Quality/Safety Support

Job Title: Quality - Safety Support Department: Quality Control Reports To: Senior Continuous Improvement Manager All jobs at Southern Champion Tray (SCT) require Team members to act in accordance with the shared Core Values and Operating principles of the company as they perform specific job functions. These include: Trustworthy - We strive for our actions to match our words in all our relationships. Servant - Hearted - We enable and empower our team to serve the needs of customers, Team members, suppliers and the community. Relational - We aim to build healthy relationships while fostering and environment that promotes compassion, balance, and personal and professional growth. Resourceful - We value strategic insourcing, first looking to create solutions internally, and then looking to apply that knowledge to future opportunities. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY: Provide a safety, quality, and continuous improvement focus throughout the organization. Implement a culture of training and awareness of safely producing a quality product. Improve the customer experience by reducing the number and severity of the defects in our manufacturing process. Assist management in collecting and analyzing performance data. SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITY: Conduct Safety Departmental audits Conduct Quality Operator audits Record, maintain all quality non-conformances Compose and distribute daily shift information Assist supervisors and operators with correcting non-conformances Perform sample testing of each machine Conduct training with plant personnel as needed Communicate customer complaints with plant personnel as needed Maintain quality records, complete necessary paperwork Assist with compliance to GMP, BRCGS, and C-TPAT Assist with Six Sigma Yellow Belt programs Assist with Smart Set-up programs Work closely with employees to improve the use of proper lifting techniques and stretching Assist with Safety team meetings and functions QUALIFICATIONS: EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or three to five year's related experience and/or training in a manufacturing environment; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Must have basic computer skills and possess ability to utilize software. LANGUAGE SKILLS: Must have the ability to read and understand documents, letters, etc. and write legibly in English. Must be able to understand and speak clearly, communicate, and understand directions in English as needed. MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Must have the ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide both fractions and decimals, solve equations, read a tape measure, read a manual micrometer, and have an understanding of both standard and metric measuring systems. PHYSICAL DEMANDS: While performing the duties of this job, regularly required to walk, stand, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, reach with arms and hands. Ability to lift/move up to 25 pounds. A person must be able to perform these functions for a minimum of 8 hours straight (with any applicable breaks during day) on a regular basis. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team member successfully performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions, but the essential functions cannot be eliminated or performed by others. Regular attendance and reporting for work on time are necessary requirements as is availability for overtime work if necessary. WORK ENVIRONMENT: Plant environment; must be able to safely encounter an environment around moving machinery and equipment, loud noise, heat, fumes and paper dust. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a Team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions, but the essential functions cannot be eliminated or performed by others. Night Shift - Downtown - 220 Compress Street, Chattanooga, TN 37405