Quality Technician
Winter Haven, FL, US, 33880
This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will remain open until filled or adjusted based on the volume of applicants.
Further your career at Ball, a world leader in manufacturing sustainable aluminum packaging. Achieve extraordinary things when you join our team, and make a difference in your professional development, the community, and around the globe!
Ball is thrilled to receive Newsweek's 2023 Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplace award! As a sustainable product leader, we have over 16,000 global team members. From endlessly recyclable aluminum cans, and cups, to aerosol bottles, our goal is to contribute to a better community, society, and world.
Primary Purpose of this Position:
Responsible for the analysis, inspection, and measurement of production process; production line start-up; keep documentation up-to-date and ensure compliance of the specifications and requirements of the manufacturing process.
What will you be responsible for?
- Verify production itinerary and prepare documentation for your shift.
- Perform visual, dimensional, chemical, and physical inspection tests on finished good at the frequency established by the quality department.
- Be responsible of an immediate notification to the Production Supervisor and the Quality Manager of any defect or occurrence that could cause a quality problem in the manufacturing process and or any unsafe acts or conditions.
- Check the calibrations and proper labeling of the laboratory equipment in a daily manner.
- Analyze the product of the run on the production lines. Analyze and help determine the root cause of quality problems in the production line.
- Responsible of product segregation in “hold” that does not meet the specifications. Must document and run compliance tests for final “release” or “discard”.
- Responsible of process production labels using accounting systems and report daily production per pallet.
- The employee must have to be available and avid to learn and extend new functions, including support for areas outside of their daily process.
- Ensure the organization and cleaning of the work area at the end of every shift.
- Ensure compliance with health and safety laws, regulations, and best practices.
- Follow and ensure compliance of the Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) and the current Food Safety System.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Use personal protective equipment at all times.
- Comply with the policies, procedures and processes established by Florida Can Manufacturing LLC.
What are we looking for?
- Associate degree in science preferred.
- At least one to two years of related experience required.
- Analysis and self-learning capacity.
- Attention to details.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Be able to work weekends, overtime, holidays.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to:
- Sit, stand, and/or walk for periods of five hours or more, move and examine objects at high and low reach, and read for periods of three hours or more.
- Ability to lift up to fifty (50) pounds occasionally and regularly stand, stoop, reach, kneel, crouch, crawl, climb and balance. This position also requires manual dexterity/fine motor skills.
- Ability to work up to twelve (12) hours shift, frequent overtime may also be required.
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Compensation & Benefits
Hiring Salary Range: $ 20.00/Hr
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Ball Corporation is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively encourage applications from everybody. All qualified job applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, aboriginality, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, veteran status, age, political affiliation or any other non-merit characteristic.
When you join Ball you belong to a team of over 16,000 members worldwide. Our products range from infinitely recyclable aluminum cans, cups to aerosol bottles that enable our customers to contribute to a better world.
Each of us has a deep commitment to diversity and inclusion which is the foundation of our culture of belonging.
Everyone at Ball is making a difference by doing what we love. Because what we create may change, but what we will always make is a difference.
Please note the advertised job title might vary from the job title on the contract due to local job title structure and global HR systems.
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