Quality Technician - Reading, PA

Job Overview

The Quality Technician is responsible for supporting the Quality and Manufacturing Operations on a plant wide basis across all raw material, process and product lines as assigned. This includes : ensuring compliance to in-house specifications, standards and good manufacturing practices; rejection of nonconforming lots; defect and root cause analysis; first article inspections; oversight of the Calibration System; interacting with vendors to reduce variability of incoming materials; communicating process and product quality issues in a timely manner to manufacturing, quality and all appropriate cross-functional departments.

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A Day In The Life

• Perform visual, functional and / or dimensional inspections and / or audits of product assemblies in accordance with inspection instructions and specifications to verify that quality, production, and customer standards / requirements are met. Document findings and relay any discrepancies to the appropriate personnel. Ensure inspection status of product is clearly identified.
• Assist in implementation and maintenance of quality system standards and documentation in conformance with local policies, including procedures, visual standards and process control data.
• Utilize statistical methods and / or defect analysis, understand and resolve product quality issues relating to non-conforming product. Disposition non-conforming product (DR's and RMA's) in a timely manner. Recommend corrective action when needed. Communicate with vendors as needed to improve incoming quality.
• Train Operators in the use of inspection gages and techniques, test procedures and requirements, and standard work as required.
• Make recommendations on inspection, product, productivity, tracking, reporting and / or scrap improvements, while maintaining or improving current quality standards.
• Oversee or support the Calibration System. This includes maintaining the Calibration Database, ensuring gages are calibrated per the due dates, coordinating site visits and outside calibration with calibration vendors, timely communication with department personnel regarding out-of-tolerance and / or lost gages, recommend and implementing corrective actions for gages that do not meet requirements, and minimizing cost of unnecessary in-house calibration trips or calibration of inactive items.
• Perform general housekeeping duties to provide a safe working environment at all times.
• Other duties as assigned.

What will help you thrive in this role?

Skills and Experience

Education

Associates Degree preferred

Hubbell Incorporated

Hubbell creates critical infrastructure solutions that power our customers, communities, people and the planet. Our company is strategically aligned around enabling grid modernization and electrification. As more products plug in to an aging grid, Hubbell solutions enable the transition to a more reliable, resilient and efficient energy infrastructure. Founded in 1888 our innovation has made us a leading global manufacturer of high quality electrical and utility solutions enabling customers to operate critical infrastructure reliably and efficiently.

The company operates in two segments. Hubbell Utility Solutions (HUS) enable the grid to conduct, communicate and control energy across utility applications and Hubbell Electrical Solutions (HES) are essential to managing power across a wide range of industries and applications. Our vertical market solutions can be applied to markets including Data Centers, Renewables, Commercial Buildings, Industrial, Telecom and Transportation. Supporting both of our business segments is our corporate and Hubbell Unified Business Solutions teams that provide consistent process, tools technologies across our businesses.

We are committed to operating sustainably and ethically while promoting an inclusive and supportive culture for our people to grow and develop in their careers. Our employees proudly work and serve our communities from our headquarters in Shelton, CT, across the United States and around the globe.

Hubbell Electrical Solutions

Hubbell Electrical Solutions (HES) are essential to managing power across a wide range of industries and applications. HES provides the critical components that allow operators of buildings, factories and other industrial infrastructure to connect, protect, wire and manage power.

Hubbell Incorporated, its subsidiaries and affiliates, is an EO Employer AA : M / F / Veteran / Disability. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other protected class.

The above summary of position responsibilities and requirements is not intended, and should not be construed, to be an exhaustive list of duties, skills, efforts, physical requirements, or working conditions associated with the position. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of those principal position elements essential for making decisions related to position performance, employee development, and compensation.