Quality Technician Apprentice

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS - GENERAL:

• Performs process audits to assure conformance to documented criteria.
• Preparation and maintenance of PPAP packages.
• Performs receiving inspection for steel, purchased parts, and outside processing.
• Informs Quality Manager/Assistant Quality Manager/Quality Engineer of any unsafe working conditions.
• Initiates action to prevent the occurrence on any nonconformity relating to product, process, and quality systems.
• Verifies production control for corrective action and documentation, per applicable work instructions.
• Performs outgoing inspection, including visual check, label and standard pack, gage as required, and document all results, as well as, complete and publish a management dock audit schedule.
• Treats all other team members with respect and dignity.
• Performs other essential functions as assigned.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS – SPECIFIC: SPC

• Teaches SPC to new employees including testing and issuing certificates.
• Conducts special reports as well as regular monthly and/or quarterly reports for affected or selected products. Reports include but are not limited to:
  
  CP/CPK or PP/PPK analysis and management reviews
  Pictorials and/or Summaries
  Customer reporting
  Weld capability analysis – 1st run and overall capability.
  Pareto charting or defects and trends
  TCO actions and follow up.
  Gage R & R studies – conduct, calculate, track, and coordinate corrective actions (per MSA)
• Sets up, loads, maintains, and trains the use of SPC computer software.
• Leads problem solving efforts using statistical (problem solving techniques).
• Reviews SPC charts for compliance to control plans, statistical control, and inspection reduction cost savings analysis.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS – SPECIFIC: DOCUMENT & PROCESS CONTROL

• Process weekly and monthly reports.
• Update and maintain Progressive Stamping’s documented quality and environmental management systems.
• Issues, revises and updates-controlled documents (i.e. work instructions, forms, job descriptions, prints, Quality Policy, Standard Operating Procedures and Midway Standards.)
• Assists the Quality/Environmental Management Representative in performing any applicable function related to the quality or environmental management systems.
• Coordinates new, annual and engineering change PPAP’s.
• Maintains Engineering Change System.
• Takes minutes and notes at various plant meetings.
• Creates spreadsheets, graphs, etc., to represent data.
• Prepares MOS documentation.
• Processes PPM results.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS – SPECIFIC: CALIBRATION TECHNICIAN

• Performs gage and check fixture calibration and maintenance.
• Maintains calibration documentation and records.
• Performs part, gage and check fixture capability studies.
• Performs process audits to assure conformance to documented criteria.
• Preparation of PPAP packages.
• Teats all other team members with respect and dignity.
• Performs other essential functions as assigned.