What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Materials Lab Tech position at Bridgestone Americas?
Company Overview
Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM), headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and Bridgestone Europe, Middle East and Africa (BSEMEA), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, operate collectively as a “Bridgestone West” strategic region. This region services the strategic business needs of teams across the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. BSAM and BSEMEA are subsidiaries of Bridgestone Corporation, globally headquartered in Japan. Bridgestone and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand products and solutions to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries.
Position Summary
Manufacturing Quality Control work includes:
• Auditing, monitoring, and determining the quality of manufacturing processes and/or outputs against defined internal and regulatory standards
• Testing random samples of finished goods
• Reporting manufacturing process deviations and defects in finished goods and liaising with Quality Assurance to troubleshoot and resolve problems
Responsibilities
• Proficient in job processes and tools obtained through work experience
• Typically works independently
• May coach or train newer employees on specialization team
• Provides support that serves to enhance and maximize effectiveness of specialization
• Takes initiative to resolve non-routine problems
• Communicates information to audiences that may require explanation or interpretation
• Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
Typically requires a minimum of 2-4 years of related experience
