Engineer, Quality/Manufacturing

Samuel Palmieri

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Jamestown, NY 14701 E-mail: ***********@**********.***

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Skilled manufacturing manager / product engineer, with 23 years of engineering experience. Skilled in coordinating and leading project activities to meet customer needs. Strong back ground in product development engineering and quality engineering with excellent understanding of tooling design.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Production Services Management, Inc.

Program Manager / Tooling Engineer 2015-2016

Site manager of an intergraded purchasing company that is located on site. Responsible for MRO supply management with focus on indirect material and cost saving to our customer. Work closely with clients engineering and manufacturing to help improve tool life and machine efficiency.

• Managed on site personnel that worked in the tool cribs and material purchasing.

• Worked on tool cost reductions with customers engineering personnel.

• Completed weekly/monthly reports for AR/AP, material inventory.

Power Drives Inc.,

Supplier Quality Engineer 2014- 2015

Supplier Quality Engineer for components used in locomotive products, hydraulic systems, tube and hose assemblies. Responsible for new components (Supplier PPAP's) used in NPI projects, cost reductions and supplier changes. Work with suppliers on DMR's and CAPA to resolve quality related issues. Shop support for product improvement projects.

• Managed supplier quality for components supplied from international and domestic suppliers.

• Issued and brought to completion CAPA’s and 8D’s for supplier issues.

• Resolved internal manufacturing issues resulting in cost reductions.

• Managed and approved supplier quality PPAP’s.

General Electric, Erie, PA

Contractor

OHV Supplier Development Program Manager 2012- 2013

Program manager for gear components used in off highway vehicle wheel motors. This position monitors and tracks the process of new parts, as well as current parts being sourced from one or more suppliers. Position involves the interaction between Engineering, Supplier Quality, Sourcing and the supplier directly to ensure the part qualification runs smoothly and stays on track to meet program and production deadlines.

Worked along with suppliers and design engineering in order to bring product in that met all dimensional, material and heat treat requirements per print specification.

• Managed multiple suppliers for new NCI’s in process.

• Responsible for new component qualification thru engineering test plans on the assembly line.

• Worked with quality and engineering to ensure all signoffs are completed prior releasing parts.

• Made arrangements for air freighting of all NCI components from China and the US.

General Electric, Erie, PA

Contractor

Supplier Quality Engineer 2010-2011

Supplier Quality Engineer for components used in Locomotives, Wind Generation, and Off Highway. Responsible for new components introduction (NCI’s) used in NPI projects, cost reductions and supplier changes. Work with supplier on DMR’s and 8D for quality related issues.

• Reduced the number of NCI backlog for assigned component category.

• Worked with assembly lines to improve processes.

• Resolved supplier quality issues thru the 8D process.

Truck-Lite Co., Inc. Falconer, N.Y 2003-2009

Material Engineer

Responsible for quality of purchased product, from domestic and foreign suppliers. Duties include approving PPAP documentation from suppliers, rejection dispositions, supplier’s corrective actions (8D), and new supplier evaluation. Support for the plant assembly lines on brokered product, SQA support for NPI projects. Support for customer service and marketing departments.

• Material engineer for all stamping dies, plastic injection molds and casting tools at supplier’s locations.

• Responsible for new tooling qualifications and trouble shooting and evaluating old tools at suppliers.

• Worked closely with overseas suppliers on NPI project launches and all quality related issues.

• Managed, issued and approved PPAP’s from all overseas suppliers.

Power Drives Inc., Falconer, N.Y 2002 - 2003

Quality Engineer

Managed shop daily quality operations for the manufacturing lines. Duties include; first piece inspection, gage R&R, machine capability studies, disposition of daily non-conforming material and scrap. Created PPAP’s which include Millipore and all dimensional work. Duties also involve the writing of work instructions for new and current production machines.

• Reduced backlog of open PPAP’s.

• Updated work instructions and process documentation for shop machinery.

• Ran Faro Arm (CMM) for PPAP and first piece inspection of product.

Cummins Inc., Lakewood, N.Y 1989 – 2002

Manufacturing Team Manager (Shop Operations) (2000 - 2002)

Managed machining team to meet first time right goals and on time delivery. I led team to resolve quality and production line issues. Managed budgets for maintenance and operating costs. I prepared weekly reports for over time, volume status, and machine uptime. Conducted annual performance reviews for up to 24 employees.

• Increased tool life in 40-station drill and reaming operation resulting in tooling cost savings of 50%.

• Worked closely with coolant manufacturer and line manufacturing engineer to resolve rust issues and premature tooling ware resulting in increased efficiency through the machining line.

• Managed inventory levels as production volumes increased / decreased, successfully meeting production line targets.

• Worked with casting supplier and product engineering to qualify new cam lever patterns from new casting tools.

• Assisted and facilitated Six-Sigma group cost reduction projects for energy savings of over $100,000.

• Closely monitored and trained plant safety measures including Dupont STOP, LOTO, JSA.

• Led weekly meetings to inform team of performance and quality issues, and lines general business.

Product Development Engineering Technician (1993 -2000)

Engineered custom diesel engine options, this included the design, development, testing and engineering release of new options for all engine product lines. Closely worked with all levels of the plant and end users, including; service engineering, customer engineering, assemble line, purchasing and suppliers.

• Worked closely with suppliers and venders in developing and problem solving tooling or fixture issues.

• Developed engine tracking database, co-developed the product engineering deviation database system.

• Managed product development engineering projects including design reviews and customer product change requests submitted by OEMs.

• Experienced with AMI lab testing, (strain gauging, shaker, rap testing, thermocouples).

• Knowledgeable with tubing, hose assemblies, die castings, stampings, machining processes.

• Proficient in print reading / drawing and geometric dimensioning & tolerance.

• Responsible for final disposition of NCMR’s, CAR’s / 8D’s associated with my component responsibilities.

Team Member Piston Line (1989 - 1993)

Responsible for operations and maintenance for various transfer machines.

• Managed Piston Line quality control, this including final parts inspection, and 2nd level audit lab.

• Trained new operators on tooling and setups required for the various machining stations on the line.

• Troubleshooting of prototype and existing tooling for various machine operations to achieve better efficiently.

Barr Mold & Die, Ashville, N.Y 1984 - 1989

Mold Maker

Participated and completed the company’s mold maker apprentice training program.

• Machined mold bases to print specifications and inserts to tolerances of 0.00005”.

• Knowledgeable of heat-treating, series 1 and 2 mills, lathes, surface grinder, EDM, and lapping equipment.

• Set up and design of jigs, fixtures and tooling for grinding and milling operations.

Nordic Fabricating, Jamestown, N.Y 1978-1984

Metal Fabricator

Responsibilities included preparing cut list, layout and forming of materials (Shear, Hyd brake, Punch brake), welding, assembly and final inspection of finished product to print specifications.

• Fabricated and welded numerous custom metal designs.

• Served as group foreman for one year.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Falconer Central High School

Diploma, Shop, Math

Jamestown Community College:

Certificate, Institute for Management Development

Jamestown Community College (to be completed):

Mechanical Engineering

Boces, Ashville, N.Y:

Diploma: Welding Technology.

• TOPS Management Development Training certificate, Penn State, Williamsport, Pa

• Six-Sigma Sponsor Training, Cummins Inc., Jamestown, NY.

• Kaizen / JDIT, Cummins Inc., Jamestown, NY

• DuPont STOP Training, Cummins Inc., Jamestown, NY

• Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, 40 hours, Cummins Inc., Jamestown, NY

• Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerance, Cummins Inc. Jamestown, NY

• Have working knowledge of Faro Arm CMM equipment.

• Project Management certificate, Jamestown Community College

• Microsoft office applications

• Solidworks and CAD

• ISO Auditor Training, General Electric

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