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Minerals Technologies
Company : Minerals Technologies
Overview:
Minerals Technologies Inc. (MTI) is a leading, technology-driven specialty minerals company that develops, produces, and markets a broad range of mineral and mineral-based products, related systems and services. MTI serves a wide range of consumer and industrial markets, including household and personal care, paper, foundry, steel, construction and environmental solutions around the world. The company reported global sales of $2.1 billion in 2024.
Position: Quality Assurance Technician
Location: USA | Dover, Ohio
Job Summary
The Technician, Quality Assurance will be responsible for sampling, inspecting, testing and acceptance or rejections of finished products, raw materials and work in process. The Technician will also be responsible for the issuance of product adjustments to ensure all products meet requirements.
This is considered a safety sensitive position therefore will be subject to random drug testing as required.
Responsibilities:
Primary Duties & Responsibilities
- Samples, inspects, conducts standard testing of, and accepts or rejects finished production and work in process
- Samples, inspects, conducts standard testing of, and accepts or rejects incoming raw materials.
- Issues and records formula adjustments to optimize finished product properties.
- Assist and support SMS field personnel with any questions regarding product performance or behavior and when necessary, provide product modifiers to combat environmental conditions.
- Conducts non-standard testing on raw materials, finished product and work in process where required.
- Records all test results in a computerized format in a timely manner and charts said results where required.
- Maintains the cleanliness of all aspects of the laboratory and equipment on a daily basis.
- Maintains a good working relationship with other department and communicates all results in a timely manner.
- Records all instances of nonconforming material.
Other Duties & Responsibilities
- Roles and Responsibilities for Safety team leader.
- Maintain and improve the ISO quality system and participate in ISO audits.
- Audits and Inspections.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Perform routing Environmental Health and Safety audit and activities.
- New operator training.
- Work with R&D department to support new product development.
Note: Management reserves the right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
Qualifications:
Qualifications/Requirements
The requirements listed in the sections that follow are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required to perform the duties of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions (primary duties) of the job.
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities: Minimum of two years in a laboratory environment is required. Must have adequate computer skills and comfort in Microsoft Office programs. Mathematical calculation, estimation of optimum formula adjustments and impact. Performance of a wide range of laboratory test procedures. Development and implementation of Statistical Process Control (SPC) and maintaining the QA system to ISO standards. Acceptance/rejection decisions, balancing of multiple priorities and confidentiality of product formulations.
Education: High school diploma required, some college is desirable with emphasis on advanced math and science.
Working Conditions: Day Shift. Various physical testing equipment, ovens, furnaces, balances, molds, personal computers. Continuous movement between laboratory (controlled environment); and plant which may have some areas of non-controlled environment. Be able to lift up to 50 lbs., work in a plant environment, work in a safe manner, with excellent performance, attendance, and some OT.
Safety Equipment: Must wear all required safety gear.
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Minerals Technologies Inc. (MTI) is a leading, technology-driven specialty minerals company that develops, produces, and markets a broad range of mineral and mineral-based products, related systems and services. MTI serves a wide range of consumer and industrial markets, including household and personal care, paper, foundry, steel, construction and environmental solutions around the world.
MTI focuses on two major segments – Consumer & Specialties and Engineered Solutions.
Our Consumer & Specialties segment includes our Household & Personal Care and Specialty Additives product lines.
Our Engineered Solutions segment includes our High-Temperature Technologies and Environmental & Infrastructure product lines.
MTI is committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive work environment for all employees. In our offices around the world, our differences are respected and valued as essential to MTI’s continued growth and innovation. Our goal is to ensure that all employees at MTI experience our workplace as a welcoming and respectful environment where they can achieve their full potential.