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Quality Control Technician

Tangent Technologies, LLC · Worthington, MN

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Level
Technician
Team
Quality
Experience asked
2+ years
Certification
Green Belt preferred
Industry
Industrial
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The role in 30 seconds

An engineer-level quality role at Tangent Technologies, LLC (industrial) in Worthington, MN. If applicable, act as plant Product Safety team leader to assure compliance to safety standards along with relevant training.

They ask for
2+ years · Green Belt preferred
Tools it names
Six Sigma, Green Belt, Root cause, SPC, FDA / GMP, Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ)

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How this role compares

Against 20 other live quality postings in Minnesota.

Experience asked
Typical (2+ years)

Similar roles usually ask 2+ years.

Skills these teams ask for most

  • ✓ Root cause 48%
  • GD&T 38%
  • Team leadership 38%
  • ✓ Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 33%
  • ISO 9001 24%

✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.

Stands out: this posting asks for Green Belt, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.

It asks for 2+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone on the team first.

At a glance

Lifts up to 50 lbs

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How to get in at this plant

Five moves over a week or two. The first one takes ten minutes.

  1. 1

    Pick 2–3 people on the Quality team at Tangent Technologies, LLC

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  2. 2

    Send a short, curious note

    One real question about their work. No favors yet. Each person gets a different note, written for this role.

  3. 3

    Turn a reply into a short call

    Questions worth asking about this team:

    • What does a normal week look like on your team?
    • Which standards drive the work here: ISO 13485, IATF 16949, AS9100?
    • How much of the job is customer complaints versus prevention?
    • The posting mentions a Green Belt. Does the company sponsor certification?
    • How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
  4. 4

    Apply with someone vouching for you

    If the call went well, ask whether they’d pass your résumé to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link, apply that day, and let them know.

  5. 5

    Bring proof to the interview

    One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.

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Requirements

Role And

Responsibilities

  • ◆Assure a safe working environment for all employees targeting a zero-accident incident rate
  • ◆Leader of the Quality within the facility and owns the quality performance of the plant.
  • ◆Organize and lead teams of cross-functional personnel to solve both internal and external problems which may be affecting customer relations and/or plant finances.
  • ◆Enhance the workforce knowledge base of quality systems, objectives and expectations through training and coaching of employees, communication of job expectations.
  • ◆Monitors standard work performance and enforcement of policies and procedures.
  • ◆Achieves quality assurance operational objectives by communication of quality related performance, contributing information and analysis to strategic plans and reviews, preparing and completing action plans; implementation of operational standard work, identifying and resolving problems through established problem-solving tools, determining system improvements and implementing change.
  • ◆Meets quality assurance financial objectives by minimizing customer claims and warranty costs, disposition of internal heldware, analyzing product variances to specifications, initiating corrective actions.
  • ◆Drive continuous improvement of quality assurance systems through layered audits of the operation focusing on compliance to established policies / procedures and the application of standard work.
  • ◆Develops quality assurance action plans by conducting a risk assessment of the operation for potential critical failure points and hazard analysis if applicable.
  • ◆Validates effectiveness of quality processes by assuring product compliance to specifications, monitoring control charts for trends and/or out of control conditions -developing countermeasures, analyze statistical data summaries for indications of compliance issues, validate gauging and measurement systems.
  • ◆Investigate customer compliant to root cause and develop corrective actions
  • ◆Actively engaged in the efforts surrounding new / existing product

qualifications

to meet internal expectations.

  • ✓Ensure maintenance of plant housekeeping and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) to all internal and customer standards. If applicable, act as plant Product Safety team leader to assure compliance to safety standards along with relevant training.
  • ✓Prepares quality documentation and reports by collecting, analyzing and summarizing information and trends including failed processes, stability studies, recalls, corrective actions, and re-validations.

Requirements

  • ✓Leadership, Problem Solving Tools, Statistical Analysis, Process Improvements, Strategic Thinking, Verbal & Written Communication, Operational Excellence, Attention to Detail, Team Building, Dealing with Complexity, Documentation Control, Product Safety
  • ✓Demonstrate a broad knowledge of SPC and the applications within a manufacturing environment.
  • ✓Multi-functional team leadership and project management
  • ✓Ability to interpret data and develop countermeasures to solve problems.
  • ✓Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
  • ✓Minimum of 2 consecutive years within quality
  • ✓Plastics experience a plus
  • ✓Six sigma green belt, A3 or continuous improvement equivalent certification or above
  • ✓Demonstrate computer proficiency with various software packages.
  • ✓Ability to use color measuring device
  • ✓Ability to identify defect and root causes

Education and Experience

  • ✓Must be legally entitled to work in US
  • ✓Highschool diploma or GED
  • ✓Minimum of 2+ years’ experience in Quality

Mental/Physical

Requirements

  • ✓Standing, lifting, bending
  • ✓Driving a forklift
  • ✓Ability to lift 50 lbs.
  • ✓Ability to operate basic shop equipment.
  • ✓Ability to identify colors.
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Description

The Quality Technician Assures consistent deployment of established quality systems, drives improvements in customer relationships, monitor quality indices to assure they meet company / customer expectations, implementation of sustainable corrective actions, contribute to the financial wellbeing of the facility / company.

Open Shifts: 1st, 2nd, 3rd

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