Title: Quality Technician III

Reports To: Quality Manager

Hours worked per Week: 40+

Hourly Wage: $31.55

The facily America is a large Government/Commercial contractor of Marine vessels. NAMJet is a leading supplier of technologically advanced commercial and military workboat marine water jet propulsion systems. We design, manufacture and service systems, components and provide integrated solutions for commercial and military workboats, water jet propulsion and other platforms.

Basic Job Functions: The Quality Technician will be responsible for performing standardized quality control checks on our company products to ensure they meet the required company standards for safety and quality. You may also be required to maintain calibrated test equipment, prepare test data, and identify areas for quality control improvement. To ensure success as a quality technician, you should have a working knowledge of mathematical concepts, excellent visual awareness, and the ability to work with minimal supervision without impeding production rates.

This is a hands-on position that requires close and effective working relationships with manufacturing, engineering, assembly & test, project management, administration, purchasing and warehousing.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

• Review, Compile or Complete product deliverables including Contract deliverables, Certificates of Conformance, Tool Inspection Reports, First Article Inspection Reports, etc.
• Develop, apply and maintain quality requirements, standards, inspection reports for manufacturing products and processes
• Read and understand applicable ISO, AS, SAE, AWS, ASTM and similar quality and process standards
• Perform in process and final inspections on products/projects as necessary
• Support Birdon’s Quality Management System
• Reporting quality anomalies to the supervisor.
• Ensuring production is not hindered by quality testing procedures.

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years’ quality experience in a manufacturing or assembly environment.

Education:

• High school diploma or GED.

Required Skills:

• Proficiency with MS Office suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
• Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation and team facilitation skills including customer interaction.
• Ability to work under limited supervision.
• Experience as an Inspection or quality technician.
• Understanding mathematical concepts.
• High-level visual awareness.
• Advanced organizational skills.
• Experience drafting reports and collating data.
• Ability to analyze and interpret technical information.
• Ability to stand for long periods.

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION

We are a diversified global group of companies providing whole of life solutions to the maritime, military and resource sectors. The Group has operations across the United States, Australia, Europe, and Asia.

Established in 1977 in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia, the facility is a proudly family-owned company, with a strong track record of success and commitment to industry leadership across each of its business divisions.

We expanded to the United States in 2009 and established our headquarters in Denver, Colorado. Birdon has four main business divisions in the United States: Marine Ship Building and Repair; Disposals; Engineering; and Marine Propulsion.

Today, our facility is an established and trusted partner of the United States Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security, and we are currently successfully delivering on major projects for the U.S. Army, U.S. Coast Guard and U.S Navy.