November 7, 2024

Igloo Products Corp.

Katy

FULL TIME

Quality Assurance Incoming Goods Technician

Overview:

Who We Are:

Millions of people around the world use Dometic products. They are campers, RV users, boat owners, and lovers of the outdoor life. They all share the same intense feelings - a longing for freedom and adventure, a desire to explore the world and to stay away longer. Dometic calls this mobile living and creates the building blocks for this lifestyle.

Dometic offers smart and reliable products with outstanding design for every aspect of days away: cooking, preserving food quality, personal hygiene, maintaining a pleasant temperature, and more. Today, Dometic operates in a global market that is being transformed by a number of market trends like increased leisure spending and mobile lifestyle, as well as digitalization.

With Dometic’s unique global market reach and presence in over 100 countries and core technology competences, Dometic is well positioned in this market for further profitable growth. As a market leader in Mobile Living solutions, Dometic is committed to driving sustainability in our industry. This means offering innovative, durable, low-carbon products that inspire an active, comfortable, and responsible life in the outdoors.

Igloo Products Corp is an iconic and fast-growing American brand known for exceptional and durable performance for everyday cooler needs. After more than 75 years of as the leader as a housewares brand, Igloo has pivoted to a high growth lifestyle brand for outside activities associated with fun, family and friends.

Founded in as a metalworking shop bringing fresh cold water to Texas workers in the field to inventing the Playmate to becoming America’s most recognizable brand of ice chests, the Igloo story spans more than 75 years of delivering coolness to the world. Today, Igloo has 90% + brand awareness and is #1 in market share in the US, is a pioneer in sustainability for our category with the launch of biodegradable coolers and coolers made with from post-consumer recycled resin and other sustainable materials and has a growing DTC business allowing us to build direct relationships with our consumers. In 2021, Igloo was acquired by Dometic Brands and now there is the opportunity to Globally grow both brands together.

Job Summary Statement:

Develops and implements inspection procedures, provides disposition of nonconforming products, and provides metrics and analysis as needed to ensure that production quality is at its best. Will focus on inspecting received/incoming material

Esential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Trains, leads, and supports Quality Inspectors in quality assurance and quality control principles.
Prepares graphs or charts of data and enters data into computer for analysis; develops sampling plans by applying attribute, variable, and sequential sampling methods. Devises sampling procedures and designs and develops forms and instructions for recording, evaluating, and reporting quality data.
Sets up and performs destructive and nondestructive tests on materials, parts, or products to measure performance, life, or material characteristics; may establish statistical confidence by identifying sample size and acceptable error and determining levels of confidence.
Interprets engineering drawings, schematic diagrams, or formulas and confers with management or engineering staff to determine quality and reliability standards.
Ensures that project and/or process control documentation is compliant with requirements and/or contract.
Records test/inspection/audit data, applying statistical techniques; guide technical evaluations, analysis, and related data acquisition processes to ensure quality objectives are achieved.
Acts as member of the Material Review Board and participates in related activities, failure analysis and corrective action investigations. Assesses the cost of, and determines the responsibility for, products or materials that do not meet required standards and specifications by performing analysis.
Read dials, meters, and screen profiles to see if equipment is functioning properly, also conducts process audits per procedures and process control plans.
Housekeeping: Help with keeping the production environments clean. Assist and maintain 5s practices. Conducts 5S audits during the shift at assigned machines and communicates results.
Communicate audit findings with supervisors, peers, or technical staff and ensures proper disposition of non-conforming product.
Position or connect parts or instruments for testing or operation; use tools or equipment for inspection purposes.
Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements and Qualifications:

Education: High school diploma or equivalency.
Experience: Four (4) years of lab, quality, or related experience.
English Language skills: Able to read, write, speak and comprehend English.
Math skills: Able to add, subtract, multiply and divide.
Physical Demands: Must be able to lift a maximum of 50 lbs. up to 10 times per day during an 8 hr. shift; Able to bend and stand in for 8-10 hours a day and walk for extended periods; Must be able to see details of objects that are less than a few feet away; Must be able to see differences between colors, shades, and brightness; Ability to adjust body movements or equipment controls to keep pace with speed changes of moving objects; Must be able to use fingers and hands to grasp, move or assemble very small objects.
Work environment: Warehouse is hot and humid in summer months, cold in winter months. High noise level requires hearing protection.
Proficient in MS Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook).
Familiarity with reading blue prints and bill or materials.
Familiarity using measurement gages, (calipers, micrometer, height gage, torque wrench, etc.).
Familiarity with Oracle: Obtain BOMS, Work Order Reports and other Discover reports.

Preferred Qualifications:

Associate Degree or equivalent from two-year College or technical school.
Two years experience and/or training in plastics manufacturing processes (blow molding, injection molding, and vacuum forming).

Supervisory Responsibilities: NA

Key Competencies:

Problem solving skills.
Leadership skills.

Responsibility Metrics: NA

Tools & Equipment used: NA

Corporate Wide Operating Conduct Expectations:

Measure
Anticipate
Communicate
Correct
Execute

Corporate-wide Conformance Expectations:

Perform quality work within deadlines with or without direct supervision.
Interact professionally with other employees, customers and suppliers.
Work effectively as a team contributor on all assignments.
Work independently while understanding the necessity for communicating and coordinating work efforts with other employees and organizations

Igloo offers equal opportunities for everyone. Equal opportunities mean that all employees shall be treated according to their abilities and qualifications in every employment decision, including but not limited to hiring, advancement, compensation benefits, training, lay-offs and termination. Any form of discrimination or harassment against employees due to personal factors, such as gender, ethnicity, skin color, age, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, disability and pregnancy or employees with family responsibilities is prohibited.

All applicants must be at least 18 years old and legally authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis.

Igloo supports and respects the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights. We do not tolerate child labor or any form of modern slavery, including forced, bonded or compulsory labor, physical or psychological punishment or human trafficking.

We are passionate about building together an inclusive and equitable working environment, that respects individual strengths, views and experiences. We believe that diversity enables us to thrive across our differences. Be yourself and join us!