Overview:
Minerals Technologies Inc. (MTI) is a leading, technology-driven specialty minerals company that develops, produces, and markets a broad range of mineral and mineral-based products, related systems and services. MTI serves a wide range of consumer and industrial markets, including household and personal care, paper, foundry, steel, construction and environmental solutions around the world.
MTI focuses on two major segments – Consumer & Specialties and Engineered Solutions.
Our Consumer & Specialties segment includes our Household & Personal Care and Specialty Additives product lines.
Our Engineered Solutions segment includes our High-Temperature Technologies and Environmental & Infrastructure product lines.
MTI is committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive work environment for all employees. In our offices around the world, our differences are respected and valued as essential to MTI’s continued growth and innovation. Our goal is to ensure that all employees at MTI experience our workplace as a welcoming and respectful environment where they can achieve their full potential.

JOB SUMMARY :

The QA Technician position is primarily responsible for ensuring all quality targets are met on a daily basis. Employees may be assigned to perform any task for which they have been qualified. Employees may also be assigned to positions for which they are working to become qualified as a portion of the training process.
Responsibilities:

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Finished Product Quality Inspections to ensure compliance with product specifications by conducting tests to check for density, clump strength, particle size analysis, moisture, dust, and odor
• Sample collection from the processing points for testing which includes finish product, work in process, and ingredients
• Adhere to product hold, rework and scrap procedures including placing questionable product on hold, discarding bad product, placement of positive release products on hold, keeping track of hold/rework/scrap inventory.
• Input daily information on scrap material and communicate to management for inventory adjustment
• Input supplier non-conformances for identified issues on the production floor, while receiving or storage.
• Provide individual or group training to production employees on Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), product specifications, SPC, production controls, formulas, visual quality inspection criteria, GMPs, and assist in development of SOPs
• Assist in preparation for internal and external customer audits
• In-Process Production Process Monitoring of all the operational areas which includes hourly line inspections for date codes, weight checks, integrity of packaging material, ingredient addition system, inspection of raw materials (limestone, ingredients, and clay)
• Adhere paperwork processes and document management system, ensuring daily results are input into excel for trending and tracking.
• Adhere to all applicable job procedures as outlined in SOP manual
• Adhere to GMPs and Health and Safety rules as outlined by the company standards