Quality Assurance Auditor

Company Description

We are SGS – the world's leading testing, inspection and certification company. We are recognized as the global benchmark for sustainability, quality and integrity. Our 99,600 employees operate a network of 2,600 offices and laboratories, working together to enable a better, safer and more interconnected world.

Job Description

The Quality Assurance Auditor will conduct quality assurance audits which require the witnessing and supervision of laboratory tests performed on steel samples at the supplier's rolling mill. SGS will dispatch the Quality Assurance Auditor to the rolling mill as required by the client. When not auditing, this role will support the needs of the various departments of the Melrose Park Metallurgical Testing Laboratory.

• Supervise the preparation and testing methods used by the supplier’s QC laboratory (50% of work)
• Assist with Health & Safety Activities as required (30% of work)
• Witness the testing of the selected samples as specified by the client
• Review all test data generated for compliance against specified industry specifications and/or client requirements
• Ensure that all equipment and devices used during testing are performing and calibrated correctly
• Compile and submit an audit report to the client
• Requires 50% to 75% of travel and overnight stays.  Audits will be conducted over a series of consecutive days onsite, typically 4 to 5 days, including travel
• Support the operational needs (technician level) of the various departments of the Melrose Park Metallurgical Testing Laboratory when not onsite auditing

Qualifications

Education and Experience

• Associate's degree or higher in a related field
• 3+ years of related experience and/or training in mechanical testing of metals: tensile, hardness, and impact testing
• Experience in metallographic and macro preparation of metals, microstructural and macro etch evaluations of carbon steel and/or steel alloys

Travel

• Requires 50% to 75% of travel and overnight stays.  Audits will be conducted over a series of consecutive days onsite, typically 4 to 5 days, including travel

Licenses/ Certifications

• Valid driver's license due to travel requirements

Knowledge/ Skills/ Abilities

• Language Skills: English / Intermediate level required, advanced preferred
• Mathematical Skills: Intermediate level required, advanced preferred
• Reasoning Skills/Abilities: Intermediate level required, advanced preferred
• Communication Skills: Intermediate verbal and written level required, advanced preferred
• Proficient in email, on the phone, in one-to-one and group situations

Computer Skills

• Intermediate level required, advanced preferred. Need to be proficient in MS Software

Equipment

• Onsite audits operate in an industrial manufacturing environment; steel mill and does not require the operation of any laboratory testing equipment at the supplier’s rolling mill.  This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers and phones. 
• When working in the Melrose Park Metallurgical Testing Laboratory, duties and tasks may involve the use of the following equipment and machines; bandsaw, lathes, mills, surface grinder, tensile tester, hardness tester, charpy impact tester, combustion analyzer, OES/ICP systems, metallographic polishers, microscopes and salt-spray/humidity chambers.

Environmental Work Conditions

• Wet or humid (non-weather) conditions         Occasional
• Work near moving mechanical pats               Occasional
• Work in high, precarious places                     Never
• Fumes or airborne particles                           Occasional 
• Toxic or caustic chemicals                              Occasional 
• Outdoor weather conditions                            Occasional 
• Extreme cold (non-weather)                           Never 
• Extreme heat (non-weather)                          Occasional 
• Risk of electrical shock                                  Never 
• Work with explosives                                     Never 
• Risk of radiation                                            Never 
• Vibration                                                        Never 
• Bio-hazard                                                    Occasional 

Physical Demands of the Job

• Stand                                            Frequently
• Move or traverse                          Frequently
• Sit                                                 Occasionally