Quality Technician

At Tenneco, we don’t follow industry standards; we set them, and we don’t settle for being best-in-class because we hustle to be better than best-in-class. Whether it’s our Core Values – radical candor, simplify, organizational velocity, tenacious execution and win – or our Get Stuff Done (GSD) mindset, we’re determined to become the most trusted partner and best manufacturer and distributor to the transportation industry.

With a product portfolio as expansive as it is innovative, an obsessive commitment to quality and excellence, and a global presence, we’re all about getting stuff done, so we can win.

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Here, you’ll work alongside a team of relentless problem-solvers who are committed to making a tangible impact. If you’re ready to break boundaries, deliver results, and enjoy the ride along the way, you’ll thrive here.

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This Quality position supports assembly operations through product verification, process verification, nonconforming material control, containment activities, and quality system documentation. This position serves as the shop-floor quality representative responsible for verifying conformance to established standards, identifying nonconforming conditions, maintaining control of suspect material, and supporting containment and root cause activities. This position is responsible for contributing to a safe work place and minimizing negative environmental impacts by complying with the EHS policies, procedures, and work instructions outlined in the EHSMS Training Assessment for this position.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Performs product and process verification activities using approved visual standards, work instructions, control plans, engineering drawings, and customer requirements.
• Conducts start-of-shift, first-piece, last-piece, changeover, and process verification activities.
• Evaluates product for visual, assembly, workmanship, identification, and dimensional defects using established acceptance criteria.
• Determines product acceptability through comparison to approved standards, specifications, visual aids, and documented requirements.
• Responds to quality concerns, production escalations, abnormal conditions, and suspected nonconforming product.
• Executes containment activities including material segregation, sorting, traceability review, inventory verification, and documentation.
• Maintains control of nonconforming material through identification, segregation, labeling, inventory transactions, and disposition processes.
• Creates, updates, and maintains Material Review Requests (MRRs), quality alerts, inspection records, and related quality documentation.
• Collects facts, observations, samples, and data to support root cause analysis and corrective action activities.
• Utilizes SAP and related business systems to maintain traceability, inventory accuracy, product status, and quality records.
• Communicates quality concerns, containment requirements, and product risks to production supervision and quality leadership.
• Maintains quality data and records in accordance with established requirements.

GENERAL DUTIES:

SAFETY EXPECTATIONS:

• • Promotes and actively supports a safety-first workplace culture, identifies and reports unsafe conditions, and stops work when necessary to ensure safety.
  • All team members abide by the location’s Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) policy which is enforced by the local leadership, complies with the legal and other requirements and operational controls established under its EHSMS, works towards achieving established objectives and targets, and conforms to procedures consistent with the ISO 14001 standard. 
  • All team members will understand all the environmental aspects of his/her job. An employee should report, and if necessary, stop any activity that does not conform to the policy or may injure himself/herself.

PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS:

• • Identifies and addresses non-conforming work, materials, or procedures within a timely manner
  • Each team member has the authority to initiate action to prevent the occurrence of non-conformities relating to the product, process and quality system and has the authority to stop further work on non-conforming suspect product until the deficiency or conditions have been corrected.
  • Takes ownership of work by demonstrating accountability for results and being honest and transparent when things do not go to plan.
  • Follows 5S principles by maintaining, cleaning, organizing, and improving the areas. Also, by making suggestions to get to the next level of excellence and then doing it again.

CORE EXPECTATIONS:

• • Consistently meets high standards of safety, quality, integrity, and performance.
  • Demonstrates a commitment to continuous learning and improvement.
  • Maintains regular attendance and punctuality.
  • Demonstrates a willingness to hold tough conversations with others while seeking first to understand, speaking with respect, and with the purpose of making things better.
  • Supports the leadership team as needed to meet the plant and business unit objectives.
  • All other duties as assigned

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

EDUCATION:    High School Diploma or equivalent GED preferred

EXPERIENCE:

• • • • Must be able to interpret blueprint reading and geometric tolerances.
      • Working knowledge of computer spreadsheet software.
      • Blueprint/geometric tolerance interpretation experience preferred.
      • Experience with precision measurement and general knowledge of gauge methods.
      • American Society for Quality Control certification as either a Certified Mechanical Inspector, Certified Quality Technician or a Certified Quality Engineer in Training is a plus.
      • Must have above average communication and people skills.
      • Must be machine-oriented and mechanically inclined

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DEMANDS

To perform this job successfully, 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 functions.

• • Must be able to lift up to 40 pounds, (sig measure) on a rare occasion.  This would be table height to cart height, at approx. waist height.  Occasional lifting involves less than10 pounds, primarily hand tools, gauges and pistons.
  • On a frequent basis (up to 2/3 of the work period) must be able to stand and/or walk. However, many of the tests can also be done from a seated position at the laboratory bench, or gauge station on at least on occasional (up to 1/3 of the work period) basis. PPE may be required in the areas assigned.
  • Manual dexterity suitable for working with small detail work such as computer/gauge repair.

Additional physical demands required on a frequent basis include:

• • Ability to reach by extending hands and arms as well as handle by seizing, holding, grasping, turning or working with hands and fingers.
  • Near visual acuity (clarity of vision at 20” or less), depth perception (three dimensional vision), and accommodation (bringing an object into sharp focus).
  • On an occasional basis, an individual will need the ability to identify and distinguish colors (color vision).
  • Some of the workday is spent within the laboratory area, which is kept at a constant 68°.  The individual would need to access all areas of the plant on a routine basis which requires a great deal of movement. 
  • Most aspects are performed inside the plant facility with noise exposure. PPE may be required in the areas   assigned

APTITUDES

The following aptitudes are needed in at least a medium degree, ranging from slightly below to slightly above average as compared to the normal population:

• • Intelligence/general learning ability.
  • Verbal/ability to understand meanings of words and ideas associated with them, and to use them effectively.
  • Numerical/ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately.
  • Spatial/ability to comprehend forms in space and understand relationships of plane and solid objects.
  • Form perception/ability to perceive pertinent detail in verbal or tabular material.
  • Motor coordination/ability to coordinate eyes and hands or fingers rapidly and accurately in making precise movements with speed.

The following aptitudes are needed at an above average or high degree compared to the normal population.

• • Quality judgment and decision-making. Problem-solving and investigative thinking. Attention to detail.
  • Communication and interpersonal effectiveness.
  • Personal accounatability.
  • Consisency in applying standards and procedures.
  • Finger dexterity/ability to move fingers and manipulate small objects rapidly and/or
  • accurately.
  • Manual dexterity/ability to move hands easily and skillfully, in placing and turning motions.

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