Engineer Quality

Jonathan M. Dixon

***** ** * *

Elkhart, IN *****

Phone 574-***-****

Summary

Materials Manager with experience in implementing and maintaining MRP

systems, production scheduling, raw material sourcing, and EDI

administration. Extensive experience as a Quality Engineer with experience

in SPC, Quality Systems, non-conforming material control, calibration, and

corrective action. Background in the development of quality systems

following the ISO 9000 and TS 16949 guidelines.

Work Experience

1

2 Hoosier Molded Products February 2006 - Present

3 Quality Engineer February 2006 - April

2009

Materials Manager April 2009 - Present

Evaluate potential material and supplier changes to reduce raw material

costs

Maintain raw material expenditures at 35% or less

Purchase raw material

Setup, implement and administer MRP system (IQMS)

Design and create labels to meet customer sepcifications

Integrate EDI receipt and transmission into the MRP system

Setup EDI trading partners

Maintain EDI transaction templates (856 ASN, 830 weekly releases, 862 daily

releases)

Purchase, setup infrastructure and implement bar code scanning

Schedule production to meet customer demand

Evaluate potential suppliers and make recommendations for sourcing.

Ensure APQP requirements are met by suppliers.

Evaluate PPAP submissions from suppliers and to customers.

Interface with customers concerning quality issues at customer locations.

Develop and implement corrective action(s) resulting from customer concerns

and internal rejection data.

Implement remote access to internal network

Maintain and implement changes and improvements to network.

Maintain and implement all PC's within the facility.

Repair workstations when hardware problems occur.

Perform internal audits using the QS9000 and ISO/TS 16949 guidelines.

Ensure that customer specific requirements are met (ie: Layered Process

Audits, customer specific PPAP submission requirements, etc.)

Lead ISO/TS 16949 certification. Passed third party audit in November

2006.

Purchase and install real time production monitoring, MRP and file servers

Administer computer network.

Enter IMDS submissions.

4

5 Pilkington North America (Contract Employee) September 2004 -

February 2006

6 Supplier Quality Engineer

Evaluate potential suppliers and make recommendations to Director of

Purchasing.

Work with suppliers to resolve problems caused by nonconforming material

from supplier.

Implement controlled shipping on products/suppliers with ongoing quality

problems.

Work with production engineering and quality engineering to solicit

supplier changes to improve internal performance.

Work with design engineering to evaluate supplier capability on specific

attributes to determine specifications acceptable to manufacturing and

supplier.

Review suspect material to determine if supplier is responsible, and obtain

RMA from the supplier when necessary.

Work with third party containment companies to contain supplier problems

when the supplier chooses to use a third party.

Work with suppliers to develop more efficient and cost effective ways to

manufacture and deliver product to assembly plant.

Perform capability studies on supplier components when supplier is not

capable of performing the studies.

Assist with GR&R for fixtures on component parts.

Meet with problem suppliers regularly to track progress toward zero

defects.

7

8 General Motors (Contract Employee) Hummer H2 Assembly Plant

9 Reliability Engineer October 2002 - September

2004

Investigate and resolve production problems, working closely with the

production engineering and quality engineering groups for resolution.

Disposition nonconforming material and authorize charge backs to suppliers.

Work with suppliers to resolve problems encountered by the assembly plant.

Work closely with supplier quality, requesting action, when necessary,

including controlled shipping levels 1 and 2 for repeat supplier problems.

Contain supplier caused problems by developing containment actions.

Writing work instructions for third party and initiating containment

actions.

Report weekly to management concerning open issues caused by suppliers.

Enter supplier corrective action requests.

Review supplier responses to corrective action requests and disposition

responses accordingly.

Gather data for and issue cost recoveries, when appropriate, for problems

encountered by the assembly plant that are caused by suppliers.

Assist with resolution of process problems if incoming material is not the

root cause of problem.

Work with logistics to ensure that any fallout from containment actions

does not adversely effect production.

Work with third party sorting companies to track data from containment

actions.

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11 TAG - Polymer Products Division (Leer) August 2001 -

October 2002

12 Quality Engineer/Supervisor

Develop database(s) for tracking returns, scrap, corrective action

requests, and other quality data, including calibration and corrective

action.

Performed capability studies, gage R & R studies, and other data analysis.

Responsible for disposition of nonconforming product.

Purchase and/or recommend purchase of analytical equipment.

Supervise 7 inspectors and 4 rework personnel.

Develop process controls to assure product quality.

Member of Kaizen teams which will contribute approx. $900,000 to the

company's bottom line over the next year in COQ reductions

Elkhart Products Corporation September 2000 - March

2001

13 Production Supervisor

Responsible for planning and assigning work and implementing procedures and

policies.

Proposed methods for improving production equipment, processes, and

operating conditions.

Managed activities of 25 employees in two departments to ensure effective

operation.

Monitor KanBan system to ensure effective operation.

Warsaw Coil Co., Inc. May 1996 - September

2000

Quality Engineer

Developed quality system following QS9000 guidelines as a member of the

steering committee - Warsaw Coil is now registered.

Developed and implemented quality assurance standards, processes, and

controls.

Developed quality assurance policies and procedures.

Evaluated production capabilities and recommended improvements.

Designed, implemented, and administered internal quality system audit

process, led internal audits, and provided training for internal auditors.

Audited current and potential suppliers to assist purchasing in evaluating

suppliers.

Developed systems to track supplier quality.

Initiated and coordinated Process FMEA and Control Plan completion in a

team environment.

Prepared and submitted PPAP's to customers.

Review and disposition incoming PPAP's from suppliers.

Developed methods for inspection, testing, sampling, and training.

Designed databases for internal audits, scrap tracking, corrective actions,

and customer returns.

Education

June 1991, Graduate of Elkhart Memorial High School, Elkhart, IN.

September 1991 - March 1992, Tri-State University, Angola, IN. Majored in

Aerospace Engineering.

Certificates for successfully completing the following courses: QS-9000

Level 2 procedure writing, Advanced Quality Planning/Control Plans, PPAP,

FMEA, 3-day QS-9000 internal auditing, and the 36 hour ISO-9000 Lead

Auditor/Assessor training course, and Lean Manufacturing.

Special Interests

Building personal computers, designing web pages, and learning multiple

operating systems for PC platform. Also enjoy golf and billiards.

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