Quality Engineer

Quality Management/Quality Engineer

*+ years’ experience dealing with production, development, and leadership in aviation aircraft-manufacturing environment. Unique blend of aircraft assembly coupled with management, business development and operations. Detailed-oriented Team Leadership with dedication to quality and precision. Extensive experiences in quality, mechanical and composite assembling of both military and commercial.

Professional Experience

A.E. Petsche January 2016 – Present

Quality Associate Manager

This position supports quality compliance for all quality related actions with the end result of assuring quality system certifications are maintained (i.e. AS9100/AS9120). Includes overseeing training of quality policies and procedures, developing and implementing process improvement plans, documenting work procedures, maintaining operator accountability programs, determining work standards, and ensuring all applicable governmental, industry and regulatory compliance standards are met. Interface with internal and external customers regarding quality related issues also oversee and participate in corrective action processes.

Responsibilities

Supervise Quality Department personnel to improve key initiatives and deliver results.

Review quality issues and assist in determining cause of issue.

Review and analyze data to reduce quality errors and drive improvements

Responsible for several key Customers and interface with various levels of management both internally and external

NORDAM, Nacelle/Thrust Reverser System, March 2015- August 2015

Gulfstream G500/G600, Pratt and Whitney

Quality Engineer SR.

Applies advanced knowledge of principles, theories, concepts, industry practices and standards in the area of planning and directing activities concerned with auditing the application, and maintenance of suppliers quality standards.

Assess the systems that suppliers have in place to guarantee quality products.

Complete onsite review of supplies processes, identify and promote area of good practice.

Make sure suppliers have appropriate procedures in place to remedy any identified nonconformance.

Identified critical quality factors, track and analyze key performance measures.

Ensure suppliers are in compliance with all FAA requirements and are audit ready.

Triumph Aerostructures Vought Aircraft Division, Boeing 747-8, 767 June 2011- September 2014

Test & Inspection Quality Management

Supervised employees in Inspection, NDI and paint departments.

Span of supervision includes personnel who test and inspect products to determine compliance with specification requirement.

Quality Inspection, Receiving Inspection, Tool Inspection and Production Accountability Auditing.

Participate in quality improvement programs. Provided leadership in Lean and Quality Improvement projects.

Plan work schedules and overtime requirements. Oversees quality, cost, and schedule performance for areas of responsibility.

Assured adequate training is provided to execute job responsibilities for all direct reports.

Reported daily to Management on all issues requiring Management attention.

Participated in Corrective Action Strike Team.

Supplier Quality Engineer

Assist suppliers with the development of manufacturing and quality processes to ensure zero defects.

Conduct and maintain QMS audits, AS9100 / ISO9001, FAA, and Boeing certifications.

Calculate and ensure adequate production and planning capabilities at key suppliers.

Develop, maintain, and improve supplier quality/planning procedures such as assessments, audits, corrective actions, early production containment, and receiving inspection.

Assist suppliers in addressing quality issues, and recommend improvements to supplier manufacturing and planning processes.

Drive continuous improvement (quality /delivery / cost) throughout the supply base using lean manufacturing and proven quality management methods.

Participate in supplier performance reviews.

Conduct supplier quality audits to ensure compliance to engineering and quality specifications.

Develop and implement supplier improvement plans for under-performing suppliers.

Lockheed Martin, F22 Raptor, JSF F35 August 2009 – Feb 2011

Aircraft Assembly, Ft Worth, Texas

Worked with all members of support staff/employee to solve technical difficulties, recognize employee suggestions and ideas for improvements over quality, efficiency, and safety resolutions

Performed variety of task ranging from repetitive to non-repetitive production assembly operations on various composite and mechanical assemblies as well as sub-assemblies; systems, components, rigging, modules, skins, panels, beams, frames, cables, etc.

Vought Aircraft Industry, Sikorsky Blackhawk UH-60 November 2007 – August 2009

Sr. Mechanic/Aircraft Assembly Dallas, Texas

Experiences in multi-discipline production team who were responsible for fabrication, assembling, and delivering major sections of aircraft.

Excellent leadership skills, progressively responsible on building quality aircraft parts, knowledge and practices of Lean Six Sigma Principles for shop practices

Bell Helicopter, PDS, Uh-1 Huey, AH-1Z Super Cobra July 2004 – February 2007

Aircraft Structure Mechanic, Amarillo, Texas

Making the necessary layouts, fabricating and fitting component parts, installing and adjusting all type of parts and assemblies that were difficult and diversified installation and alignments

Making difficult repairs and alterations according to design changes including removing required parts and making arrangements for replacements

Standards

Experienced in ISO9000, AS9120 and AS9100.

Education

Dallas Baptist University, Dallas, TX

Bachelor of Business studies in Management BBS. December 2014

Amarillo College, Amarillo, Texas

Aviation Maintenance – Aerospace Manufacturing Certificate June 2004

Certificate prepares and qualifies students to be proficient in skills required for an aerospace and/or aircraft manufacturing careers. .

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