Quality Control Engineer

Todd J Freehill

*** * ****** **, ******, IL ***75

Cell: 815-***-****, email: **********@*****.***

PROFILE

. Passionately pursuing stable employment with a company that has the

potential for future advancement based on my performance and skills.

. Over 12 years of experience in a managerial/supervisory role with

responsibility for cost, quality and delivery of product as well as

the well and safety and productivity of our employees.

. Over 25 years of experience in a manufacturing environment with the

responsibility of production, process setup, process improvement and

quality control

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

. Excellent people skills

o Able to communicate very well both verbally and in written form

o Built strong trustworthy relationships with customers, suppliers

and peers

. Project management, process development, quality control and

productivity improvements

o Coordinated project working with both overseas customers and

suppliers on material changes to lower product cost without

disrupting deliveries.

o Participated in several 6 Sigma projects to reduce cost and

improve productivity and quality resulting in several million

dollars in savings.

o Written work instructions, standard work

o Experience with 8D, PPAP, FMEA, ANOVA and capability studies

. Cost Control

o Responsible for managing multi-million dollar budget for

manufacturing area producing high volume high precision

manufactured fuel system components

o Worked on 6 Sigma team to lower scrap cost in tip manufacturing

area resulting in a 30% reduction.

o Set up production areas using kaizen events, 5S and lean

manufacturing to lower inventory levels and reduce errors

o Certified 6 Sigma Green Belt

. Computer Skills

o Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access)

o Proficient in Minitab

o Proficient in MS Outlook and Lotus Notes

o Experience in Visual Basic, Microsoft Project & Visio

. Quality Control

o Experience in QS9000, TS19649 & ISO9001 quality standards

o Responsible for calibration of test equipment to NIST standards

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

. Caterpillar Inc. Pontiac, IL

10/1993-11/2012 Positions held during tenure

at Caterpillar:

o Manufacturing Engineer 1/2009-

11/2012

. Responsible for test machine control to ensure product to

customers are in control

. Perform statistical analysis to validate machine

performance and capability

. Calibrate test machines to NIST standard to maintain

quality certification compliance

o Materials Engineer

5/2006-1/2009

. Top level scheduling for both internal and external

customers

. Critical component scheduling for multiple assembly and

manufacturing lines

. Provided data for S&OP plans

. Worked with international suppliers to set up warehouse

storage to lower inventory

o Sr. Manufacturing Specialist

5/2005-5/2006

. Assigned to work on manufactured quality issues

. Worked on flow correlation problem between Tip

Manufacturing area and Assembly to improve First Test Pass

rate

o Operations Supervisor

1/2000-5/2005

. Supervised hourly production employees (30-100)

. Responsible for budget cost

. Developed training plans to ensure flexibility of manpower

o Quality Analyst

6/1997-1/2000

. Responsible for maintaining gages for inspection of

production parts

. Performed calibrations on Inspection equipment

. Generated Scrap reports for management

o Lathe Specialist

10/1993-6/1997

. Machinist capable of running over 50 different types

machine tools

. Trained over 100 new employees

. M&W Gear Gibson City, IL

10/1988-10/1993

o Machinist

. Lead Man for machine shop

. Responsible for programming, setup & tooling for shop

EDUCATION

Parkland College Champaign, IL

2003-2005

Graduated with an Associate's Degree in Business Management with High

Honors

Bellevue University Bellevue, NE

2007

Business Administration. Unable to finish degree due to employer not

reimbursing for continued education. Was placed on Dean's list before

stopping

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

Fire Chief - Strawn Fire Dept.

EMT-B Southeast Livingston County Ambulance Service

Illinois Licensed EMS Lead Instructor

CPR Instructor

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