Quality Technician

Signicast is the industry’s leading investment casting manufacturer. Through the hard work and dedication of our employees, we satisfy our customer's needs by safely delivering a quality product on-time, at a competitive price. Working at Signicast means becoming part of a world-class company. With industry-leading Total Rewards package and the potential to grow your career with us. Signicast doesn’t just invest in you— we help you invest in a future!

The Quality Technician is primarily responsible for acting as the champion of problem-solving activities, supporting new product development by determining and verifying customer requirements, and aiding in the maintenance of the quality management system through quality systems training ensuring the achievement of production objectives at the lowest cost consistent with the company quality standards and customer delivery needs.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

This list of duties and responsibilities is not all-inclusive and may be expanded from time to time to include other duties and responsibilities as management deems necessary. 

• Manage customer complaint process with strong RCCA methodologies
• Support new product development with advanced APQP techniques
• Manage, maintain, and uphold plant-based portions of the QMS
• Comply with all safety and health guidelines, quality standard practices/procedures, and housekeeping standards
• Be a strong voice for quality in the pre-production planning activities; provide guidance for project engineering with regard to customer specifications and requirements
• Provide engineering support to operations ensuring consistent application of quality techniques
• Effectively communicate and reinforce commitment to quality improvement efforts.
• Develop and submit PPAP documents for new product launches to meet customer requirements
• Aid the development of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Control Plans
• Assist with corporate quality system processes and accreditations – IATF/ISO/etc audits and accreditations, customer quality systems, audits, corrective action/problem-solving, and internal processes and audit programs
• Develop and innovate in all areas of quality system processes
• Be a resident expert in APQP, Control Plan, FMEA, MSA, and PPAP
• Support Sales and Engineering for all customer quality issues and audits
• Facilitate and promote the use of appropriate problem-solving techniques for effective root cause analysis and successful corrective action for high-visibility product quality issues
• Apply appropriate use of statistical techniques

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

• Requires a bachelor's degree in a technical or manufacturing-related field from a four-year college or university or 5 to 7 years of quality engineering experience in a manufacturing or foundry environment.  
• Must be competent with blueprints, technical specifications, AIAG PPAP requirements, and GD&T concepts. 

Benefits:  Our Total Rewards program offers world class benefits for this full-time position:

• Medical Insurance-PPO & HDHP HSA within 61 days of your start date 
• Dental & Vision insurance
• Wellness Program 
• Life Insurance
• Short-term & Long Term disability 
• Paid vacations plus 10 paid Holidays 
• Quarterly Performance Bonus 
• 401k Matching up to 5.5%
• Tuition Reimbursement 
• On-site Fitness center 
• On-site Chiropractor (Hartford Only) 

What a Career at Signicast Looks Like: Signicast offers a breadth of opportunities from career development planning to help our employees grow into their next position through individualized planning and training to in-depth leadership development for our next generation of leaders.

Signicast provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.