Quality Control Technician I - 7p-7a

Check, test and inspect finished products and raw materials to ensure products and materials meet predetermined standards.

Day to Day Role:

• Follow and commit to meet Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for safety, quality, production, efficiency, and service requirements
• Follow practices and processes intended to provide safe products that comply with appropriate laws and regulations, meet the company quality standards
• Follow and commit to safety and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs)
• Develop knowledge of processes, equipment, materials, and products
• Conduct routine quality inspections of semi-finished, finished, and/or printed product to ensure all products meet established specifications
• Compare the physical characteristics of components, materials, equipment, and products to technical specifications to identify defects
• Conduct tests, record results, prepare reports and communicate changes that should be made improve quality
•  Assist in third party audits
• Collect and ship product samples to Corporate Quality as needed
• Assist in implementing corrective actions
• Create, maintain, and review quality documentation
• Analyze data and reports on SPC and machine capability

Core Skills and Qualifications:

The ideal candidate must possess the following:

 

• External Candidate:
  • Six (6) months of experience inspecting and performing quality checks, OR
  • Twelve (12) credit hours in quality technology or related concentration from an accredited school
• Internal Candidate:
  • Three (3) months of experience inspecting and performing quality checks, OR
  • Twelve (12) credit hours in quality technology or related concentration from an accredited school
• Both Candidates:
  • Excellent visual and color acuity
  • Math skills to include simple addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
  • Ability to learn quality standards and methodologies
  • Ability to use computer to record results and create reports
  • Demonstration of minimum proficiency with the English language in order to ensure effective new hire training and on-going communications about safety and quality issues

Preferred Skills and Qualifications:

 

• Experience using Microsoft Office, including the ability to create basic reports, documents, presentations and spreadsheets in MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint
• SAP or Quality Management System experience 

Overview: Dart makes everyday products that give people the freedom to enjoy the food & drinks they love, wherever they are. From to-go containers and dinnerware to tamper-evident food packaging and even the red Solo cup, Dart products have been keeping people on the go and having fun for more than 50 years. Dart is a family-owned, family-focused company of 13,000 employees united by a shared set of values. Headquartered in Mason, MI, Dart has 30 locations in four countries.

Benefits: Dart Container full-time employees enjoy great benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) with company matching contributions, paid vacation, paid holidays, short-term disability, tuition assistance, product discounts and more.

Dart Container is a drug-free workplace.  Candidates are subject to a drug test (excluding THC*/marijuana/cannabis) and background check at the time of offer.

*THC testing ONLY when such testing is required by law.

Dart Container is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all candidates for emplo