Quality Engineer
Resume:
COREY MECAGNI
Granville, IL 61326
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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Motivated and results-oriented professional looking for a new challenging position with a successful
company with a strong financial future. With ten years of problem solving and project management
experience, I am a proven leader in a challenging and detail-oriented work environment. I am a team
player recognized for the ability to relate to all members of the organization. Attributes include strong
critical thinking, problem solving, time management, and organizational skills.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
UNYTITE, INC.; Peru, IL April 2009 – Present
Production Supervisor
Responsible for providing direction, prioritizing projects, and coordinating staff across multiple
departments.
• Lead and participate in cross-functional product development teams to ensure new products are
completed on time and according to all customer guidelines.
• Conduct audits to verify that all products produced meet customer specifications. Develop an
action plan when non-compliant product is found.
• Coordinate with multiple department managers to ensure that equipment is maintained properly.
Schedule equipment maintenance to coincide with production requirements.
• Motivate personnel to increase efficiency in processing and quality.
• Support and develop lean manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support the continual development of the ISO 9001 system. Provide a Quality perspective to
production personnel based on past experience.
ARCELORMITTAL HENNEPIN; Hennepin, IL 2006 – 2009 (plant closure)
Quality Engineer (2007 –2009)
Maintain the day-to-day testing for the Quality Department
• Supervised union Quality Department personnel.
• Monitored material hold status, dispositioned product, and ensured that material was being
processed in a timely manner; thus enabling the plant to receive a superior customer loyalty rating
in the Jacobson customer survey.
• Served as the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) site coordinator for Hennepin. TCO is a corporate
initiative that focused on developing ideas for cost savings in targeted areas. One idea saved the
company $650,000 in the first year.
• Participated in product development teams to ensure the manufacture of compliant product.
• Identified and developed strategies for reducing reprocessing. Reduced reprocessing off of the
Temper Mill by 10%.
• Reduced overtime in the Quality Department by 30% through job consolidation of union
personnel.
• Maintained and developed Quality Department documentation in accordance with ISO/TS 16949
& ISO 9001.
• Maintained UL certification for the plant.
• Monitored and reported on Quality performance to management.
COREY MECAGNI
203 S. Division St.
Granville, IL 61326
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Quality Systems Coordinator (2006 – 2007)
Initiate and maintain the ISO/TS 16949 and ISO 9001 registration.
• Responsible for conducting internal audits of all departments for conformance to ISO/TS 16949 &
ISO 9001at Hennepin and also participated on internal audit teams at other company owned
facilities nationwide.
• Acted as the main contact for all external auditing parties.
• Lead the ISO Steering Committee at the Hennepin facility.
• Designed, implemented, and monitored Quality policies and procedures.
• Developed and maintained the Hennepin online document control system. Managed all document
control requests, including interfacing with department mangers to resolve issues.
• Monitored corrective action status, while providing guidance to corrective action owners on how
to effectively close out assigned corrective actions.
UNYTITE, INC.; Peru, IL 2005 – 2006
Quality Engineer
Improve product quality and reliability for all parts produced at Unytite.
• Supervised Inspection Lab personnel and activities.
• Developed and implemented various testing procedures for new product based on all applicable
standards.
• Investigated and purchased all necessary inspection equipment and managed plant wide gage
calibration (2,000 gages).
• Lead and participated in cross-functional corrective action teams to address critical part quality
concerns. Reduced reprocessing rate of Honda cushion bolts by 50%.
• Participated and lead new product development teams.
EAKAS CORP.; Peru, IL 2003 - 2004
Quality Engineer
Oversee production quality and new part development for all Toyota parts produced at Eakas.
• Interaction with customer Quality Engineers at several production facilities to resolve quality
concerns.
• Identified critical to quality characteristics on all parts, which were then implemented into in-
process inspection standards.
• Coordinate product capability testing in accordance with applicable standards.
• Approval of all painted components for acceptable color matches to customer standards.
• Created receiving inspection standards for component parts.
• Created/revised FMEAs and control plans.
EDUCATION
Northern Illinois University DeKalb, IL
Masters of Science Degree in Industrial Management Dec. 2004
GPA 4.0/4.0
Masters Certificate in Industrial Project Management Dec. 2003
Illinois State University Normal, IL
Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Technology May 2001
GPA 3.4/4.0
Minor - Business Administration
Golden Key National Honor Society
COREY MECAGNI
203 S. Division St.
Granville, IL 61326
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Illinois Valley Community College Oglesby, IL
Associate in Science Degree May 1999
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