Job Description

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Alene Candles LLC & Midwest is a private label, contract manufacturer that produces high-quality candles for some of the world\'s most recognized retail, boutique, and cosmetic brands. With our headquarters in New Hampshire and locations in Ohio and New York, we\'ve been in business for over 25 years. We are passionate about making the best products in the world, making safety our number one priority, and being an insanely great place to work.

Job Summary

Quality Inspectors perform quality assurance duties as assigned helping to assure all products meet or exceed customer requirements. This includes (but is not limited to) wax batch approvals, sampling/inspection of incoming components; sampling/inspection of in-process production; sampling/inspection of finished goods at pack-out; and/or sampling/inspection of finished goods in inventory against standards. Responsibilities also include collecting and entering inspection results and/or other information in logs (paper and/or computer), and other duties and tasks as assigned. In addition, they assist the QA management with data collection activities and projects. Seasonal position.

Job Functions

• Monitor and report on the quality of candle components (wax, wick, glass, labels, packaging, etc.)
• Monitor and report on the quality of in-process candle production (wax, wick, fill weights, wick centering, labeling, cleanliness, etc.) against standard operating procedures
• Monitor and report on the quality of finished candles at pack-out against customer requirements
• Monitor and report on candle performance (zero-cure burns, other burns & testing)
• Help keep the expected performance standards visible to all production and QA personnel

Requirements:

Vital Soft Skills

• Willing and able to communicate easily with Production and other QA personnel to share pertinent information regarding quality and process issues
• Able to maintain a cool, calm and collected attitude in the face of delivering and receiving negative quality and process information
• Willing and able to help raise our collective bar in terms of team performance
• Willing and able to model quality behaviors and attitudes
• Maintain Alene standards of performance and comply with housekeeping, safety policies and procedures
• Able to comfortably perform basic math & dimensional/time measurement
• Able to use hand-held tools (rulers, gauges, etc.) to perform inspections
• Able to use computers (MS Office) to do basic data entry in spread sheets, databases and paper records

Range of Experience Required

At least 1year as an inspector or similar position in which the individual was required to monitor and report on quality attributes of some product and/or process

Education Level Required (minimum degree)

High school or equivalent

Additional Abilities Valuable for Success

• Able to comfortably perform basic math & dimensional/time measurement
• Able to use hand-held tools (rulers, gauges, etc.) to perform inspections
• Able to use computers (MS Office) to do basic data entry in spread sheets, databases and paper records

Physical Demands & Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to handle or touch; reach, talk, hear and smell. The employee may be required to, kneel, crouch, sit, climb or balance. The employee may lift and/or move up to more than 50 pounds with assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. The employee may be regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, and aromas. The employee is occasionally exposed to airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined in the physical demands and work environment

Benefits:

Alene Candles provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Should you require assistance completing this application or during any phase of the interview process, please contact recruitment@alene.com or call 614-933-4005 and ask to speak to Human Resources. We will make every effort to accommodate your needs in a reasonable amount of time.

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