Quality Engineer Engineering

SUMMARY

Experienced, accomplished, and results driven professional production leader with an extensive career of leading complex production, manufacturing, and engineering operations in extremely time sensitive and demanding environments.

SKILLS

•Production Line Management

•Manufacturing Management

•Working knowledge of engineering

•Practice safety and sanitation standards

•Quality Assurance Training

•Timely Safety Audits

•Strong Leadership Abilities

•Root Cause Analysis

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Production Supervisor, AFL, Duncan, SC 6/2017-1/2018

•Supervised and managed production activities required for producing fiber optic cables.

•Initiated and followed up on various quality activities.

•Maintained and communicated daily productivity issues and results of assigned operations to engineering and upper management.

•Supported and executed operator training and certifications of plant operations to meet daily staffing requirements and performance expectations.

•Directed, coordinated and assigned manpower to meet daily production requirements.

Production Supervisor, Benteler Automotive, Duncan, SC 6/2013-4/2017

•Supervised, coordinated, and managed all production assembly activities for JIT supplier.

•Supervised and coordinated logistic activities

•Championed and implemented quality initiatives.

•Maintained and communicated daily productivity and shipment results of assigned operations to engineering and upper management.

•Supported the training and development of plant operations staff to meet daily competency and performance expectations.

•Planned, directed, coordinated and assigned manpower to meet daily aggressive production schedules.

•Communicated directly with customer to ensure that daily shipping and production demands were being met.

Production Supervisor, Draexlmaier Automotive, Duncan, SC 6/2012-5/2013

•Managed all production activities to ensure all orders were shipped on time.

•Championed quality initiatives.

•Managed documentation of training on production procedures and work instructions.

•Maintained and communicated daily productivity and shipment reports for all departments.

•Verified that all process control parameters were being documented and followed at all times.

•Supported the development of plant operations staff to meet competency and performance expectations.

•Planned, directed, coordinated and assigned manpower to meet production schedules.

•Routinely improved product quality and reduced delivered cost. Team consistently exceeded production goals by up to 12% to meet daily targets.

Section Leader, BMW, Greer, SC 4/2011-4/2012

•Planned, directed, coordinated, and assigned manpower to meet aggressive production schedules.

•Routinely reduced delivery costs. Implemented work balance changes that reduced headcount by 10% while still maintaining desired throughput.

•Work with quality manager to achieve proper segregation and recycling of all rework.

•Met aggressive production and safety goals while minimizing equipment downtime.

•Escalated safety and quality issues and initiated corrective actions promptly.

Registered Representative, Charles Schwab, Fishers, IN 8/2009-3/2011

•Profiled and analyzed investment products to develop customized financial strategies for clients’ financial needs.

•Identified problem areas within the loan portfolio, analyzed risk, and suggested appropriate solutions.

•Answered clients’ questions about the purpose and details of financial plans and strategies.

Production Group Leader, Chrysler LLC, Kokomo, IN 8/1999-2/2009

•Drove daily production activities with effective communication and leadership.

•Met aggressive production and safety goals while minimizing equipment downtime.

•Implemented operational improvements by launching Workplace Organizational Model program in the department, which provided operators with more input and control into the success of their processes.

•Increased production throughput from a 551-piece average to a 617-piece average by training operators to address a number of the downtime issues that were being reserved for maintenance.

•Decreased overtime necessity by over 10% while reducing on hand inventory 12% as a result of the productivity improvements.

•Played a key role in the implementation of Total Preventative Maintenance Program by identifying critical processes, the work to be done, and the operators best suited to handle the work.

•Implemented small teams throughout the department to yield significant improvements in department metrics because those groups were allowed to focus on all the production goals of a specific line.

•Maintained and communicated daily productivity and shipment reports for all departments.

•Championed quality and safety initiatives. Team consistently met quality and safety goals.

Production Supervisor/Supplier Quality Engineer, Delco Electronics, Kokomo, IN 8/1991-7/1999

•Reduced production costs by reorganizing production process into multiple cell operations.

•Certified all assigned suppliers for production of Delco components by traveling to their production facilities and evaluating their processes.

•Managed production departments to achieve meeting 100% of customer shipping requirements for a full calendar year.

•Redesigned a certification test to better reflect real world conditions for radio components.

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration – Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion IN, 2008

Master of Science Mechanical Engineering -University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1991

Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering- Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1987

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