POSITION SUMMARY

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

KEY FUNCTIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES

-Responsible for planning, coordinating, and direct quality control program to ensure the continuous production of products consistent with established standards.

-Responsible for developing and analyzing statistical data and product specifications to determine present standards and establish proposed quality and reliability expectancy of the finished product.

-Responsible for using data from various reports to analyze quality problems and create corrective action plans that improve product quality.

-Responsible for continuously monitoring the top ten quality problems and continuously coordinates the corrective action plans to eliminate the problems.

-Responsible for monitoring the quality of incoming raw materials.

-Responsible for product safety and act as plant sanitarian.

-Responsible for performing audits of the manufacturing facility and product safety system to ensure compliance with sanitation guidelines and SQF, Good Manufacturing Practices.

-Responsible for developing and auditing systems for production and waste reporting and analyzing plant waste on a monthly basis.

-Responsible for using statistical methods for analysis and provide plans for cost reduction and productivity improvement.

-Responsible for working directly with customers on quality issues, answering customer complaints and developing corrective action plans to prevent reoccurrence.

-Responsible for formulating and maintaining quality control objectives and coordinate objectives with production procedures in cooperation with the other plant supervisors and managers to maximize product reliability and minimize cost.

-Responsible for working with the Amcor Technical Center to assure the quality and schedule quality improvements.

-Responsible for directing employees engaged in inspection and testing activities to ensure continuous control over materials, facilities and products.

-Responsible for investigating and adjusting customer complaints.

-Responsible for making suggestions on what the plant needs to change to stop similar complaints.

-Responsible for entering data, reading and interpreting a spread sheet.

-Responsible for safety and housekeeping for department.

-Responsible for Management of the plant wide quality assurance program and its documentation control of overall quality in the plant.

-Responsible for continuous improvement program for the quality system to upgrade product and process quality to include the SPC program.

-Responsible for raw material vendor quality assurance to include liaison with vendors for resolution of quality issues, issuance of DMRS, and follow-up to ensure credits are issued for all reject materials.

-Responsible for incoming raw material inspection and testing for conformance to specifications.

-Responsible for the administration of government contract requirements for all products produced for the government.

-Responsible for certification of all gauges, maintenance of certification program.

-Responsible for overseeing adherence to government contract requirements of all products produced for the government.

-Responsible for acting as contact person for all government inspections.

-Responsible for facilitating the quality circle and task force program at the plant level.

-Responsible for acting as counselor on methods for problem solving.

-Responsible for disposing all materials which have been held for Q.A inspection and review with Plant Manager decisions to scrap product and prevent the shipment of defective material.

-Responsible for acting as contact person for all regulatory inspections relating to safety.

-Responsible for plant wide Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point Program (H.A.C.C.P.) and its functions plant wide.

-Responsible for ensuring shipment of Sample Quality Products to Customer as requested.

-Responsible for Quality System and checks in the plant Poly Press area, to include print quality, product safety and product control.

-Responsible for control of the print retain system for the press area.

-Responsible for plant wide material specifications and updating as required.

The above is intended to describe the general content of and the requirements for the performance of this position.  It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. Additional tasks may be assigned to the employee from time to time; or the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands. 

MANAGERIAL / SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITES

-Hire, train, develop, and supervise of QA analyst/technicians such that quality standards are uniformly applied and documentation is completed.

-Manage 10 subordinate employees engaged in the inspection of the product during all

phases of production including SQF Representative.

-Is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of all quality control and quality related issues.

-If Quality Manager is out of the facility, the Plant Manager will assume the responsibilities.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES

-Fifth year college or university program certificate; or two or more years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

-Regularly required to stand for long periods; use hands to finger, handle, or feel, objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms.

-Good hand-eye coordination is essential.

-Occasionally required to climb, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

-Must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, andoccasionally lift and/or move 100 pounds.

-Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, normal color vision, and depth perception.

-Enclosed office space with frequent exposure to warehouse space and workshop floor; hearing protection required at times.

-Frequently exposed to fumes, or airborne particles.

-Work near moving mechanical parts and is exposed to humid conditions and extreme heat.

-Noise level in the work environment usually moderate.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES

-Read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, procedures, orgovernmental regulations.

-Respond to common. complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the businesscommunity.

-Write reports, business corres