Quality Assurance Tech

Equal Opportunity Employer.

Are you looking for a career and a company you can feel good about? If you want to take pride in the work you do, be valued for your contributions to the team and have fun with your colleagues, then Austin Engineering is the place for you. At Austin, we hire the best of the best! By joining our team, you will work for an industry leader who remains at the forefront of engineering and manufacturing of major mining equipment.

Who we are.

Austin is proud to work with mining companies, contractors, and OEMs across the world. We design and manufacture customized dump truck bodies, buckets, water tanks, and other ancillary products utilized in the mining industry. Our strategically positioned manufacturing facility in Casper, Wyoming enables us to serve North America as well as utilizing exportation overseas as well.

Why work for Austin?

• Austin believes in diversity in our workforce and the inclusion of varying perspectives and backgrounds is an integral part of our continued success.
• We value our supportive leadership that communicates transparently, listens to employees, and provides essential feedback and guidance as necessary.
• Austin acknowledges and rewards our employees’ achievements.
• We know our greatest asset is our employees!
• Competitive Pay
• Paid Holidays
• Vacation as well as additional Floating Holidays
• Medical – with most of the premiums covered by Austin.
• Dental & Vision
• Employer Paid Life Insurance and Short-Term Disability
• Voluntary Long-Term Disability, and 401K / Roth Plans

Summary:

Tests and inspects products at various stages of production. Processes, compiles and evaluates statistical data to determine and maintain quality and reliability of products. Monitor and evaluate individual weld tests. Support the use of Welding Procedure Specifications throughout the production process. This is all completed by performing the following duties:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Properly evaluate customer standards, determine testing procedures, and choose equipment to be used by reading specifications and any special product requirements, engineering prints, work orders, test manuals, etc.

Confer with Engineers, Production personnel and the Quality Assurance Manager regarding blueprints,testing procedures, and communicate results to prevent and resolve quality assurance problems.

Perform dimensional inspection of items such as but not limited to proper fit-ups, root gaps, bores, assemblies, sub-assemblies, piece parts, angles, and critical inspection points before and after welding. Utilizes prints as a reference to ensure that items listed above are accurate and correct by using proper measuring devices. Sign off inspection in audit sheets and logbook.

Approve materials by comparing the Material Test Reports (MTR) to material specifications requirements. Approval of MTR is completed by the Quality Assurance Technician's signature on the Material Issue Tickets. Do not sign MTR itself.

Perform visual inspection of fabricated items regarding welding, painting, material, prints, body construction sheets, etc.

Operate ultra-sonic, magnetic particle testing equipment and dye-penetrant, to verify integrity of welds according to specifications.

Analyze test results and compare them with specifications, make supervisors aware of defective welds, record and process test data as required.

Calibrate test instruments according to specifications.

Computer literate, Microsoft Office products.

Exercise technical authority over work in process to ensure it meets specified standards of quality.

Always comply with all applicable safety guidelines by correcting hazards, informing the supervisor, or recommending guidance to a coworker(s) to avoid injury to an employee or damage to equipment.

Comply with applicable company policies and tool check-out procedures in all areas of the shop including the welder test area.

Administer internal reclassification and new-hire welding tests, grades and evaluates results for recommendations to production supervision on placement of welders.

Demonstrate efficient knowledge of all welding processes and settings, such as but not limited to: FCAW, GMAW, GMAW-Pulse, GTAW, SMAW, and Air-Arcing. Solid knowledge and experience with S-500 power-wave platform welding machines. Ability to act as a trainer for the power-wave and/or any other welding process used at Austin. Also, answer questions that the welder may have about the welding machines and their proper use.

Understanding the development of Procedure Qualification Records (PQR) for the development of Welding Procedure Specification (WPS) per AWS D1.1 and other codes as needed.

Perform related work as required.

Pay is Dependent on Experience