Quality Technician (With a Focus on Special Process)

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Promote and support a culture of safety, compliance, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Coordinate and support compliance activities associated with special processes (e.g., dip brazing, vacuum brazing, heat treatment, and chemical processing).
• Ensure compliance with AMS2750 and other applicable customers, industry, and internal requirements related to furnace operation and process control.
• Coordinate and maintain schedules for Temperature Uniformity Surveys (TUS), System Accuracy Tests (SAT), furnace calibrations, and other required compliance activities to minimize production interruptions.
• Review and support approval of furnace production loads for special processes including brazing, solution heat treatment, and aging operations.
• Validate furnace and process readiness prior to production processing activities.
• Maintain detailed and accurate records associated with special process compliance activities including TUS, SAT, calibrations, certifications, furnace documentation, and validation records.
• Manage special process documentation in accordance with document control requirements, ensuring records are properly maintained, secured, and readily accessible.
• Generate and analyze metrics related to special process performance, compliance activities, and recurring issues to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Procurement, and Operations to communicate issues, coordinate corrective actions, and ensure timely resolution of compliance concerns.
• Support the identification, investigation, processing, and disposition of nonconforming material associated with special processes, including customer returns and internal quality issues.
• Assist with root cause investigations and corrective action activities to reduce risk of recurrence and improve process reliability.
• Support visual management and organization of special process areas to improve product flow, status visibility, and operational efficiency.
• Exercise stop-work authority when process compliance, product integrity, or customer requirements are compromised or at risk.
• Ensure access to controlled documents and records follows established security and “need-to-know” protocols.
• Support customer audits & customer reviews, internal and external certification audits (e.g. Nadcap, AS9100, etc.) as well as any compliance assessments related to special process compliance.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) required.
• Working knowledge and experience with AMS2750 requirements required.
• Experience with AS9100 and/or ISO9001 quality systems required.
• Experience supporting aerospace manufacturing environments required.
• Knowledge of Temperature Uniformity Surveys (TUS), System Accuracy Tests (SAT), and calibration requirements required.
• Ability to read, interpret, and apply technical specifications, procedures, customer requirements, and industry standards.
• Strong organizational skills with high attention to detail and documentation accuracy.
• Ability to coordinate cross-functional activities and drive actions to closure with minimal supervision.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively across multiple departments and levels of the organization.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to work independently and prioritize activities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Associate degree or technical certification in Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering Technology, or related field preferred.
• Experience supporting dip brazing, vacuum brazing, heat treatment, or chemical processing operations preferred.
• Experience with Nadcap special process requirements preferred.
• Experience with root cause corrective action investigations preferred.
• Experience generating and analyzing process performance metrics preferred.
• Experience with furnace load validation and thermal processing documentation preferred.
• Previous experience supporting customers or regulatory audits preferred.

WHAT WE OFFER:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Additional 40 hours of Sick Time
• Paid Parental Leave
• Competitive 401(k) plan with employer matching contributions
• Education reimbursement program for professional development
• Relocation assistance for eligible roles
• Climate-controlled facility
• Subsidized vending and on-site break areas
• Complimentary coffee and refreshments
• Clean, modern work environment with advanced equipment and technology
• Opportunities for career growth within a stable, growing aerospace manufacturing organization

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: 

Continuous mental and visual attention is required.  Requires constant alertness or activity.  Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms.   The employee is frequently required to stand and occasionally required to walk, sit, kneel, crouch, or crawl.   The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds.

Reasonable accommodations can be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: 

Office, Plant, Warehouse or Remote locations:

Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. 

While performing the duties of this job in the Plant or Warehouse, the employee is exposed to noise and aluminum particles. The noise level is usually moderate, but hearing protection may be required in designated areas.  The employee is required to wear safety glasses when in the plant. 

Conditions in remote locations vary, depending on the job requirements.

ABOUT HEICO: 

Heico has a history of success. Since its founding over 40 years ago The Heico Companies has grown from a single business to over 80 separate companies through a strategic acquisition policy, and by reinvesting its earnings into internal growth and new prospects. Historically talented at restoring distressed companies, Heico now strategically targets acquisitions that will complement its ever-growing portfolio of companies in manufacturing, construction, and industrial services.

 These four core operations are organized into groups: Metal Processing Group, Construction Solutions Group, Applied Solutions Group, and Industrial Technologies Group. Once acquired, new Heico companies are assigned to a group and run on a stand-alone basis, allowing for great independence as well as the opportunity to share knowledge about markets, production processes, and management practices across other Heico groups and companies. Each Group has its own corporate team.

 Heico continues to seek out new opportunities and maintain its standard of success. The Heico Companies has remained a privately held company since its creation and maintains a majority ownership in each of its operations, which generates more than $3.3 billion dollars in revenues. Many of our businesses are certified Woman-owned Business Enterprises (WBE).

 More information about the holding company and overall organization can be found at