Pay Type Salaried State: KY City: Owensboro Area of Interest: Quality Control Exempt or Non-Exempt: Non-exempt Requisition Number 2144 Job Title Quality Assurance Technician, 3rd shift Job Description
We're expanding! Swedish Match North America LLC, develops, manufactures, and sells quality products with market leading brands such as ZYN nicotine pouches and other smokeless tobacco products. Our vision is “ A world without cigarettes ,” and our mission is to provide adult consumers with alternatives that are enjoyable, but have a lower risk than smoking. We are one of the fastest growing consumer-packaged goods (CPG) producers and ZYN is the number one selling nicotine pouch in the US. In order to continually promote and create innovative products that support our vision we are currently seeking Quality Assurance Technicians (3rd shift) for the Owensboro, KY facility.
Responsibilities Include:
• Complete periodic technical product reports and report on product problems encountered.
• Discuss variances with appropriate personnel and monitor major quality problems and trends.
• Perform quality audits and proactively determine and perform additional efforts necessary to alleviate quality concerns.
• Participate in meetings of new products, projects, or equipment and provide input to new concepts.
• Assist with special projects.
• Establishes effective lines of communication and feedback with manufacturing supervisors, engineers, and QA staff to ensure prompt attention and resolution of conditions that adversely affect quality or throughput.
Requirements
Education: High School diploma. Associates degree or combined college courses plus equivalent years experience in a related technical field strongly preferred.
Experience: Computer literate, data entry, document control, and procedural implementation. Familiarity with basic statistics, graphing, charting, ISO and GMP and "Quality Concepts".
Skill/Knowledge: Must have excellent communication, organizational and critical thinking skills.  Must work well independently and with members of other departments.  Ability to prepare timely, concise and accurate reports.
Other: Must be able to work 3rd shift ( 11:00pm Sunday - 7:30am Friday )
Benefits for New Hires:
Swedish Match offers competitive salaries, flexible benefits program, medical, dental, and vision, life insurance, paid bonding leave, adoption assistance, tuition reimbursement, matching 401(k), profit sharing, paid vacation, 12 paid holidays...and more!
An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Vet