UPM Quality Technician assures that the product supplied to our customers meets the Quality parameters set forth by United Performance Metals and that each shipment conforms to all specified agreed customer, regulatory, and internal requirements. Daily Activities Include:
- Review product certifications for release acceptance or discrepancy resolution.
- Receive purchased material in Stratix System.
- Unloading heavy material from trucks with the use of a forklift.
- Weighting and measuring materials when received. Must be able to properly use scales, micrometers, calipers, and tape measurer.
- Breaking down packaging and repacking as needed.
- Moving material to racking with the use of a forklift or side-loader forklift.
- Moving material with the use of an overhead crane or portable crane.
- Apply and release quality hold status of the product as applicable.
- Scan certifications and testing reports into the operating system.
- Identify and quarantine nonconforming material.
- Inspect and resolve questionable material issues involving product integrity.
- Conduct inspection of product when required or requested. Assist with inspection layout and set-up as needed.
- General housekeeping in accordance with the quality expectations.
- Maintain customer property within established procedures.
- Maintain a full understanding of United Performance Metals' Quality Manual, Operating Procedures, and Work Instructions: How they relate to AMS, ASTM, AISI, AS9100, and ISO-9001 Requirements.
Additional Duties May Include but Are Not Limited To:
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- Process and administrate requests for certification updates.
- Understand and apply measuring techniques with internal operating procedure and equipment.
- Schedule meetings, as needed, to resolve non-conforming and process issues.
- Investigate and resolve non-conformities.
- Assist with the quality orientation for new employees.
- Support sales with certification and compliance requests.
- Support operations and production with order and material-technical needs.
- Maintain AMS/UPM specification spreadsheet used to verify the compliance of mill test reports.
- Oversee the inspection and measuring of test equipment.
- Maintain identification of the testing equipment and documentation providing traceability and calibration frequency.
- Initiate and maintain the ongoing assessment and approval of subcontractors.
- Perform periodic audits of suppliers and subcontractors.
- Responsible for administration of appropriate customer release program.
- Assist as needed with compliance audits.
- Maintain required customer approval and certification.
- Fill out and respond to customer survey requests.
- Assist as needed with customer and regulatory audits.
- Continued education and training of metals applications, industry requirements, and customer focus activities.
- Assist as needed with internal audits.
- Maintain and report on shelf-life sensitive items that are maintained in inventory to ensure the products are not expired beyond use.
- Other duties as assigned.
Preferred Experience At least 1-2 years Quality related experience and/or training Supplier-required certificates – i.e., GE DSQR, PWA SDRA Aerospace experience We have Great Benefits: 3+weeks of PTO Paid Holidays Medical, Vision, & Dental Insurance 401k Match Quarterly bonuses Tuition Reimbursement Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)