Engineer Manager

Pat Keeley

Email: *********@********.***

Address: W 3531 McDonald Road

City: Lake Geneva

State: WI

Zip: 53147

Country: USA

Phone: 262-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: $75,000

Primary Skills/Experience:

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Job History / Details:

Patrick Keeley

W 3531 McDonald Road

Lake Geneva, WI 53147

Cell phone: 262-***-****

*********@********.***

Experience:

Automotive and heavy duty off road vehicle/agriculture/commercial experience coupled with GD&T, PPAP, APQP, PFMEA and SPC knowledge. ISO and AS experience with close-to TS compliance knowledge. 8D, 5 Why, Is/Is Not, Ishikawa and Root Cause Analysis. Hands-on experience early in career with surface grinding, OD grinding and centerless grinding. Familiar with REM process (Super Finish), spindle screw machines and hobbing. Ability to manage and lead a work team in different cultural environments.

Overview:

Northern Gear, Franklin, WI 9/2012 - Present

Quality Assurance Manager

Supervise the duties of 5 inspectors, 1 CMM operator, 1 second shift inspector and 1 quality engineer

Similar duties to those performed at HyPro

Currently ISO- 9000. Will be introducing TS to meet demand of major customers such as Case New Holland

HyPro Inc. Waterford, WI 3/2010 - 9/2012

Quality Manager

Supervise the duties of 4 CMM operators and 9 QC Inspectors

ISO - 9000 compliant. Close to TS compliant

Managed the Corrective/Preventive Action system.

Managed the disposition of all Non-conforming material.

I am Familiar with ISIR, PPAP's and all related documents. I reviewed and updated all 1st Pce, WIP, Gage Requirement plans, as well as Final Inspection plans and Critical Inspection forms.

Communicate with Customers and Suppliers to resolve quality problems.

Communicate multiple times daily with internal Managers, Supervisors and Shop personnel to discuss ways to improve the shop quality.

I led the Corrective Action meetings with using: 8-D CAR; 5Why; Cause & Effect tools.

Extensive exposure to 5S, Lean Concepts as it relates to shop, quality and management.

Excellent at multi-tasking due to a very fast work place environment.

Work with a very demanding customer base such as: Caterpillar, Allison Transmission, Dana, Arvin-Meritor and John Deere.

Worked with Quality Engineer's as well as Manufacturing Engineer's to ensure company quality standards were being met.

Customers: Caterpillar, Deere, Allison Transmissions, etc

Reason for leaving: Recruited for a higher paying job at Northern Gear

Forest City Gear, Inc. Roscoe, IL 10/1993 to 3/2010

Quality Control Manager

Responsible for the entire quality system of the organization.

Contact customers as well as suppliers with regards to all non-conforming products.

Responsible for issuing and follow up on all Corrective Actions.

Manage all inspection equipment, including the maintenance of the company's calibration system.

Oversee the purchase of inspection equipment.

Responsible for ensuring the completion of all internal audits for the company's quality system, to maintain ISO9001:2000, ISO13485:2003 as well as AS9100B:2004 compliant.

Assisted with Lean Manufacturing, 5S, to help eliminate non-value added operations and waste from company processes.

Evaluate the performance of subcontractors providing the company goods and services.

Perform on-site audits to evaluate the capabilities of our suppliers as well as establishing a good working relationship with them.

Responsible for ensuring the incoming inspection of machined parts made by suppliers.

Program, set-up and operate Zeiss Contura C.M.M. with Calypso software with scanning capability, Zeiss Eclipse with U-Soft and Uni-measure software, OGP Optical comparator.

Perform in-process inspection of Gear Shaping, Gear Hobbing and Gear Grinding operations that require tooth alignment inspection on C.M.M.

Moderate knowledge of Wenzel 350, 500 and Klingelnberg P-65 gear checking machines.

Train company shop employees on the use of inspection equipment, blueprint reading as well as company's quality procedures.

Reason for leaving: Cultural shift when owner's heir took over business

Sandray Precision Grinding Rockford, IL 6/1992-10/1993

Quality Control / Inspection

Responsible for performing first piece, in-process, and final inspection on all products

Established, implemented, and maintained the company's gage calibration system

Assisted in the design and construction of special gages and/or fixtures used to measure non-standard product

Reason for leaving: Recruited to Forest City Gear for a better paying job

R.J. Frisby Manufacturing Elk Grove Village, IL. 5/1985-6/1992

In-Process / Floor Inspector

Responsible for performing first piece and in-process inspection on all products

Inspected product from wide variety of machining processes to include 6/8 spindle screw machines, all facets of grinding, and secondary operations

Performed gage R&R and SPC on jobs when required

Reason for leaving: family moved to Rockford and needed to cut down on commuting time (65 miles each way) while children were home

Overton Gear & Tool Addison, IL. 6/1978-5/1985

Final Inspector

Responsible for inspection of all commercial and military components prior to shipment

Performed lead, profile, and run out inspection on gears along with verifying mag-particle and nital-etch processes

Worked in conjunction with government and customer source inspectors to ensure documentation and product conformance

Reason for leaving: Better opportunity at Frisby

Education

College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL. Machine Shop, Management and Business Law

York High School, Elmhurst, IL; Diploma

Military Experience

United State Army, 3 years active duty

Rank = E4 (Spec. 4)

M.O.S. (Job) Military Policeman

Affiliations

A member of ASQ since 1997.

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