Quality Assurance Associate – 2nd shift
Department: Manufacturing
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Minden, Nevada
Reporting To: Deborah Porter
Compensation: $15.00 – $17.00 / hour
Description
We are a quickly growing and profitable division of Knowles Corporation. Our division, Knowles Precision Devices (KPD), focuses on production of a wide variety of highly engineered capacitors and RF devices for use in critical applications in military, medical, electric vehicle, and 5G market segments. Radar, pacemakers, MRI equipment, satellites, airplanes, electric vehicles and mobile phone base stations are just a few of the places you will find our products. Our small parts make a big difference!
It’s an exciting time to work for KPD! The surge in demand for 5G technology and electric vehicles along with an ongoing appetite for strategic acquisitions is quickly accelerating our growth. We have a new leadership team in place, we are making significant investments in our technology and our facilities and are always searching for employees who have a sense of urgency and a winner’s mindset, and who model ownership and who show up…big. We are personally invested in the success of our employees and customize development plans to help individuals meet their professional goals. We continue to build out our tools, systems and facilities to support our growing organization and have a keen eye focused on value creation, continuous improvement, and serving our customers.
Job Overview:
This role within the quality organization inspects all product manufactured at the Minden facility.
Key Responsibilities
- Follow and support all safety practices by wearing proper PPE, identification of potential safety risks, and reporting all safety incidents as they occur.
- Package parts in appropriate packaging using tweezers.
- Visually inspect product to passing criteria, segregate rejected materials and document accordingly.
- Identify product perceived as not having met the specification criteria as noted on the drawing(s). Initiate communication with a supervisor to have the issue resolved.
- Keeps management abreast of process or equipment problems preventing timely product processing.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Minimum Education and/or Experience required: To perform this an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job
- This individual must have the ability to verbally communicate with supervisors and/or fellow employees.
- Must be capable of following direction, taking accurate data, and reading and following written instruction and asking questions prior to acting when unsure of specific requirements and outcome.
- Ability to identify problems, collect data, and follow both written and verbal instructions.
- The individual must have good hand and eye coordination to work with small products.
- The individual will be required to perform inspections using a microscope for extended periods of time.
- All applicants must be eligible to work in the US without restriction to ITAR documentation and materials.
- Must be a US citizen, legal permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.
- The individual will need to remain sedentary for extended periods of time to perform inspections
Benefits
What’s in it for you on Day 1:
- Medical, dental and vision insurance plans
- Prescription Drug Plans
- Basic Life Insurance
- 401k plan with company match
- Tuition Reimbursement Program
- Employee Referral Program
- Short and long term disability programs
- Multiple work schedules available
- PTO and Paid Sick Leave
- Paid Holidays
Exciting Onsite Perks:
- Free coffee available at our cafeteria
- Employee bonus opportunities
- Employee Appreciation Events
- Birthday gifts every year
- Annual service awards (1, 5, 10, 15, 25 year awards)
Knowles is committed to providing a competitive and fair total compensation package for all employees.
One element in our total compensation package is base pay. The starting hourly pay for this role is targeted to be between $15.00 – $17.00/hr.
Individual compensation decisions are based on a number of factors, including but not limited to previous experience and skills acquired prior to joining Knowles, cost of living in the assigned work location, assigned schedule, and salaries of similarly situated peers at the company. It is to be expected that candidates will come to us with different sets of skills and experiences and therefore will be paid at different points in the stated range. We recognize that the person(s) we select for hire may be less experienced or more experienced than the role as posted; if this is the case, any updates to available salary ranges will be communicated with candidates during the recruitment process.
Equal Opportunity Statement: Knowles Precision Devices prohibits pay discrimination and discrimination of any kind based on race, color, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, or other legally protected status.