Quality Analyst

Company: GCP PAPER USA, Inc.

Location: Houston, TX

Job Type: Full-Time, Salaried

FLSA Status: Exempt

Job Summary

GCP PAPER USA, Inc. is seeking a detail-oriented Quality Analyst to join our Quality team in Houston. This position is responsible for managing non-conforming products, tracking document control systems, and evaluating raw materials, in-process goods, and products in development. The Quality Analyst acts as a key technical resource for maintaining compliance with international standards, managing shift-to-shift quality handovers, and validating environmental recycling initiatives on the production floor.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Sample Collection: Collect and safeguard daily retention samples, identifying them accurately by date and shift in the assigned area to maintain a physical history for stability testing and customer clarifications.
• Non-Conforming Material & Development Management: Author documentation for non-conforming products and coordinate inventory holds on the floor using visual alerts to segregate defective materials; perform technical evaluations on new supplies and products in development.
• Document Control & Shift Handovers: Record, document, and archive daily quality logs while conducting structured shift handovers that detail active defects and product status to ensure total operational traceability.
• Internal Verification: Maintain the order, cleanliness, and basic calibration of laboratory measuring tools and instruments by executing scheduled internal verification programs to maximize reading precision.
• Environmental Stewardship: Validate that product quarantined due to quality deviations is routed efficiently to internal repulping or recycling streams, preventing unnecessary landfill disposal.
• Quality Blockade Authority: Exercise full authority to halt production lines or block inventory lots of raw materials and finished goods immediately upon confirming a deviation from technical specifications.
• Safety & Compliance Enforcement: Adhere strictly to company safety regulations, employee handbooks, and Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) to ensure an accident-free laboratory environment.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical field (such as Robotics Engineering) required. Note: Related engineering disciplines are fully accepted to support professional visa processing.
   
• Certifications: Valid TAPPI certification and Lean Manufacturing certification (Green Belt to Black Belt level) required.
• Technical Knowledge: Intermediate understanding of laboratory testing techniques, evaluation of materials, ISO 9001:2015 quality management systems, and FSC chain-of-custody standards.
• Technical Systems: Experience utilizing inventory management ERPs, Oracle, WMS, FSC tracking, GMP guidelines, and Minitab statistical software.
• Language: Intermediate communication skills in English and Spanish.
• Skills: Strong analytical observation, extreme attention to detail, objective technical decision-making, and organizational focus (5S).
• Work Authorization: Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Physical Demands & Work Environment

• Postures: Ability to alternate sitting in a laboratory/office environment with walking and standing on the production floor for up to 10 hours per shift. Ability to bend, twist, crouch, and climb line stairways or inspect inventory racks occasionally.
• Lifting: Ability to occasionally lift, carry, or move objects and samples weighing up to 50 lbs.
• Environment: Regular movement between a climate-controlled laboratory setting and an industrial manufacturing floor exposed to machinery noise, paper dust, and temperature variations.
• Required PPE: Mandatory use of company-provided safety boots, safety glasses, hairnets/coifs, and cut-resistant gloves.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

Company Benefits

• 100% Employer-Paid Healthcare: Fully covered individual Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance.
• 100% Employer-Paid Disability: Fully covered Short-Term Disability (STD) and Long-Term Disability (LTD).
• Retirement: 401(k) Plan.
• Time Off: Paid Time Off (PTO).

Standard Disclaimers & Compliance

Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

• Employment At-Will: This job description does not constitute an employment contract. Employment with GCP PAPER USA, Inc. is "At-Will," meaning that either the employee or the company can terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause or prior notice.
• Equal Opportunity Employer: GCP PAPER USA, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factors.
• Regulatory Compliance: The individual in this position is responsible for adhering to all OSHA safety protocols, ISO 9001:2015 standards, FSC certification requirements, the corporate Code of Ethics, Employee Manual, and active Human Resources policies.

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