Quality Engineer
Resume:
KEVIN D. SPENCER
Olathe, Kansas 66062
E-mail: ************@*****.***
SUMMARY OF SKILLS
• Certified AS9100 Lead auditor.
• Experienced in Lean Manufacturing: J.I.T., 5S and Kanban System.
• Proven ability to communicate well, direct, lead and motivate personnel as a team.
• Demonstrates solid decision-making, problem-solving, and total quality management.
• Familiar with profit and loss, budgeting, safety, routing and scheduling resources.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and administration skills, verbal and written.
• Functions extremely well in an autonomous environment and detail oriented.
• Possess a sincere desire to achieve mission objectives by exhibiting the drive to ensure policies and
procedures are being followed.
• Experienced in organizational design theory and Just-In-Time production operations.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2012-Present BE Aerospace Lenexa, Kansas
Supplier Quality Engineer/Lead Auditor
• Create and develop a supplier quality program that meets FAA requirements
• Evaluate and eliminate poor performing suppliers
• Develop non certified suppliers to be compliant with AS9100 and or ISO9001 to raise their quality
level and ensure all parts are to type design.
2003-2012 Hawker Beechcraft Corporation Wichita, Kansas
Supplier Quality Engineer/ Lead Auditor
• Work with suppliers to ensure they are aware of and meeting Hawker Beechcraft Corporation and
FAA requirements.
• Audit suppliers and their processes to HBC specifications and industry standards.
• Accompany the FAA on “oversight audits”
• Directed the daily activities of three Wichita based source inspectors and one in California.
• Built metrics to track cost and efficiency of source inspectors.
• Interacted with suppliers to expedite AOG’s and line shut down parts.
Internal Auditor
• Built and maintained a yearly audit schedule for HBC internal facilities.
• Trained new auditors on how to audit and identify non-conformities.
• Wrote and maintained new internal audit procedures for Hawker Beechcraft
• Lead a multi-functional team that ensured HBC was ready for the Federal Aviaion Association(FAA)
bi-annual audit.
• Plant 1 QAE
• Coordinate and collaborate with production team leads to solve processing and part problems.
• Interact with Quality Assurance Engineers (QAE) throughout the entire production facility to analyze
and fix problems.
• Member of Process line improvement team.
• Six Sigma Specialist )
• Lead three Production Corrective Action System (PCAS) teams in small assembly shop. (Special
Processes, tube shop, precision assembly).
KEVIN D. SPENCER
12844 S. Seminole Dr
Olathe, Kansas 66062
E-mail: ************@*****.***
• Instrumental in reducing Scrap Repair and Rework in all three PCAS departments.
• Temporarily stepped in quality team lead role until a viable candidate was hired.
SAFELITE GLASS CORPORATION
1999-2003 Wichita, Kansas
Operations Manager
• Lead and directed departmental operations of laminated auto safety glass manufacturing facility,
enforce safety regulations, and coordinated workflow through supervisory personnel in a multi-shift,
JIT environment.
• Prepare and review daily production and quality reports and confer with engineering, maintenance
and quality departments.
• Evaluate procedures for accomplishing production objectives in accordance with ISO provisions.
• Implement corrective actions to solve production issues as they relate to specific products or
services.
• Plan and assign production activities, train, and evaluate performance of 25-30 hourly associates.
• Recognize and troubleshoot production problems relating to schedules, personnel, and distribution.
• Monitors Material Resource Planning (MRP)-shop floor database in five departments of the product
manufacturing process.
BIG DOG MOTORCYCLES
1997-1999 Wichita, Kansas
Vice-President
• Coordinated activities of outside vendors to ensure the highest quality supply of raw materials.
• Enhanced the quality of the motorcycles and cut warranty costs by 50%.
• Increased company’s overall annual production by 300% and reduced overhead.
• Managed daily operations and administrative functions of a motorcycle manufacturing facility.
• Designed and implemented an absentee policy that drastically reduced absenteeism in the plant.
• Negotiated leases to expand the operation and established goals for more efficient throughput and
quality.
• Wrote advertisements for local paper and regional publications to promote the products.
• Interviewed candidates for employment vacancies within the plant.
• Monitored and enforced safety guidelines for compliance with O.S.H.A. regulations.
• Trained production supervisors and other management on an ongoing basis for consistency.
Education
KEVIN D. SPENCER
12844 S. Seminole Dr
Olathe, Kansas 66062
E-mail: ************@*****.***
• MBA from Friends University
• BA in business from Southwestern University
• Mini MBA for Wichita State University
• Certified AS9100 Lead Auditor
• Certified in Infinity QS SPC fundamentals
• Certified Six Sigma Specialist
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