Quality Lab Technician

Founded over 35 years ago, First Quality is a family-owned company that has grown from a small business in McElhattan, Pennsylvania into a group of companies, employing over 5,000 team members, while maintaining our family values and entrepreneurial spirit. With corporate offices in New York and Pennsylvania and 8 manufacturing campuses across the U.S. and Canada, the companies within the First Quality group produce high-quality personal care and household products for large retailers and healthcare organizations. Our personal care and household product portfolio includes baby diapers, wipes, feminine pads, paper towels, bath tissue, adult incontinence products, laundry detergents, fabric finishers, and dishwash solutions. In addition, we manufacture certain raw materials and components used in the manufacturing of these products, including flexible print and packaging solutions.

Guided by our values of humility, unity, and integrity, we leverage advanced technology and innovation to drive growth and create new opportunities. At First Quality, you’ll find a collaborative environment focused on continuous learning, professional development, and our mission to Make Things Better®.

We are seeking a Quality Assurance Technician for our First Quality Home Care Products facility located in Salt Lake City, UT.  This position provides testing and other quality-related services to internal customers and ultimately assures product quality, integrity, and safety to the consumer under the direction of the QA Team Manager and QA management.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Collect and perform analytical testing on finished products and check finished products for any defects incurred during the packaging process.
• Collect and perform analytical testing on all in-process products.
• Perform analytical tests on in-coming raw materials prior to use in the process.
• Calibrate and maintain laboratory equipment according to established procedures.
• Communicate, retest, release, reject, investigate, and/or escalate as necessary during off-quality situations.
• Block/release materials in the system and enter hold data into SAP or other tracking files.
• Enter quality test results, scan paperwork into SAP, and monitor SAP for completion of inspections.
• File quality documents and input and save quality data in the appropriate locations.
• Provide support to the blending department to adjust out of spec product parameters.
• Approve bottle color changes. Match/verify plastic component colors as needed.
• Provide assistance to manufacturing personnel and/or process engineers during test runs and other production projects.
• Collect, label, and store retain samples according to established procedures.
• Keep quality work areas clean and organized.
• Assist with training of associates in areas of expertise.
• Must be in quality lab by start of shift and fully participate in shift hand off activities, including updates to escalations and action items.
• Must continuously follow all safety policies and procedures on the job.
• Must complete Compliance Trainings
• For safety and business purposes, must have good communication skills including reading, writing, and must be able to communicate to others as well as be able to receive communication from others.
• Maintain an awareness of and use Good Manufacturing Practices.

The ideal candidate should possess the following:

• High School Diploma or GED required
• College coursework in chemistry + post-secondary degree preferred
• Quality experience
• Experience with SAP, relevant ISO standards, and/or auditing preferred
• Must maintain a positive work atmosphere by behaving and communicating in a manner which enables the employee to get along with customers, clients, co-workers and management.
• Work with local management team to drive and improve quality, environmental, safety, and energy results across the site within area of responsibility and where required to meet ISO 9001, 14001, 45001, and 50001 standards.
• Must be well organized, thorough with all lab details and follow through with procedures as needed.
• Must perform lab tests in a timely manner and deliver concise results with good integrity.
• Must have excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Have the ability to learn and adapt to Henkel processes and procedures
• Able to do math computations and calculations.

What We Offer You

We believe that by continuously improving the quality of our benefits, we can help to raise the quality of life for our team members and their families. At First Quality you will receive:

• Competitive base salary and bonus opportunities
• Paid time off (three-week minimum)
• Medical, dental and vision starting day one
• 401(k) with employer match
• Paid parental leave
• Child and family care assistance (dependent care FSA with employer match up to $2500)
• Bundle of joy benefit (years’ worth of free diapers to all team members with a new baby)
• Tuition assistance
• Wellness program with savings of up to $4,000 per year on insurance premiums
• ...and more!

First Quality is committed to protecting information under the care of First Quality Enterprises commensurate with leading industry standards and applicable regulations.  As such, First Quality provides at least annual training regarding data privacy and security to employees who, as a result of their role specifications, may come in to contact with sensitive data.

First Quality is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identification, or protected Veteran status.

For immediate consideration, please go to the Careers section at www.firstquality.com

to complete our online application.