivalent training. 5+ years experience in advanced inspection and other quality related positions. An ASQE Quality Engineer certificate is desired. Bachelor's degree from four-year College or university, or equivalent in Quality, Engineering or Technical a plus.

Experience includes implementation, training and the maintenance of an AS9100/ISO 9001 Quality Management System and must have a background in Quality Assurance and Manufacturing processes. Also requires experience in performing and assisting and organizing others in performing the inspection process. Must be well versed with standard inspection measuring equipment and 3-axis measuring machines. Also requires a working knowledge of military and commercial specifications for materials, protective finishing, heat treating, and non-destructive testing and experience in Military Aerospace Industry. ASQ Mechanical Inspector professional certification and machine shop experience preferred