Quality Gate Technician

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Date:Nov 7, 2024

Location: Georgetown, KY, US

Company: Leggett & Platt

We make life more comfortable.

Leggett & Platt’s overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives – by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future.

Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership in the residential products industry span more than 130 years. AsThe Components People, we are the leading supplier of a wide range of products and components for all areas of life, including mattress springs and carpet cushion, as well as bedding machinery and erosion-control products.

From aerospace tubing and fabricated assemblies to flooring underlayment and carpet cushion, Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the aerospace, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile, and geo components industries.

Learn more about the history of Leggett: https://leggett.com/history

Bedding

The world leader in bedding technology.

Leggett & Platt has been the driving force in bedding components technology since inventing the bedspring in 1885. Now, we own more mattress industry patents than anyone in the world.

Springs, foam, adjustable beds, machinery – our Bedding businesses design, produce, and supply innovative sleep solutions that help you rest comfortably.

Learn more about Bedding Components: L&P Bedding Group (https://beddingcomponents.com/)

We, at Leggett & Platt Inc., are searching for a Quality Gate Technician within our Adjustable Bed quality team to help support our bedding business. Did you know we have been revolutionizing the sleep industry since 1883? That’s right! In fact, we hold the original patent on a spiral steel coil bed spring, filed way back in 1885. Since then, we have been an industry leader in guaranteeing you get the best sleep possible. If you join our team, your work will ensure people across the world have a little more comfort in their lives.

So, what will you be doing as a Quality Gate Technician?

• Assist with implementation of new quality gates at the branch.

• Complete branch quality gate responsibilities during new product launches.

• Performs defection validations for EOLT, VS, and EOLS during product launches and during changeover activities.

• Coordinate preventive maintenance action for quality gates.

• Perform routine maintenance on quality gate hardware.

• Complete branch quality gate responsibilities with new VS program creation.

• Log and report quality gate software issues.

• Adjust quality gate programs when directed.

• Ensure quality gates functionality following loss of internet or power.

• Conform to all safety and quality requirements and procedures.

• Understand and practice the policies and procedures for ISO 9001 Management System and Continuous Improvement (CI).

  To be successful in this role, you’ll need:

• High School diploma or GED equivalent required; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Minimum 1 year of experience in a quality assurance role.

• Ability to stand for long periods of time.

• Work in a warehouse environment.

• Must be able to follow directions and react timely to business needs.

• Must follow all business rules, policies, and procedures.

• Experience with detection software preferred but not required.

• Product knowledge or ability to be knowledgeable of product.

• Experience with Microsoft Office suite.

• Good communication skills both written and verbal.

• Experience with reading and interpreting drawings, schematics, and technical manuals.

• Knowledge of quality tools including red rabbits, poka yoke, PPAP, and nonconforming material.

  What to Do Next

  Now that you’ve had a chance to learn more about us, what are you waiting for! Apply today and allow us the opportunity to learn more about you and the value you can bring to our team. Once you apply, be sure to create a profile, and sign up for job alerts, so you can be the first to know when new opportunities become available.

  Our Values

  Our values speak to our shared beliefs, and describe how we approach working together.

• Put People First reflects our commitment to safety and care of each other, learning and development, and creating an inclusive environment of mutual respect, empathy and belonging.

• Do the Right Thing focuses us on acting with honesty and integrity, delivering the results the right way, taking pride in our work, and speaking the truth – good or bad.

• Do Great Work…Together occurs when we engage without hierarchy, collaborate as a team, embrace challenges, and work for the good of all of us.

• Take Ownership and Raise the Bar demonstrates our responsibility to add value and make a difference, challenge the status quo and biases to make things better, foster innovative and creative solutions to drive impact, and explore new perspectives and embrace change.

  Our Commitment to You

  We're actively taking steps to make sure our culture is inclusive and that our processes and practices promote equity for all. Leggett & Platt is comprised of people of all abilities, gender identities and expressions, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, veteran status, and more. Join us!

  We welcome and encourage applications if you meet the minimum qualifications. Even if you do not meet the preferred qualifications, we’d love the opportunity to consider you.

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