Engineer Quality
Resume:
LAWRENCE ADAMS
Fletcher, NC 28732
***********@*********.***
CAREER SUMMARY
Quality Engineer with intensive background in quality system development,
materials engineering in plastics & metals and industrial manufacturing.
Accomplishments include:
. Quality process control and improvement.
. Manufacturing process setup and control.
. Reduction of manufacturing variances
. Lean manufacturing methods.
. Plastics component development.
. Metallurgical process upgrades.
. Six sigma certified.
. Product test and launch.
. Process flow charting / Value stream mapping
FLINT GROUP (Manufacturer of printing supplies) April 2007 - July 2013
Senior Quality Engineer
Manage quality systems to reduce scrap and non-conformance. Perform
quality audits, inspection plans, corrective actions, timely analysis of
manufacturing metrics to identify process improvements and document control
based on ISO 9000 Standards. Managed quality performance teams to improve
processes and cost.
. Process variation improvement of rubber processing resulting in
$30,000 savings
. Internal material scrap reduced with sustained annual savings of
$38,000
. Initiate supplier performance audits to streamline process with cost
savings of $40,000
. Improved customer satisfaction by 20% via team effort to review
returns and perform corrective actions.
. Productive organizing and directing of multi-functional teams to avoid
non-conformance & scrap.
COOPER HAND TOOLS (Hand tool manufacturer) June 2005 to July 2006
Senior Quality Engineer / Materials Engineer
Manage quality systems, direct quality technicians in best methods to
resolve manufacturing problems, troubleshooting, design of experiments
and product development, materials engineering analysis to provide
sustained productivity improvements.
. Installed wrench finishing, grinding and inspection procedures with
$80K annual savings.
. Lead teams to enhance heat treatment & induction hardening of steel
tools with annual savings of $50K.
. Reduced $35K annual scrap of CNC-machined wrenches by upgrade of
gauging, inspection and control.
TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE (Automotive shock, exhaust & elastomer manufacturer)
2001 to 2004
Materials Engineer w/ Product Development Focus
Proficiently used Six Sigma statistical tools to control, monitor and
improve manufacturing processes. Completed FMEA's of shock oil, piston
rods, ect. to control manufacture and performance. Developed specialized
test methods to reduce cost of full-scale testing. Design, testing and
launch of lightweight exhaust systems. Metallurgical examination of
product failures to initiate practical corrective actions. Adherence to
TS 16949 / QS 9000
. Managed projects to replace chrome plating of piston rods with an
annual savings of over $100,000.
. Standardized corporate contamination inspection to improve process
control with cost savings of $50K.
. Reduced number of paint specifications by 85% resulting in $100K
savings.
. Managed teams to satisfy automotive OE customers' environmental and
recycling requirements
. Prototype sampling testing, validation and submission.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
MS, Plastics Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
MS, Materials Engineering, University of Virginia
BA, Physics, Rutgers College
Certified Six Sigma, 8D, Proficient in Minitab
TQM, AQP, DOE (Design of Experiments), Shainin Statistics.
APQP / PPAP, FMEA, MSA and SPC (Statistical Process Control)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
ASQ (American Society of Quality) - Program chair
ASM International - Toledo and Detroit Chapter, Officer
Society of Automotive Engineering
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