At Forté Products we recognize that people drive our success. While working with us you will enjoy:

• Advancement Opportunities: Employees can increase their knowledge and skill level within the company.
• Employee Activities: We want to celebrate our employees! Our monthly and quarterly activities range from casual events to appreciation giveaways.
• Health Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage, life insurance, and short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• Paid Time Off: Start earning vacation on day ONE! We recognize the importance of time off to relax, spend time with family, and enjoy leisure activities. This is why we provide paid vacation and holidays.
• Retirement Savings: 401(K) with employer matching contributions.

COMPANY OVERVIEW: Forte Products – a Plastics & Fiberglass manufacturer, is unique in the industry because we offer multiple molding processes out of four separate manufacturing plants. Forte Products offers a range of plastic manufacturing processes – rotational molding, vacuum forming and injection. We also offer substantial expertise in fiberglass manufacturing. We serve a wide range of industries such as, Commercial Airlines, Agriculture, Marine, Department of Defense, Lawn and Garden, Waste Services, Petroleum/C-Store and RV. We are family oriented, flexible, energetic, and driven.

Summary

We are seeking a Quality Control Tech to join our team at Forte Products in Cherryvale, KS at our fiberglass facility. This role is responsible for ensuring the quality of product produced meets or exceeds the Forté Products Acceptance Criteria standard and any customer requirements, specifications, and standards

2nd Shift: Monday- Friday 3:00 PM- 11:00 PM **Will train on 1st shift

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain a safe work environment
• Consistently lead by example and act as a team player
• Identify inspection requirements of material and components received, administer necessary inspections, and identify status of product
• Conduct inspections at each machine for in-process product
• Conduct Final Inspections of product prior to being transferred to RTS storage
• Conduct Dock Audits on RTS good prior to ship
• Administer Nonconforming Product Procedure
• Identify correct status of product according to color coding system
• Maintain inspection documents, other Controlled Documents, and QMS documents organized and properly filed
• Prioritize daily, weekly, and monthly workload to effectively cover all requirements of the job description
• Maintain all testing results accurately and legibly on the proper forms
• Assist in training personnel in quality standards
• Assist in ensuring that the requirements listed in the Forte’ Products Quality Manual are understood
• Perform machine and process audits
• Monitor the usage of Work Instructions, BOMs and scrap reporting documents/procedures
• Communicate with coworkers for any issues regarding quality
• Perform laboratory testing as needed, according to established standards
• Maintain records of laboratory testing in a correct, clear, and legible manner and in accordance with Forte’ Products internal document control procedures
• Assist engineering in developing/updating Work Instructions using customer criteria, drawings, and internal standards that are clear, concise, and use Forte’ Products standard verbiage
• Modify existing Work Instructions using Forte’ Products internal document control procedures, when needed
• Issue Quality Alerts to production using customer criteria, drawings, and internal communication
• Assist in the development of First Article parts and generate correct documents
• Assist in investigations of defect occurrences, development of countermeasures, and monitoring of countermeasure effectiveness
• Assist in data input for purpose of defect analysis and reporting
• Leads Corrective Action teams as assigned
• Exercise initiative and leadership

SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED

• Knowledge and experience using measuring devices, calipers, rulers, micrometers, ultra sound thickness, infrared temperature guns, stop watch, etc.
• Ability to identify calibration status of instruments and understand the calibration procedure
• Ability to work with limited supervision
• Ability to maintain excellent safety and attendance records
• Ability to effectively communicate with employees, management and customers in a courteous manner
• Ability to maintain a safe, clean, and organized work area
• Ability to maintain a flexible work schedule, including overtime
• Ability to understand current processes used

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• High school education, GED, or equivalent experience
• Knowledge of all product/part acceptance criteria, including Forte’ Products acceptance criteria
• Knowledge of all fixtures and devices required to manufacture a quality product
• Experience using part measuring devices, calipers, ruler, micrometers, Ultrasound Thickness infrared Temperature Gun, Thermocouple Thermometer, Stopwatch and others
• Working knowledge of new quality skills and development
• Knowledge of computer use (Microsoft Office, Excel, Access, and Team proficient)
• Knowledge of 5S requirements

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $18.50 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Experience:

• Quality control: 1 year (Required)
• Precision measuring instruments: 1 year (Required)

Work Location: In person