Senior Quality Assurance Technician

FRANKLIN INDUSTRIES is looking for a Senior Quality Assurance Technician to join our team. This position will oversee the inspection and testing of materials and products to ensure adherence to established quality standards and proposes corrective actions to improve compliance with quality specifications.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Mark items with details such as grade or acceptance-rejection status.
• Measure dimensions of products to verify conformance to specifications using measuring instruments such as rulers calipers gauges or micrometers.
• Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.
• Inspect test or measure materials products installations or work for conformance to specifications.
• Write test or inspection reports describing results recommendations or needed repairs.
• Recommend necessary corrective actions based on inspection results.
• Read dials or meters to verify that equipment is functioning at specified levels.
• Make minor adjustments to equipment such as turning setscrews to calibrate instruments to required tolerances.
• Read blueprints data manuals or other materials to determine specifications inspection and testing procedures adjustment methods certification processes formulas or measuring instruments required.
• Monitor production operations or equipment to ensure conformance to specifications making necessary process or assembly adjustments.
• Record inspection or test data such as weights temperatures grades or moisture content and quantities inspected or graded.
• Position products components or parts for testing.
• Collect or select samples for testing or for use as models.
• Check arriving materials to ensure that they match purchase orders submitting discrepancy reports as necessary.
• Inspect or test raw materials parts or products to determine compliance with environmental standards.
• Analyze test data making computations as necessary to determine test results.
• Compare colors shapes textures or grades of products or materials with color charts templates or samples to verify conformance to standards.
• Clean maintain calibrate or repair measuring instruments or test equipment such as dial indicators fixed gauges or height gauges.
• Fabricate install position or connect components parts finished products or instruments for testing or operational purposes.
• Interpret legal requirements provide safety information or recommend compliance procedures to contractors craft workers engineers or property owners.
• Adjust clean or repair products or processing equipment to correct defects found during inspections.
• Compute defect percentages or averages using formulas and calculators.
• Weigh materials products containers or samples to verify packaging weights or ingredient quantities.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• High school diploma or GED is required
• Two or more years of experience in Quality preferably in an industrial environment is required
• Must be self-motivated able to prioritize tasks effectively and efficiently
• Good math skills
• Must have good communication and computer skills (Excel recommended)
• Working knowledge of ISO recommended
• Experience with CAD software recommended

WORKING CONDITIONS

• This is a safety sensitive position. You will be around and/or operating heavy machinery.
• Working around mechanical parts and vibrations
• Working around some fumes and gases
• Working with some fluids and chemicals
• Working around loud noises

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to climb on off and around equipment
• Ability to sit stand and walk for periods of time
• Ability to lift item (occasionally very heavy in excess of 50 pounds)
• Various repetitive motions

COMPENSATION

This is a salaried position paying between $40 and $55K per year commensurate with experience.

In addition to the salary mentioned above the employee would also be eligible for:

• Bonus and production incentives
• Referral bonuses
• Paid holidays

BENEFITS - available on the first of the month following hire date:

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• $15 K Life Insurance paid for by company
• Short and Long-Term Disability Insurances
• Other benefits also offered

ABOUT FRANKLIN INDUSTRIES

In 1901 Franklin Rolling Mill & Foundry Company was founded in Franklin PA. Right in the middle of Steel Country Franklin Industries is less than two hours from Pittsburgh where Andrew Carnegies steel empire ruled the steel industry in the early 20th century.

Were another two hours from Johnstown PA where the first steel rails for the railroad (our raw material) were made. Steel rails linked Chicago and New York together with high capacity rails creating Americas manufacturing powerhouse.

Our families have made an honest living in quality manufacturing for generations and are proud to continue that great tradition.

NON-DISCRIMINATION STATEMENT

It is the policy of Franklin Industries to provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race color religion sex national origin age disability marital status veteran status sexual orientation genetic information or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

The HR Department is required to check the criminal background of all job offerees. Having a criminal record does not block an applicant from securing a job at Franklin Industries. We review all criminal records on a case-by-case basis.

The HR Department sends all job offerees to an external testing site for a physical (vitals vision and hearing) and a drug screen. Securing the job is contingent on passing the physical and the drug screen.

Required Experience:

Senior IC