Quality Assurance Temporary Assistant at Victaulic

DescriptionPosition:TEMPORARYQuality Assurance Engineering Lab TechnicianLocation: Victaulic World Headquarters Easton PAReports to: Corporate Quality Assurance SupervisorAbout VictaulicSince 1919 Victaulic has been the worlds leading producer of grooved mechanical couplings and pipe-joining systems. Used in the most demanding markets Victaulics innovative piping technologies and services put people to work faster and maximize efficiency while increasing safety and ensuring reliability. The company has 13 major manufacturing facilities 29 branches and over 4000 employees speaking 43 languages across the globe. With more than 1800 active global patents Victaulic solutions operate in 125 countries across diverse business lines including oil and gas chemical mining power generation water and wastewater treatment military and marine as well as commercial building and fire protection.Position Overview:The QA Engineering Lab Technician will workin an Engineering Research and Development Laboratory with the responsibility of testing and evaluating components and prototypes to maintain initiative and project timelines for new product or process introductions. This includes ensuring that all standards and requirements are met during the prototype development stage. Creative input is required frequently as prototype specifications are often incomplete during early project development.Essential Functions:Assemble and test products to comply with engineering specifications such ashydrostatic flex bending moment air cycle low temperature heat aging fire suppression flow loop and any additional required testsInspect and/or testany products or components from Victaulic producing facilities and vendors both foreign & domestic for defects and compliance with engineering specification and drawings for the following: mold & tooling approvals and sample product approvals during the product development cycleInstall & setup necessary supporting equipment components and data loggers for testing;Operate the test assembly and instrumentation measuring performance of products andrecord data as directed.Accurately reportand record test data as outlined by department processes and engineering requirementsInspect and recalibrate pressure vacuum gage precision measuring instruments as necessary to standards which are traceable to NIST;Maintain calibration records and logs per department process and ISO standardsOperate lab fabrication equipment (i.e. cut-off saw drill press belt sander grinder and other machine shop equipment)as necessary to prepare product andmaterials for product testing; clean and maintain as neededPrepare assemble and test Victaulic productsfor agency testing per respective specificationsPrepare product assemblies and perform demonstrations for customers touring the Victaulic facilitiesFollow all company safety requirements and participate in testing safety reviewsMaintain an organized clean work area and lab environment.Specific policies and procedures have been established by the Engineering Department to provide for the security and accessibility of electronic data and confidential information. It is the responsibility of the employee in the daily course of doing business to follow said policies as they relate to document management. The extent to which departmental research and development information is stored electronically has vastly increased and will continue to do so. The new Federal rules pertaining to electronic discovery stipulate that substantive email communications constituted records under the Federal Records Act. It is therefore the responsibility of each departmental employee to understand their role in communicating via e-mails and that all e-mails must be written/responded to in a professional manner.Abilities:Strong mechanical aptitudeFollow oral and written instructionsMaintaining accurate records and logsPerform all required laboratory functionsEducation:Associates or technical degree (preferred) or previous relevant experienceExperience:2 years of industrial or lab experienceMicrosoft Word and ExcelHydraulics pneumatics and electrical basicsBlueprint reading shop math and use of precision instrumentsEEO Statement:Victaulic is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EOE/M/F/Vets/Disabled) employer and welcomes all qualified applicants. Applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race gender color religion national origin age disability veteran status sexual orientation genetic data or other legally protected status#LI-JT1 #LI-ONSITE #TOP123 Key Skills Microsoft Office,Quality Assurance,Data Entry,Food Industry,Microsoft Word,Minitab,Office Experience,Quality Control,cGMP,Administrative Experience,Plant Management,HACCP Employment Type : Temp Experience: years Vacancy: 1