Quality Lab Technician

Stryten Energy is seeking a Quality Lab Technician in Fort Smith, AR, responsible for testing products and materials, maintaining accurate records, and ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards. The role includes managing work orders, inventory, and documentation while collaborating with various departments. Candidates should have relevant educational background or experience in engineering or maintenance, along with strong communication and organizational skills.
Overview

Stryten Energy in the Fort Smith, AR area, operates a growing battery manufacturing factory. Through the Industrial Power division, we are an essential business that produces batteries, services and solutions for the Motive and Network Power industries.

Individual is responsible for testing products produced by Stryten and materials received from suppliers for all areas of the plant. Provide accurate, objective, and timely results of testing with production personnel (supervisors and operators) to contain an issue, determine root cause, and corrective actions. Maintain accurate and detailed records of all testing results, as well as, following all documented test methods. Comply with Stryten and ISO/9001 and 14001

procedures and requirements as applicable.

Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Other duties may be assigned.
• Enters all completed work orders and Preventative Maintenance / Total Productive Maintenance (PM/TPM) orders into L2L computerized maintenance management system/enterprise asset management software (CMMS/EAM) called L2L and tracks completion data and reports out results
• Manages inventory and helps with tracking and entering MRO parts usage to assure requisitions are initiated to keep the optimum amount of spare parts in stock
• Works closely with management of different departments to establish workable schedules for PM/TPM activities and projects
• Manages documentation of PMs and Work Orders to align with company policies
• Comply with local, state, and federal guidelines as specified in codes
• Comply with plant safety, healthy and personnel policies
• Meet budget requirements
• Identify opportunities that ultimately reduce maintenance cost
• Comply with current Quality Systems requirements
• Follow Lean Manufacturing procedures
• Regular attendance and timeliness is required in order to give sufficient support to the department as well as the plant-wide team
• While performing the duties of this job the individual is occasionally required to vary their schedules times and shifts
• Additional responsibilities as needed to support the team and company goals.

Qualifications

Competencies, Skills & Knowledge:
• Knowledge of computer systems and programs like databases (maintenance systems), as well as Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to give and share information to/with co-workers, customers and production management in order to achieve optimum plant performance
• Ability to work on multiple tasks in a fast paced environment.
• Good organization/administrative and time management skills.
• High energy, self motivated, ability to be successful without direct supervision
• Background in supplier quality systems or maintenance management systems preferred
• Knowledge of CMMS/EAM, specifically L2L to effectively manage all aspects of the maintenance operation. i.e. PM, MRO, work order system, and Preventive/Predictive Operation preferred

Required

Education, Experience, Certifications:
• Associate’s degree in related field or a minimum of 3+ years experience in the field of Mechanical, Chemical, or Industrial Engineering or Maintenance operations
• 2+ years experience supervising and / or scheduling industrial manufacturing maintenance functions with excellent track record of business results

Preferred
• BS in Mechanical, Chemical, or Industrial Engineering or related maintenance field
• 1 year experience and/or training particularly in a management capacity including budgeting and cost containment preferred; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience in team development - problem solving, conflict resolution, building cooperative relationships, and effective communications
• Experience with continuous improvement efforts and projects using Toyota Production System and/or Lean/Six Sigma methodologies
• Six Sigma Green Belt or Master Green Belt certification
• Battery or charger manufacturing experience
• Experience working in a union manufacturing plant

Physical Demands

The physical demands and 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.

While performing the duties of this job the individual is regularly required to sit; stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk and hear. The individual is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and lift a minimum 25 lbs and 26 to 150 lbs with assistance of equipment. The regular use of safety glasses and steel toed shoes is required, as well as limited use of respirator. The vision requirements are for close vision.

Work Environment
• While performing the duties of this job, individual is regularly working in dirty surroundings that are a lead contaminated area where a uniform and safety shoes must be worn in that area to prevent the tracking and / or possible lead contamination of other clean areas or outside of the regulated areas, and regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles
• Individual occasionally exposed to precarious places; toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of electrical shock
• Noise level is minimal to loud
• Minimal travel is required within North America

EEO

Stryten Energy is an equal opportunity employer where an applicant's qualifications are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis prohibited by law.

About Our Company

Stryten Energy helps solve the world’s most pressing energy challenges with a broad range of energy storage solutions across the Essential Power, Motive Power, Transportation, Military and Government sectors. Headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, we partner with some of the world’s most recognized companies to meet the growing demand for reliable and sustainable energy storage capacity. Stryten powers everything from submarines to subcompacts, microgrids, warehouses, distribution centers, cars, trains and trucks. Our stored energy technologies include advanced lead, lithium and vanadium redox flow batteries, intelligent chargers and energy performance management software that keep people on the move and supply chains running. An industry leader backed by more than a century of expertise, Stryten has The Energy to Challenge the status quo and deliver top-performing energy solutions for today and tomorrow. Learn more at stryten.com.