Senior QC Technician

Through the innovation of specialty chemicals and materials under our Alpha, Compugraphics, Electrolube, Kester, and MacDermid Enthone brands, MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions provides solutions that power electronics interconnection. We serve all global regions and every step of device manufacturing within each segment of the electronics supply chain. The experts in our Semiconductor and Assembly Solutions, Circuitry Solutions, and Film and Smart Surface Solutions divisions collaborate in design, implementation, and technical service to ensure success for our partner clients. Our solutions enable our customers' manufacture of extraordinary electronic devices at high productivity and reduced cycle time. MacDermid Alpha is a business unit of Element Solutions Inc (NYSE: ESI). Element Solutions Inc is a leading specialty chemicals company whose businesses supply a broad range of solutions that enhance the products people use every day.

FILM & SMART SURFACE SOLUTIONS (F&SSS)

We are Film & Smart Surface Solutions (F&SSS) and currently active in more than 50 countries. Our main production location is in the UK, with plans in place to realise a second production location in Asia. Our R&D and Technical centres are already in all three territories, Americas, Asia and Europe.

Our target for the F&SSS division is to become the market leader in the in-mold electronics space for the automotive industry. It capitalizes on emerging trends in human-machine interfaces, displays and in-mold electronics. The division combines our extensive offering of speciality films for the industrial and automotive industries with our developing portfolio of flexible and formable conductive and non-conductive inks. The combination of these products with our in-depth materials and process expertise enables our customers to create formed, structurally rigid three dimensional automotive controls and displays that are at the forefront of modern cockpit aesthetics and functionality. This is a unique opportunity to be part of our journey, Element Solutions Inc group of companies are E-Verify Companies and provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in job applicant procedures. Equal Opportunity Employer: Minority/Female/Veteran/Disabled/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation

Ihre Aufgaben

• Support the Quality Control process for raw materials, intermediate lacquers, liquid products, and coated films.

• Provide Go / No go decisions for materials covered by the QC testing process against the approved manufacturing specification.

• Communicate QC based decisions to key stakeholders and update electronic systems to allow stock level management, allowing passed material to transition to the next stage of the supply chain.

• Following appropriate containment procedures for materials which fail to meet the QC specification requirements. Communicate such decisions to key stakeholders and enable quarantine procedures within SAP to prevent use and customer supply.

• Maintain and produce accurate quality documentation(test record sheets and COA's) to confirm the integrity of manufactured materials to our customers.

• Update and maintain documentation critical to the QC process.

• Support Quality Engineers with investigations into 'Out of Specification' manufactured products, intermediates, and raw materials.

• Support complaints investigation processes to quickly investigate customer complaints allowing prompt feedback and closure.

• To champion quality standards within the Quality Control department, ensuring the highest quality standards are maintained

• Work closely with all areas of manufacturing and quality to ensure all products manufactured meet the highest standards of quality,

• Ensure the highest health and safety standards are maintained.

• Drive and maintain the highest level of QC integrity with respect to ensuring raw materials meet requirements before use and manufactured products meet specification before customer release.

• Support the Quality Control process for raw materials, intermediate lacquers, liquid products, and coated films. Provide Go / No go decisions for materials against the approved manufacturing specification.

• Identify and highlight specification non-conformances, ensuring that the appropriate immediate action / containment is taken to protect the customer from receiving material which does not meet specification requirements.

• Support root cause analysis investigations for internal non-conformances.

• Support continuous improvement teams for quality improvement and waste reduction.

• Support the QC manager in ensuring standards defined within the quality management system are maintained and reflect the correct standards to match customer expectation.

• To highlight inconsistencies and errors within QC documentation and processes - Ensure these are recorded in an appropriate manner to allow correction and implementation.

• Work closely with internal quality and the complaints department to provide feedback to all relevant areas and ensuring corrective actions are identified and complaints closed quickly

Ihr Profil

• Experience of a Quality Control environment within manufacturing and experience of conducting physical, functional, and cosmetic testing against product specifications

• Relevant industrial experience with the drive and tenacity to develop into a quality-based role with support.

• Systematic and structured approach to following test procedures and work instructions in a disciplined manner.

• Methodical in approach to problem solving.

• Strong interpersonal skills to provide key pass / fail information to all areas of manufacturing and the wider quality group.

• Strong minded to apply the requirements of the QC specification despite external pressures. This may require seeking the support of more experienced colleagues and / or senior management within the department.

• With increased experience and confidence - The ability to train / mentor less experienced members of the department.

• Good IT skills.

• Good level of literacy to enable preparation of quality related documentation

• Flexible in approach to work and able to adapt to quickly changing priorities