Summary:

I am a Product/Process/Manager/Quality Engineer with over 17 years’ experience in an ISO 14001, ISO/TS 16949/AS9100 management system within manufacturing/assembly/Automotive and Aerospace environments. This includes welding, stamping, painting, machining, and composite materials.

Computer literate with knowledge of ISO-14001, ISO/TS-16949, and AS9100, FAI, SPC, PPAP, Control Plans, FMEA, GR&R, capability studies, Minitab and problem solving techniques such as 5 why, 8D and use of measurement equipment.

Professional Experience:

GKN-Aerospace Alabama - Tallassee, AL 2011 - Present

Quality Engineer

Quality/Engineering with direct responsibility for inspection throughout the value stream, as well as Supervisor for several inspectors and lead inspector. Assisted with engineering in MDR’s and concession reduction through the use of quality tools such as 8D and five why process.

Manage customer returns

Manage all customer corrective action and QN’s responses

Provide weekly and monthly reports for Airbus program reviews

Facilitate continuous improvement activities on high scrap cost process

Manage FAI process to customers

Review and approve existing work instruction or AOP’s

HWASHIN AMERICA CORP - Greenville, AL 2009 - 2011

Quality Manager

Responsible for maintaining a quality system. Directed quality engineers, supervisors and technicians for continuous improvement activities. Ensured that quality control check points were constantly maintained thru team building with production and assembly departments.

Manage internal quality system ISO/TS 16949

Develop a supplier quality manual for local suppliers

Reduce part inspection by performing process audits

GKN-Aerospace Alabama - Tallassee, AL 2007 - 2009

Quality Engineer

Supporting member of the AIRBUS program in Quality/Engineering. With direct responsibility for generating Certificate of Conformities, and monitoring and analyzing of defects by process. Supported the writing and generating of MDR; monthly customer reports.

Team member in several Kaizen projects (Assembly organization and ergonomics; eliminating extra steps and time for scanning).

Assisting in the training of painting standardization process for all shifts.

Perform weekly and monthly process audits.

Facilitate the weekly area audits for inspectors.

Review and approve existing work instruction or AOP’s.

HWASHIN AMERICA CORP - Greenville, AL 2005 - 2007

Sr. Process / Quality Engineer

Responsible for implementing and constructing a quality system. Maintaining and track defect rate of process from welding, stamping, and e-coating process. Involved heavily with customer and supplier issue for continuous improvements and countermeasures. Responsible for all customer field warranty claims. Develop and finalized Warrant submission on existing and new product for all customers.

Launched the implementation of ISO/TS 16949

Lead auditor for ISO/TS 16949 and 5 star audits

Assist in new models and product launches for GM & Hyundai

Supervise 2 quality engineer and 28 inspectors plant wide on all shifts

Developed inspection criteria for all product manufactured

Eliminated a mandatory third party inspection in less than one month. This resulted in a quarterly savings in excess of $25,000.00

Assist in strengthening of the quality department thru development and training of new hires to become inspectors

Put into operation several error proofing systems to eliminate recurring customer and process issues.

Developed and facilitated an MRB meeting for each department

Aided in the development of test procedure for assemblies and structural testing

HL-A Co., Inc. - Selma, AL 2002 - 2005

Quality Engineer / TS 16949/ISO-14001 Management Representative

Responsible for successfully implementing and maintaining TS/16949 & ISO-14001 management system. The lead auditor for internal audits as well as the trainer for associates for internal auditors. Customer quality engineer for the Isuzu and Honda assembly line. Directly responsible for all third party auditing and responding to any non-conformances or findings. Facilitate monthly safety team meeting.

Responsible for a successful implementation of ISO/TS 16949 and maintaining the quality system

Successful implementation of ISO-14001 Environmental Management System

Merged the ISO-14001 system with the QS-9000 system

Safety coordinator

Responsible for keeping the company in compliance with all federal, state, and local requirements for safety and environmental issues

Supervisor for several quality technicians in various areas of the plant

Champion for implementing a countermeasure verification audit, to eliminate repeat nonconformance issues

Co-champion for monthly continuous improvement activities

Responsible for new model start-ups of products

BREED Technologies – Greenville, AL 1999 - 2001

Product/Quality Specialist

Responsible for maintaining a QS 9000 system for service and manufacturing, internal auditing, approval of part submission warrant (PPAP) customer complaints, deviation, nonconformance reports (NCR), master samples and corrective action (8-D’s), engineering change notice (ECN), reporting and calculating Quality and Delivery Reporting, as well as PPM weekly and monthly reports. Supervise personal in testing and evaluating of products and a member of the product transfer team.

Assist in A2LA lab certification

Assist in obtaining zero PPM with all customers

Team member in transferring production lines to service for seatbelt/airbags

Champion of updating work instruction with visual aids

Champion of APQP and process quality with color

Meadowcraft Inc. – Birmingham, AL 1997 - 1999

Quality Engineer

Responsible for implementing SPC (Statistical Process Control) in key areas throughout the manufacturing plant, audit ECN’s, and conduction capability studies as well as writing procedures for receiving inspection and in-process inspection. Test and evaluate new and existing product, through a series of test, such as salt spray equipment for paint or coated specimens, tension testing of metallic materials, and abrasion resistance of organic coating by a tabor abrader. Assist in some supervisory responsibility for shop floor inspectors.

Develop a process for drawing down steel to meet the correct tensile and yield specification, which saved the company thousands of dollars a year, in vendor turn over and set-up time

Test and evaluate many drawing down lubricates to reduce the risk of any respiratory illness as well as down time for house keeping

Fontaine Fifth Wheel – Birmingham, AL 1992 - 1997

Quality Assurance Technician

Responsible for maintaining gauge calibration, Preventative/Corrective Action system, training of employees and supervisors on SPC. Conduct capability studies, gauge R&R studies and ISIR for customers. Assisted in all capacities of the quality system. (Certified Trainer and ISO Auditor)

Process control facilitator. Direct a team in reducing the cost of scrap and rework on production parts, finished goods, in a mass production environment. The team led to company earnings of $12,000 over a 6-month period.

Trained over 30 employees and supervisory staff on Statistical Process Control, which led to high CPK value of 1.33 for ongoing process?

Maintained the Preventive and Corrective Action system and gauge calibration system. Developed a computer program for both systems for easy access and recall capabilities.

Involved heavily in the implementation of ISO 9000. Wrote procedure and trained employees and supervisors on procedures

selected to fill as the Quality Engineer until the position was filled (Highly recommended for the position).

Education/training:

Jefferson State Community College – Birmingham, AL

Mechanical Engineering and Technology - 1989 -1991

UAB – Birmingham, AL

School of Engineering (Mechanical) - 1991 -1995

Skills/Training:

Environmental waste management

RCRA training

ISO/TS 16949

ISO–14001 internal auditor system training

SPC and Gage R&R Training

Concepts of Management

Honda’s safety/ergonomics symposium

Certified Auditor by the RAB for ISO/TS 16949AS9100 and FIA’s.

Microsoft Office

Windows 95/98/2000

PowerPoint

Excel

Word

Project

Visio Drawing

AutoCAD

SAP

A-CAD

Modeling

Member of American Society Quality Control

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