Job Information
Berry Global QUALITY ASSURANCE INSPECTOR in MONROE, North Carolina
Overview
About Berry
Harnessing the strength in our diversity and industry-leading talent of 40,000+ employees across more than 250 global locations, we develop, design, and manufacture innovative products with an eye toward the circular economy. At Berry Global, we believe in the extraordinary power of people and their unique talents, experiences, and perspectives that help shape a shared future of innovation, inspiration, and influence. Every employee at Berry Global has the opportunity to make their mark on our company and the world around us. Together, we champion a people-first culture that cultivates individual growth, diversity, and collaboration, unleashing our collective strengths to forge a path to greater success for our company, people, and planet. Are you ready to Make Your Mark at Berry?For more information, visit ourwebsite (https://www.berryglobal.com) , or connect with us on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/berryglobal) or X. (https://twitter.com/BerryGlobalInc)
Responsibilities
Summary
The Quality Inspector provides guidance to ensure customer requirements are met by performing visual and gage based inspection of molded and printed finished goods. Attribute and variable data is observed and collected to determine conformance to established quality specifications. Other contributors to safety, quality and food safety are also observed or inspected, including adherence to safety policies, good manufacturing practices, established methods, procedures, policies and raw material conditions.
A Quality Inspector communicates deviations from quality specifications, control limits and other requirements, as well as trends approaching deviation to fellow employees in the respective production areas, including supervisors and managers as needed, in a timely and effective manner so that corrective action can be implemented.
A Quality Inspector has the discretion and is empowered to require corrective action, place materials on hold or release them from hold, determine materials to be scrapped and stop a process partially or in whole.
Essential Functions and Duties
Molding Inspection:
Collect shots and samples from the production floor.
Perform variable inspections that provide metrology data such as size, weight thickness, or opacity.
Perform attribute inspections comparing to established standards that note the presence or absence of a physical, visual or functional characteristic or defect. Examples of these attributes include holes in product, deformation, contamination and damage.
Printing Inspection:
Sign-off new jobs after changeovers
Perform variable inspections that provide measurement data such a surface pretreatment levels and colorimetry.
Perform attribute inspections comparing to established standards that note the presence or absence of a physical, visual or functional characteristic or defect. Examples of these attributes include ink color and density, image accuracy, proper pretreatment and cure, and proper packaging. Attributes from molding process are reassessed at this point as well.
Assist with setting standards and creating visual reference guides.
General:
Make rounds on the production floor, observing and inspecting product quality, process capability and conformance to all applicable requirements, including safety, food safety, quality and good manufacturing practices.
Record the results of inspection and observation activities into the appropriate computer or paper based forms and systems.
Identify quality concerns from observations, inspections and review collected data.
Communicate quality concerns, including potential non-conformities, deviations from standards, specifications and control limits based on variable and attribute inspection, as well as general inspection and observation activities to the appropriate operators for awareness and technical personnel for resolution.
Perform containment actions on potentially non-conforming materials including:
Identification of the scope-start and stop-of the concern.
Placing materials on real or virtual hold in the appropriate system.
Dispositioning non confirming materials in an expedient and timely manner when possible.
Communicating the action to the appropriate personnel.
Documenting the actions.
Interrupt production if product quality is unacceptable based on established standards and cannot be adequately managed through containment or disposition activities.
Complete reports and documentation in a timely and accurate manner, including quality assurance notifications, rework logs, end of shift reports.
Communicate concerns, issues and activities with coworkers, supervision and management within and across shifts to ensure visibility and acknowledgement of those concerns, issues and activities.
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by a Quality Inspector. He or she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties requested by his or her supervisor.
Qualifications
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements below are representative of the knowledge, skills and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The employee must demonstrate the ability to work independently, with minimal supervision.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. (https://careers-berryglobal.icims.com/jobs/24341/quality-assurance-inspector/job?mode=apply&apply=yes&in_iframe=1&hashed=-1834445335)
Location US-NC-MONROE
Job ID 2024-24341
Position Type Regular Full-Time
Category Manufacturing
Location : Address 3414 WESLEY CHAPEL STOUTS RD