Rose Thornburg

P.O. Box ***

Dallas NC *****

Phone: 704-***-****

E-mail: aceozf@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

Mechanical/Quality Engineer with a strong background in quality assurance within ISO 9000 and TS 16949 certified

automotive and industrial manufacturing. ISO 9000 Systems Coordinator and Auditor with ISO and TS document

preparation and control experience at four companies.

Manager, Supervisor, Team Leader, Technician, Setup Operator

ISO 9000 Systems Coordinator and Internal Auditor

SAP, MacPac, Kaizen Project, Document Control, KANBAN, 5S, POKE YOKE

Mitutoyo Basic Metrology & Gage Calibration, SPC

Outlook, Office 2010, technical programming, accounting

Career Readiness Certification

Billing/Microsoft Office

Experience

Quality Engineering Technician Team Leader (Jan 2007 – Aug 2013)

APEX Tool Group (formerly Danaher Tool Group) Gastonia, NC

• Determined best quality practices and implementation focusing on quality, efficiency and safety

• Supervised quality personnel and oversaw 2nd party packaging operation

• Wrote procedures and trained personnel for manufacturing, pack, heat treat, vibratory and

chrome/nickel plating

• Devised and implemented inspection, product traceability, and product flow designs

• PPM and scrap reduction with productivity increase

• Kaizen, time studies, data collection, documentation, disposition, CTQ and Root Cause Analysis

Real Estate Sales Broker (Oct 2004 – Jun 2008)

Prudential Carolinas Realty, Gastonia, NC

• Assisted clients in the marketing and purchase of real estate through marketing analysis, contracts

and advertisement

• Coordinated sales process with clients, agents, inspectors, appraisers, lenders, and attorneys

Lab Manager (Feb 2002 – Feb 2004)

Cataler North America, Lincolnton, NC

• Assisted startup of Company

• Laboratory manager, supervisor and trainer for laboratory technicians.

• Wrote COA, COC, capability, process, and GRR reports, and procedures for equipment usage,

testing and TS-16949 certification

• Analyzed precious metals content in liquids, slurries and powders

• Trained and supervised laboratory technicians

• Purchased lab and production testing equipment and chemicals

• Implemented dimensional measurements, chemical content, appearance, flow restriction, particle

size, surface analysis, and packaging

• Set up, maintained and performed calibrations and qualification of new fixtures & gages

• Procured outside calibration and maintenance services

Quality Engineer and ISO 9000 Lead Auditor & Systems Coordinator (Oct 1998 – Feb 2002)

Pa-Ted Spring Co., Inc., Belmont, NC (Out-of-Business)

• Wrote procedures and helped Pa-Ted obtain ISO 9000 status in eight months.

• Maintained ISO auditing schedule and databases; trained all employees to ISO procedures and

documentation; conducted internal and supplier audits

• Prepared APQP, PPAP, FMEA, Control Plan, NAFTA, dimensional, root cause, capability, and GRR

reports

• Assisted customers in analysis of quality issues

• Created spring designs and draft gages

• Conducted 1st piece analysis, time studies, capability studies, and gage calibrations

• Performed test load, stress, torque, and dimensional measurements

Quality Technician, Lead Supervisor and ISO 9000 Internal Auditor (Aug 1983 – Sep 1995)

Stabilus, Gastonia, NC

• Initiated startup of assembly, cylindrical grinding, butt welding, mold-on, forming, tubing, lift-o-

mat, NI-Slide, and chrome plating departments when Gas Spring Company (Stabilus) was first

opened in Gaston County

• Supervised and trained all new operators in each department for the first six years

• Was the first quality technician for Stabilus and trained all subsequent quality technicians thereafter

• Qualified new fixtures and gages; maintained calibration of all equipment and obtained outside

services when needed; conducted capability and time studies and performed data management,

• Assisted in obtaining and retaining ISO 9000 certification by preparing documents, training

personnel and auditing ISO procedures for compliance

Education

A.S. Mechanical Engineering from Gaston College (1997)

Dean’s List, Six Quarters

Certificate in AutoCAD 14

Graduated with Honors

Refresher Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access

Accounting 101 (2012)

Psychology 150 (2013)

Communication 110 (2013)

CRC (2014)

Medical Office/Microsoft Office (2014)

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