Quality Technician

At Great Lakes Dental Technologies, we care about our employees, the people we do business with, and our community. We’ve been named one of Western New York’s Top Places to Work in 2023, by the Buffalo News, and were awarded the Buffalo Niagara Business Ethics Award for 2016. We’re a diverse group who works hard but understands the importance of work-life balance. As an employee-owned company, we strive to do the right thing for our employees, for our customers, and for our community.

Title: Quality Technician

Pay: $23.25 - $25.70

Schedule: M-F 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM

Summary: The Quality Technician is part of the Quality Team responsible for quality assurance and quality control activities at Great Lakes Dental Technologies.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Will assist with the confirmation, root cause analysis, and corrective actions for quality issues related to supplied items, internal errors, and external defects.
• Responsible for maintaining the timely calibration of all required production, inspection, and quality control equipment.
• Will support evaluation, testing, qualification and the validation of new and existing products and equipment.
• Will participate on internal audits of the Quality Management System to verify compliance to standards and regulatory requirements and identify gaps for improvement.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as production, engineering, and other departments.

Education and/or Experience:

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Associates Degree in Quality Assurance, Quality Control, or Industrial Technology preferred.
• One year experience working in a QA and QC role.

Minimum Requirement for this Job:

• An understanding or willingness to learn the company’s Quality Management System.
• A familiarity with basic measuring equipment and calibration requirements.
• Ability to collect and analyze imperial data and evidence.
• Experience in the calibration of equipment used in production and quality control processes.

Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed written and oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several variables in standardized situations.
• Ability to review data, draw conclusions and make suggestions based on data.

Benefits:

401(k)

Dental insurance

Vision Insurance

Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Health insurance

Health savings account

Life insurance

Paid time off

Referral program

Tuition reimbursement

College scholarships

Yearly bonus

Annual wage increase