M&H Valve Quality Control Technician

Company Description

M&H Valve Company is a world-class manufacturer of water and wastewater materials including fire hydrants, resilient wedge gate valves, butterfly valves and check valves. Since 1854, M&H has developed a reputation for excellence and dependability. Our extensive facilities and innovative technologies have made us a business and community leader. From state-of-the-art environmental upgrades to advanced training initiatives and community outreach, we’re working every day to make sure that M&H Valve is the best in the business. M&H Valve Company is part of Birmingham, AL based McWane, Inc.

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Job Description

SUMMARY

Conduct daily testing and quality control functions in a foundry that produces gray iron and ductile iron components and machine and assembly of those parts as well as purchased parts.

Authorities and Responsibilities: In all instances, team members verifying quality have sufficient authority, training, and organizational freedom to:

• Identify and document quality issues for corrective actions to prevent the occurrence of nonconforming product.
• Recommend, initiate, implement, and verify solutions for continuous quality and process improvement.
• Terminate the processing, delivery, and/or use of non-conforming items until proper disposition of material or rectification of deficient conditions has occurred.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned

1st Responsibility – Ensuring personal safety and the safety of team members.

• Wears appropriate PPE, which may include fall protection, respiratory protection, hearing protection, foot, hand, head and eye protection.
• Proactively promotes The McWane Way principles.
• Establish guidelines on what needs to be checked and what the quality standards are.
• Conducts routine surveillances of in-process manufacturing activities.
• Analyzes and interprets testing results data, troubleshooting when results fall out with the expected ranges.
• Compiles data into reports for facility management.
• Determine quality metrics for all manufacturing procedures.
• Develop and write procedures and work process flow control documents.
• Update our Quality Management System (QMS) with incidents, fixes and improvements.
• Audit our internal systems and procedures based on ISO 9001 requirements.
• Monitor the entire production cycle and perform regular tests to identify potential malfunctions as early as possible.
• Oversees routine testing, calibration, and monitoring of equipment.
• Inspect products and materials as needed for defects and durability.
• Identify the root of technical issues and recommend fixes.
• Prepare reports on material returns and corrective actions (e.g. number of defective raw materials per order).
• Review current mechanical drawings and quality documentation.
• Set and track quality assurance goals (e.g. reduce average turnaround time for quality checks by 20%).
• Coordinate with external quality assurance auditors and technicians to ensure legal compliance.
• Work with internal teams to increase customer satisfaction by improving the quality of the products.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in a quality-related field with two years hands on quality-related experience; four years’ experience in a quality control related function in a manufacturing environment may be substituted.
• Knowledge of measuring tools and equipment and ability to interpret mechanical drawings.
• Experienced in gage calibration and software control.
• Understanding of casting defects.

Language Skills                   

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to work with fractions and decimal equivalents; able to convert fractions to decimals and in reverse; able to convert inches to millimeters and in reverse; able to convert inches to millimeters and in reve