Quality Assurance Inspector (Night Shift 7pm-7am)

Job Description Summary The Quality Inspector provides guidance to ensure customer requirements are met by performing visual and gage-based inspection of molded and printed finished goods.  Attribute and variable data are observed and collected to determine conformance to established quality specifications.  Other contributors to safety, quality and food safety are also observed or inspected, including adherence to safety policies, good manufacturing practices, established methods, procedures, and polices, and raw material conditions.  A Quality Inspector communicates deviations from quality specifications, control limits, and other requirements, as well as trends approaching deviation to fellow employees in the respective production areas, including supervisors and managers as needed, in a timely and effective manner so that corrective action can be implemented.  A Quality Inspector has the discretion and is empowered to require correction, place materials on hold or release them from hold, determine materials to be scrapped, and stop a process partially or in whole.   Essential Functions and Duties Molding Inspection: •    Collect shots and samples from the production floor. •    Perform variable inspections that provide metrology data such as size, weight, thickness, or opacity. •    Perform attribute inspections comparing to established standards that note the presence or absence of a physical, visual, or functional characteristic or defect.  Examples of these attributes include holes in product, deformation, contamination, and damage. Printing Inspection: •    Sign-off new jobs after changeovers.  •    Perform variable inspections that provide measurement data such as surface pretreatment levels and colorimetry. •    Perform attribute inspections comparing to established standards that note the presence or absence of a physical, visual, or functional characteristic or defect.  Examples of these attributes include ink color and density, image accuracy, proper pretreatment and cure, and proper packaging.  Attributes from the molding process are reassessed at this point as well. •    Assist with setting standards and creating visual reference guides. General: •    Make rounds on the production floor, observing and inspecting product quality, process capability, and conformance to all applicable requirements, including safety, food safety, quality, and good manufacturing practices. •    Record the results of inspection and observation activities into the appropriate computer or paper based forms and systems. •    Identify quality concerns from observations, inspections, and review of collected data. •    Communicate quality concerns, including potential non-conformities, deviations from standards, specifications and control limits based on variable and attribute inspection, as well as general inspection and observation activities to the appropriate operators for awareness and technical personnel for resolution. •    Perform containment actions on potentially nonconforming materials including:     Identification of the scope – start and stop – of the concern.     Placing materials on real or virtual hold in the appropriate system.     Dispositioning nonconforming materials in an expedient and timely manner when possible.     Communicating the action to the appropriate personnel.     Documenting the actions.  •    Interrupt production if product quality is unacceptable based on established standards and cannot be adequately managed through containment or disposition activities. •    Complete reports and documentation in a timely and accurate manner, including quality assurance notifications, rework logs, end-of-shift reports. •    Communicate concerns, issues, and activities with coworkers, supervision and management within and across shifts to ensure visibility and acknowledgement of those concerns, issues, and activities. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by a Quality Inspector. He or she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties requested by his or her supervisor. Qualifications:    To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. ·    The employee must demonstrate the ability to work independently, with minimal supervision Communication Skills ·    Ability to read and comprehend documents such as safety rules, operating instructions and procedure manuals. ·    Ability to write routine reports or correspondence. ·    Ability to effectively present information in in one-to-one or small group situations including with customers, third party visitors, and other employees of the organization. ·    Demonstrable team skills including problem solving and managing conflict preferred. Mathematical and Technology Skills ·    Perform arithmetic.  Ability to add, subtract multiply and divide. ·    Understand and utilize decimals. ·    Basic computer skills including email, word processing, simple spreadsheets, and use of electronic forms. Reasoning Ability: ·    Ability to define problems, collects data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions. ·    Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in word, mathematical, or diagram form. ·    Deal with several abstract and concrete variables. Education and/or Experience ·    High school diploma or equivalent. ·    One or more years working in a quality related position preferred. ·    One or more years working in a molding or printing position preferred. Physical Demands The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. ·    The employee is regu