QC Inspector at Nuvo Packaging LLC – Columbus, Ohio

Summary: The Quality Control Inspector performs assessment, documentation, and organization tasks to support the efficiency and effectiveness of their organization’s quality of outgoing materials. This role is tasked with conducting tests, analyzing measurements, and overseeing production processes to guarantee that all our products meet quality expectations.

Duties and Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual is expected to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The employee must work in a safe and professional manner following the necessary safety procedures. Work in a team environment with employees for the purpose of meeting safety, quality, production, and standards objectives.

1. Ensure Compliance to Food Safety requirements.
2. Follow Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).
3. Adhere to safety rules and procedures.
4. Following departmental rules and regulations including, but not limited to telephones, two-way radios, quality equipment and security of the QC lab.
5. Retrieve and review the Product Specification Sheet for each run.
6. Place operator driven quality resources at each line. This includes control charts, matching parts, spec sheet, etc.
7. Awareness and adherence to the visual attributes of product as described in the General Thermoforming Standard.
8. Perform process inspection and data entry into the data collection system.
9. Understanding control charts.
10. Use of measuring instruments.
11. Identifying nonconforming product then communicating problems to production.
12. Place suspected non-conforming product, roll stock, on hold by moving to quarantine, identifying with hold tags, completing hold form F013, and registering them on hold log. F-004
13. Obtain disposition for held/nonconforming product.
14. Perform cold storage, product retention and other functional testing.
15. Thorough and consistent communication between QC inspectors on other shifts. Attend shift overlap meetings.
16. Inspecting, approving, and documenting 1st piece parts upon startup after changeovers.
17. Completing and maintaining accurate QA paperwork. Document in-process inspections including box checks.
18. Review production paperwork for compliance.
19. Ensure box labels are accurate.
20. Follow up on previous quality problems to prevent re-occurrence.
21. Awareness of customer complaints.
22. Make sure the correct raw material (rollstock) is being used as specified on the Product Specification Sheet and engineering change notices.
23. Spend a minimum of 50% of the time on the production floor monitoring extrusion lines, extrusion operators, paperwork and providing feedback to extrusion leads and operators.
24. Perform sheet inspection for thickness, color, silicone concentration, etc.
25. Takes direction from Quality Director/Quality Supervisor
26. Perform other duties as assigned.

Work Relationship:

Reports to: Quality Supervisor.

Leads or supervises: None.

Cooperates with teams: Thermoforming and Extrusion.

Qualifications:

1. Be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

2. Excellent verbal an written communication skills.

3. Reasonable physical abilities are required to perform the duties of the job.