Material and Process Certification Specialist

Position: Material and Process Certification Specialist

Location: Westbrook, CT | Full Time

Company Overview:

The Lee Company is a global leader in the design and production of miniature, precision fluid control components for the aerospace, medical/scientific instrument, oil tool, and automotive industries.

Lee Company products are recognized worldwide for superior quality, reliability, and performance. Lee’s unique capabilities in miniaturization and engineering keep the company at the forefront of fluid control technology and identify Lee as a leading innovator in the field of fluid handling and control.

Founded in 1948, The Lee Company occupies over one million sq. ft. of modern manufacturing and office space at four sites in Westbrook and Essex, Connecticut, and employs over 1,000 people.

Job Description:

A Material and Process Certification Specialist plays a key role in ensuring the accuracy, compliance, and quality of material/process documentation that support Lee’s manufacturing operations. This position combines daily review and verification work with hands on problem solving, supplier coordination, and cross functional team collaboration to keep production flowing smoothly.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED required. Post high school degree preferred. Over 1 year and up to and including 3 years related experience.
• Occasional lifting – under 10 lbs. (files), constant eye/hand coordination. Daily sitting, reaching, walking. Frequent concentrated mental visual acuity required.
• Analytical ability.
• Deadline Responsiveness.
• Ability to organize and prioritize workload.
• Proficient in use of computer, and related databases.

Responsibilities:

• Review planning requisitions daily in accordance with policy to allow Purchasing to generate purchase orders.
• Reject requisitions that are non-compliant and notify the planners of the rejection.
• Review and apply the proper purchase order codes (macros) to the requisitions.
• Maintain and update the macro codes in accordance with relevant specifications.
• Manage, maintain, and initiate vendor deviation requests.
• Review inbound certifications to verify that they comply with purchase order requirements.
• Scan documents into the records database.
• Generate FAIRs (first article inspection reports) and material certification packages as needed.
• Initiate and manage the random testing of products and services.
• Perform internal audits and generate required reports.
• Coordinate with relevant parties including but not limited to planners, quality engineers, engineers, purchasing agents, and manufacturing personnel.
• Work with suppliers to resolve non-conformances in a timely manner.

The Lee Company Advantages:

The Lee Company offers opportunities for career growth in a stable, well-managed company providing an attractive range of benefits including company-paid health insurance, profit sharing, tuition reimbursement, and daycare subsidy. The Lee Company is situated in southern New England in a rural, campus setting close to the Long Island Sound.

Please send your resume to careers@theleeco.com

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.