Quality Assurance Associate

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

ABOUT L2 BRANDS

At L2 Brands, we create the gear people love to wear. For over 30 years, we’ve been designing and delivering high-quality, custom-logo apparel, headwear, and home décor for the Collegiate, Resort/Destination, Golf, and Corporate markets.

Through our lifestyle brands — League, Legacy, Ouray, and Locale — we help fans, travelers, golfers, and employees show pride in the schools, destinations, traditions, and workplaces that matter to them. If you’ve ever worn a favorite college hoodie or souvenir hat, there’s a good chance we had a hand in creating it.

Quality Assurance Associate

1st Shift

As a QA Associate, you play an important role in the success of L2's production operations. Primary responsibilities of this position include visually inspecting headwear to ensure each piece meets quality standards. Reports directly to the QA Lead / QA Supervisor.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Follows the direction of the quality assurance lead and/or quality assurance supervisor
• Reference the print placement guide for correct print placement
• Check that print has correct placement on garment
• Catches and neatly stack garments as they come out of the textile dryer while keeping pace with the screen print machine
• Separates all shirts that need to be cleaned, touched up and mill rejects.
• Helps ensure accuracy of order as per approved order information, Tech Sheet, garment color and style
• Responsible for immediately notifying the machine operator and/or quality assurance lead when detecting errors in a production run.
• Fill out the “Daily Production Log”
• Assists with the finishing process of production orders; second dry, applying proper stickers and folding
• Communicates effectively with the machine operator to maintain a good workflow from order to order
• May be asked to touch up or spot clean garments as needed
• Commitment to company values

Essential Functions:

• Quality Control- Monitors own work to ensure quality. Looks for ways to improve and promote quality. Applies feedback to improve performance. Demonstrates a commitment to accuracy and thoroughness.
• Safety & Security- Always follows current safety and security procedures. Determines appropriate action beyond guidelines. Reports potentially unsafe conditions. Uses equipment and materials properly.
• Qualifications- To qualify for this position, one must have the ability to read, write, apply common sense and comprehend simple instructions furnished in a written, oral or diagram form. Ability to recognize similarities and differences, between words and between series of numbers. Ability to effectively present information one-on-one or with small groups of employees. Must be self-motivated and be able to prioritize. Ability to add and subtract, multiply and divide and work with percentages.

Other:

• Work on special projects as needed
• Sustain effective and positive working relationships to ensure an environment that is in alignment with both the Company’s Core Values and profitability goals
• Be an ambassador for the company, both internally and externally, to help build confidence, pride and value in the company
• Performs other duties as assigned by (functional area senior management team member)

Work Environment: This job operates in a production environment and is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts and chemicals. Noise level in the environment is moderate. This role routinely uses:

1. Production Workstation

2. Bagger Sealer

3. Heat Press

4. Tagging Guns

5. Spot Cleaning Station

Physical Demands:

• Standing
• Use hands to finger, handle or feel
• Frequently required to walk, reach with hands and arms, reach above shoulders, speak & hear
• Occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, smell
• Frequently required to lift up to 12 pounds
• Occasionally required to lift up to 40 pounds
• Specific vision abilities that may be required for the job include; close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to focus
• Frequently required to twist at the waist

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work: This is a full-time position, and work hours are: 1st Shift: Monday through Friday 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Overtime, longer hours, evenings, and weekend work will be necessary as needed.

Required Education/Experience/Skills: This position does not require previous skills, experience or education.