Quality Technician Job

Quality Control Lab (Pay range $24 - $28.80/hour, with a 4% annual bonus potential)

This position is for a Quality Control Laboratory Technician at the Bostik Ringwood, IL adhesive manufacturing plant. As a QC lab technician, you will support operations by analyzing and ensuring incoming raw materials, production batches, and outgoing shipments follow standard quality procedures and meet quality specifications in a timely manner.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

General Duties:

• Maintain compliance with all health, safety and environmental procedures and guidelines.
• Be open to covering off shifts sometimes to help with vacation coverage.
• Perform daily/weekly/monthly calibration verifications as per the schedule.
• Perform daily and weekly housekeeping assignments.
• Perform and assist in miscellaneous quality activities including new product set up, customer information requests, training, audits, customer complaints and process improvement activities.
• Maintain inventory of laboratory supplies, raw materials for laboratory batches and laboratory chemicals.
• Refill all lab solutions and solvents, as needed.
• Proper handling, maintenance and disposal of sample retains, per applicable work instructions.
• Restock lab supplies as needed. Check lab inventories and notify the Quality Manager of needs.
• Proper disposal of laboratory waste as needed.
• Maintain required laboratory housekeeping standards.
• Safe work practices; proper use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Special projects as designated by Quality Leader and other job duties, as assigned.
• Send out Requests for Approval of Non-conforming materials in a timely manner and preparing of proper paperwork.
• No travel requirements

For incoming Raw Materials:

• Conduct raw material testing per the associated work instruction and enter all results into SAP
• Notify the Quality Managerr, designated R&D Scientist and Run Plant engineers for approval or material disposition of materials not meeting specification.

For Manufactured Products:

• Conduct In process and finished goods testing per the associated work instruction
• Review batch records and perform final product release.
• Run all tests according to specified test methods to ensure that produced material meets the requirements before disposition.
• Make recommendations to production to adjust the material into specification when required.
• Input completed batch test results into SAP.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• High School Diploma, or equivalent, with related experience
• A basic understanding and ability to perform simple tasks in Microsoft Office applications such as Word and Excel

Preferred Education and Experience Requirements:

• Associate degree in a Science discipline, preferred.
• Experience working in an industrial setting, especially those handling hazardous materials
• Experience with SAP software or other formula and quality management software
• Experience working with ISO quality management system
• Experience working with safe practices
• GMP

Mathematical Skills

Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations is required.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished inwritten, oral, or diagram form. Must deal with problems involving several concrete variables in mostly standardized situations and define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, use hands and fingers, handle, squeeze, or feel, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, ability to adjust focus, and the ability to distinguish color differences throughout the visible spectrum. Must be able to lift 50 pounds

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, and hazardous chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.

There will be limited exposure to chemicals, including but not limited to solvents and isocyanates.