Machine operator / Incoming parts inspector
**** – 1983 USAF National Guard
Level 7 (procedure writer / examiner) 11 methods Non-Destructive Inspection.
NCOIC for field training
Equipment evaluations on new and existing equipment
Man number moved from 267 to 63 (first plane deployment)
Mobility equipment auditor for base.
1975 – 1980 Magnaflux Quality Services
Level II Inspections Engineer in MT, PT, UT; Disinterested third party inspections
Aircraft components, ASME boiler and pressure vessel components including nuclear
Developed turbine outage inspection report formats and forms used for training.
Was requested by name for turbine outages because of report quality.
1980 – 1983 James Howden America
Chief Inspector and Inspection Dept. Supervisor for an ASME Division 2 welding and fabrications facility
Level III in MT, PT, UT, RT (procedure writer / examiner)
AWS CWI (Certified Welding Inspector)
ASME vendor auditor
Trained by a Master gage maker in metrology, calibration, and repair of gages.
1983 – 1995 Welding Supply Service
Sales – maintenance welding alloys and supporting supplies
Troubleshooting / training
1983 – 1986 ITCO
Part time research in UT (ultrasonic testing) of OCTG (oil country tubular goods) to establish actual limits of method in determining depth of discontinuities.
1995 – 2001 MacNeil Worldwide
Line, tooling and new product inspections
Inspection training – Micro-Vu CMM
2001 – 2002 Structures Unlimited
Component and assembly inspections of aluminum structural components
2002 – 2008 Granite State Plastics
Line inspections / SPC data collection and charting
Gage calibrations
Receiving inspections
Final inspections
2008 – 2009 Ameriforge
CMM programmer / operator (Brown and Sharpe w/ Calypso software) Stationary gas turbine components
First piece machining and welding inspections
Receiving Inspections
Final inspections
2009 Stamping Technologies
Interim Quality Manager – Filled in while permanent employee was out on medical.
Part in-process verifications
Final Inspection data gathering
SPC plotting
Certificates of Conformance / certifications
2009 – 2010 Watts Regulator
Verification of product conformance to various agency requirements, ie; ASME, NSF, and others.
2010 – Present Granite State Plastics
Quality engineer
Receiving inspections
Line Inspections
SPC data collection and analysis
Final inspections
Gage calibrations
Lead ISO auditor
CMM programming
PPAPs
Capability studies
Training