Quality Control Inspector

Overview

Kurita America is part of the Kurita Group, one of the leading water solutions providers in the world. Established in 1949, the Kurita Group is comprised of an international network of approximately 8000 employees located in 18 countries.

Located in Minneapolis, MN, Kurita America brings innovations to market through a holistic water management approach, incorporating state-of-the art equipment, chemistries, engineering, and services to conserve natural resources for a better, more sustainable world.

Kurita’s corporate philosophy is to study the properties of water, master them and create an environment in which nature and humanity are in harmony

We have an immediate need for a Quality Control Inspector in Water Treatment industry located in Brooklyn Park, MN.

Responsibilities

• Record daily testing results and maintain test equipment in the quality control laboratory.
• Record results of daily calibration of quality control equipment according to current ISO 9001 operating procedures.
• Testing effluent samples to ensure the representative characteristics are monitored.
• Print, verify, and separate product labels after the product batch testing is complete.
• Ensure that product returns are tested, processed, and recorded according to current ISO 9001 operating procedures.
• Coordinate in-house calibration of laboratory equipment and outsourced calibration of specialty laboratory equipment.
• Calculate any adjustments to chemical batches with assistance from Technology Department, if necessary, to ensure final product meets acceptable testing criteria.
• Participate in collaboration with chemical technology department to improve chemical manufacturing practices.
• Provide detailed reporting of product non-conformities.
• Follow and comply with all safety rules, work responsibilities, and regulations.
• Maintain department housekeeping standards.
• Performs special projects as assigned by supervisor.
  
  

Qualifications

• Technical background preferred
• Experience working in a production environment a plus
  
  

Physical and Mental requirements: Being able to do the following in a safe and effective manner.

• Climbing, ascending, and descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and industrial equipment, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.
• Reaching and extending hands and arms in any direction.
• Standing and walking for sustained periods of time.
• Pushing, pulling, lifting, bending, and stooping for sustained periods of time.
• Using upper extremities to move objects and equipment with steady force.
• Sometimes working in temperatures above 100 degrees for periods of more than one hour.
  
  

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