Are you ready to accelerate your career with a best-in-class organization that values innovation, dedication, and growth? Our employees at Grede are the key to our success and share our passion for teamwork, customer service, and operational excellence. If you want to join an industry-leading company that focuses on your professional growth and development, we’d love to hear from you!
The Quality Technician is an essential part of the company’s team. The quality technician supports all other company teams as well as professionally interacts with our suppliers and customers. In addition to programming and running CMM’s, the person working in this position will inspect parts brought into the quality lab, work on Gage and Capability Studies, calibrate gages, conduct audits, and use the computer to document data, record audit results, enter calibration information, and communicate progress on projects.

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU:

• One year certificate from college or technical school; or three to six months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Preferably trained in root cause problem solving, six sigma certification, and lean training.
• Microsoft Office knowledge is required.
• Must have experience in GD&T, CMM Programming, PC-DMIS, and Calypso.
  As a Fair Chance employer, Grede is committed to considering individuals who are rebuilding after past challenges. We believe full-time employment can be a powerful step toward long-term success.
  To learn more about Grede, please visit our website at www.grede.com.
  We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation

• Follow all quality system and lab procedures.
• Collaborate well with all team members in the company, with a focus on customer satisfaction.
• Read, interpret, inspect, and test to customer prints, specifications, and other documents.
• Program and Run CMMs, PC-DMIS, and Calypso.
• Perform and document inspections and tests using various processes/procedures and gages including micrometers, calipers, profilometers, CMMs, optical comparators, cleanliness testing, trace equipment, plug gages, thread gages, height gages, and other hand or electronic gages.
• Conduct, compile, review, and report results on capabilities studies, gage studies, and part layouts.
• Review SPC data, make decisions, communicate concerns, and work with teams to improve product and processes.
• Lead/participate in audits, including safety, product, layered process, tool change verification, gage, 5-S, dock, supplier, and internal quality system audits.
• Lead and maintain product identification and reporting of nonconforming material and Material Review Board meeting activities.
• Lead/participate in corrective action activities.
• Communicate with suppliers on quality issues, corrective actions, and PPAP needs.
• Participate in APQP activities.
• Participate and oversee nonconforming containment/sort activities.
• Coordinate and oversee 3rd party or temporary employee sort/inspection activities.
• Create quality alerts and work instructions.
• Assist with training activities inside and outside of the quality lab and department.
• Setup, repair, and calibrate gages.
• Use ERP system to perform scrap transactions, return products to suppliers, issue RMA numbers to customers, and make other inventory adjustments, as necessary.
• Update and report on KPI metrics at defined frequencies.
• Ability to multitask and make good decisions in a busy environment.
• Ability to work overtime as needed.
• Ability to work as a team with little supervision.