Quality Technician

SSW Advanced Technologies, LLC is a growing multinational supplier to the global appliance OEMs. With more than 70 years of expertise and innovation, we design and sell components and systems to the residential appliance industry (refrigeration, cooking, laundry), commercial refrigeration, HVAC, retail display and home/office organizational markets. More information is available on our website

The Onsite Quality Technician (2nd Shift: 2:30pm - 11pm)will conduct tests to determine the quality of raw materials, bulk intermediate, and finished products.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct routine and non-routine analyses of in-process materials, raw materials, environmental samples, and finished goods.
• Inspect products, ensuring quality standards are met (1st Piece, Capability Studies, In-Process)
• Identify and implement efficiencies.
• Create or follow internal procedures and support manufacturing engineering on work instructions in order to meet or surpass quality levels of the ISO 9001 standards.
• Compute and relate metrics regarding customer defect information, scrap, and inspection data.
• Participate in cross-functional meetings to review open issues and activities to be resolved or acted upon
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Help ensure the production and timely delivery of products.
• Help maintain test equipment, quality lab tools.
• Help determine root causes, recommend corrective actions to process.
• Collaborate effectively with manufacturing personnel and management.
• Assist manufacturing departments with control plan and work instructions in accordance with PFMEAs, Process Flows, Control Plans and company quality management system procedures and customer requirements
• Promote quality concepts and principles throughout SSW Holding Company Inc.
• Assist in Supplier Corrective actions (DCAR Process)
• Assist with 5S and ISO audits.
• Conduct lab testing which involves Salt spray, Humidity, Paint panel, X-ray and other testing as required per ASTM standards.
• Calibrate attribute gages and measuring devices at regularly scheduled intervals and enter information into database.
• Ensure that quality reports and pertinent information are communicated daily.

Position Supervised or Directed:

• Reports to Quality Manager

Qualifications, Experience requirements:

• Additional Training Requirements:
  Knowledge of process improvement techniques such as SPC, Lean, Six Sigma a plus.
• 3 years of experience in quality related role. Ability to interpret engineering drawings and use basic quality hand tools preferred.

General Requirements:

• Detailed and hands-on oriented.
• Availability to go to the office from Monday to Friday.

Working Conditions:

• Manufacturing environment.
• Physical ability, which may include standing, lifting, carrying, reaching, and working in areas that are not climate controlled for long periods.
• Frequently indoors.
• Frequently exposed to fumes and loud noises.

Equipment Use:

• Office machinery.
• Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) when necessary.