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Quality Assurance Technician Job Description
Position Overview
The Quality Assurance Technician I support plant quality operations by inspecting, testing, and verifying product conformance throughout the manufacturing process—from incoming materials through finished goods. This role assists with gage calibration and maintenance, first piece and first article inspections, production and supplier quality assurance, analysis of nonconforming materials, warranty returns review, and ISO quality system audits when assigned. This is an entry-level, hands-on technical position. Training will be provided as needed. Location: Onsite – Columbia City, Indiana
Key Responsibilities
• Perform first piece and first article inspections and communicate results to production teams.
• Audit production line quality to ensure products meet specifications.
• Support production associates with quality questions and troubleshooting.
• Assist with product teardowns, warranty analysis, and technical reporting.
• Measure and analyze nonconforming material, support disposition and processing.
• Inspect supplier-purchased materials.
• Measure product dimensions using calipers, micrometers, gauges, steel rules, and CMMs.
• Support calibration and documentation of gaging equipment.
• Interpret blueprints and technical documentation.
• Record inspection and test results accurately.
• Assist with associate training related to quality processes and measurement techniques. • Communicate across shifts and participate in overtime rotation as required.
Required Skills and Qualifications
• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Strong communication and attention to detail.
• Ability to troubleshoot basic quality issues.
• Basic computer skills including Microsoft Office and ERP systems.
• Willingness to complete additional metrology training.
Preferred Skills and Qualifications
• One or more years of quality or manufacturing experience.
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes and inspection methods.
• SAP experience preferred. Physical Demands and Work Environment
• Occasionally lift up to 50 pounds; frequently lift up to 25 pounds and stand 75% of the day.
• Ability to stand or sit for extended periods in a manufacturing environment.
Physical Demand and Work Environment
Physical demands— The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and to stand 75% of the day. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and peripheral vision.
Work Environment - The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Regal Rexnord is a publicly held global industrial manufacturer with 30,000 associates around the world who help create a better tomorrow by providing sustainable solutions that power, transmit and control motion. The Company’s electric motors and air moving subsystems provide the power to create motion. A portfolio of highly engineered power transmission components and subsystems efficiently transmits motion to power industrial applications. The Company’s automation offering, comprised of controls, actuators, drives, and precision motors, controls motion in applications ranging from factory automation to precision control in surgical tools.
The Company’s end markets benefit from meaningful secular demand tailwinds, and include factory automation, food & beverage, aerospace, medical, data center, warehouse, alternative energy, residential and commercial buildings, general industrial, construction, metals and mining, and agriculture.
Regal Rexnord is comprised of three operating segments: Industrial Powertrain Solutions, Power Efficiency Solutions, and Automation & Motion Control. Regal Rexnord has offices and manufacturing, sales and service facilities worldwide. For more information, including a copy of our Sustainability Report, visit RegalRexnord.com.
Regal Rexnord is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, ancestry, national origin, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status (unless required by the applicable law or government contract), disability or protected veteran status or any other status or characteristic protected by law. Regal Rexnord is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are committed to building a team that represents diverse and inclusive backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan for protected veterans/individuals with disabilities or policy statement, please email Recruiting@RegalRexnord.com. If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please e-mail Recruiting@RegalRexnord.com.
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