Quality Assurance Technician - Manufacturing Operations

Join PPG in Lima, OH — Be the steady hand behind product quality

Immediately Hiring for a Quality professional who ensures every product meets the mark before it reaches our customers. This is a full-time, on-site role in Lima, Ohio.

• Pay: $21.00 per hour
• Schedule: 1st shift, Monday–Friday, 7:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

A day in the life

You’ll start your morning reviewing outgoing orders against customer specs, making sure what leaves the dock is exactly what was promised. As the day progresses, you’ll dive into customer issues to drive corrective actions, evaluate returns and quarantine nonconforming materials, and keep our MITS work instructions up to date. You’ll conduct customer-specific requirement audits, help prepare PPAP documentation for customer parts, and ensure each operating area follows the standards defined in our Corporate Quality Policy Manual. You’ll also field customer calls, investigate concerns, maintain the calibration program for measurement and test equipment, and perform statistical workups such as capability studies and gage R&R. And, when needed, you’ll pitch in on other quality-support tasks to keep operations running smoothly.

What you’ll do

• Verify outgoing shipments conform to customer requirements per the audit schedule.
• Investigate customer-reported quality issues and respond with corrective actions.
• Assess customer returns and control nonconforming product flow.
• Support internal and external audits and run customer-specific requirement audits.
• Keep MITS work instructions current and accessible.
• Champion adherence to the Corporate Quality Policy Manual across plant operations.
• Handle customer calls, probe issues, and relay findings to the right teams.
• Administer the calibration system for measurement and testing tools.
• Execute statistical analyses, including capability and gage R&R studies.
• Assist with PPAP preparation for customer parts.
• Contribute to other quality initiatives as needed.

What you bring

• Comfort with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Sharp attention to detail.
• Background in manufacturing or warehouse settings preferred.

Apply fast: Text “PPG” to + 1 412 968-8670 to begin and schedule an interview.

Life at PPG

At PPG, we make it happen. We’re driven by integrity, professionalism, and a daily commitment to outperform yesterday. PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD™

Our solutions power progress across industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets—bringing color, durability, and sustainability to more surfaces than anyone else. Learn more at and follow @PPG on Twitter.

The PPG Way — how we work, every day

• We create value side-by-side with our customers.
• We present as One PPG to the world.
• We extend trust to our people in all they do.
• We take action and deliver results.
• We think and act like owners.
• We improve continuously—today better than yesterday.

PPG values your feedback on our recruiting process. We encourage you to visit Glassdoor.com and provide feedback on the process, so that we can do better today than yesterday.

Benefits will be discussed with you by your recruiter during the hiring process.

Our commitment to inclusion

PPG provides equal opportunity to all candidates and employees. We offer an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability status, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. If you need assistance to complete your application due to a disability, please email [email protected] .