Quality Technician & Safety Coordinator - Kankakee, IL

With over $2B in revenue, 80+ manufacturing facilities across 6 continents and over 9,000 employees worldwide, Signode is a leading manufacturer of a broad spectrum of transit packaging consumables, tools, software, and equipment that optimize end-of-line packaging operations and protect products in transit. Signode brings this extensive product portfolio together under hundreds of trusted brands to offer complete transit packaging solutions to its customers.

We produce strap, stretch and protective packaging. We also manufacture packaging tools and equipment used to apply the bulk packaging materials. These commercial packaging products are used to pack, bundle, unitize, protect, and secure goods during warehousing and transit. Our company is a pioneer in the industrial packaging sector with a long history of customer-focused innovations in materials, processes and automation technology that have revolutionized the sector.

Headquartered in Tampa, Florida, we are proud to be the Transit Packaging Division of Crown Holdings, Inc. We are excited to go to market as Signode and to share the portfolio of products, services and capabilities that make us the world's premier end-of-line packaging company.

Benefits:

Signode offers a comprehensive benefits package to full-time employees, which includes health, dental, vision, 401k, paid time off, life insurance, wellness perks, and more. Benefits begin the month following the hire date.

Salary:

$22.35 - $24.20/hourly

Summary:

The Quality Technician and Safety Coordinator is responsible for upholding high standards of product quality and workplace safety. This dual-role position involves conducting safety training, maintaining accurate documentation, and ensuring compliance with safety regulations and company protocols.Key responsibilities include investigating near misses and workplace injuries, performing risk assessments, and managing PPE distribution, OSHA logs, and AQP files.

Essential Functions:

• Perform visual and dimensional inspections of products at various stages of the production process to ensure adherence to quality standards.
• Conduct tests on materials and finished products to assess their quality and compliance with specifications.
• Analyze test results and promptly communicate findings.
• Maintain accurate and detailed records of inspections, tests, and quality-related data.
• Ensure compliance with documentation requirements and quality standards.
• Investigate and identify the root causes of quality issues.
• Collaborate with relevant teams to implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Conduct regular audits of manufacturing processes to ensure compliance with quality standards and regulatory requirements.
• Calibrate and maintain inspection equipment to ensure accurate and reliable measurements.
• Enforce quality control procedures to prevent defects and deviations in the production process.
• Effectively communicate quality standards and expectations to production teams.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives, suggesting and implementing enhancements to quality control processes.
• Provide training to production staff on quality control procedures and standards.
• Report and document non-conforming materials or products. Collaborate with relevant teams to address and resolve non-conformance issues.
• Educates and conducts safety training ensuring safety documents are signed and completed for all employees.
• Record and report near misses and work injuries according to company procedures finding root cause and resolutions.
• Handle risk assessments to identify safety issues.
• Administers PPE, OSHA Logs, and AQP files.
• Performs safety and quality audits as needed.
• Create and Maintain Bills of Materials.
• Run and complete monthly reports as needed.
• Backup administrative for order entry, accounting, or any other role as needed

Education:

High School Diploma or GED

Experience:

• 2-5 years of experience in quality control roles within a manufacturing environment.
• Understanding of quality control principles, testing methods, and inspection techniques.
• Proficient in maintaining detailed and accurate records.
• Ability to analyze data and test results, identify trends, and make recommendations for improvement.

Functional Success Drivers: These competencies are what we require for an individual to be successful in this role.

• Detail Oriented
• Intelligence
• Integrity
• Team Player
• Tenacity
• Customer Focus

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Reasonable Accommodation Statement

To perform this job successfully, the individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities.

The Company has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee's ability to perform the position described. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate. This document does not represent a contract of employment, and the Company reserves the right to change this job description and/or assign tasks for the employee to perform, as the Company may deem appropriate.

Signode Industrial Group, LLC is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.