Project Manager Engineer

Joshua VanZile

**** ******** **** *** *** Tuscaloosa, AL 35405 Phone: 205-***-**** E Mail: ******.*******@*****.***

Experience

Faurecia Automotive Seating

Quality Engineer/Six Sigma Project Leader May 2012 – present

• Held position of Senior Quality Engineer at Faurecia, responsible for 2nd Row & 3rd Row seats for MBUSI.

• Responsible for Control Plans, PFMEA and work instructions.

• Conducted daily CPA meetings and reported during plant top 5 meeting.

• Worked with Resident Engineer daily on all CPA, GFP, WSA, F4 and PA topics.

• Responsible for problem solving techniques for all customer complaints including 5WHY and 8D.

• Trained on shaker table and other lab functions to help solve problems.

• Audited 1st part ok, poka yoke validations and other line support activities.

• Championed QRCI projects related to all projects at FAS.

• Managed seats for 2nd row on the X166, W166 and BR251 platforms.

• Managed seats for 3rd row on the X166 and BR251 platform.

• Worked with PQE for MBSUI evaluations and BSR drives

• Lead yard sorts at MBUSI and numerous retrofit projects at Daimler.

• Quality department supervisor for 2nd shift.

• Six Sigma Black Belt Project Leader

• Minitab experience

Borgers USA

Operations Manager January 2012 – May 2012

• Held position of Lead Production Supervisor/Operations Manager

• Worked with Continual Improvement Team to improve takt time and promote lean production.

• Conducted daily top 5 meetings with production and quality management.

• Responsible for management of both shift supervisors and supervising training process.

• Designed floor plans for staging of parts to be used in JIT production processes.

• Designed training program for all new employees including process flow charts, training matrix and training tests.

• Designed and implemented production Kanban board, FIFO boards and Production Control boards.

• Responsible for production forecasts and performance reports and tracking key performance indicators.

• Provided line support for RAN parts and JIT processes and readiness for Run at Rate for external customers

• Responsible for process audits as well as product audits, scheduling and conducting.

• Supervised projects for the X166 including process capability analysis, supplier inspection standard, layout dimensional report,

part history, sample data, NCR, dock audits, process description and control plan visualization.

• Set boundary samples and master samples as well as maintained fixture and gauges needed for validation of form, fit and function.

2AM Group, LLC

Project Manager May 2011 – January 2012

• Exclusive third party engineering and containment company for Mercedes Benz, Vance plant.

• Held position of Project Manager, which manages all aspects of operations in an industrial environment and supervised a team of

approximately 30 team members.

• Responsible for maintaining quality control of all non conforming parts for the 164, 164X, 166, upcoming 166X and 251 projects.

• Managed the Syncreon warehouse on first and second shift, a 600,000 sq ft facility that holds 95% of parts used to build the M

Class, R Class and G Class passenger vehicles. Also worked in Plant 1 and Plant 2 on site for MBUSI.

• Documented, developed, and audited procedures and practices for QMS compliance and ISO 9001 certification.

• Maintaining a daily register of team member’s attendance and acquainting them with their weekly shifts and holidays.

• Championed 8D and 5Y projects, root cause analysis and mistake proofing/poka yoke.

• Maintained Corrective Action Report system.

• FMEA(failure mode and effects analysis) and PPAP (production part approval process) experience

• Produced detailed inspection, sort and rework instructions.

• Daily process audits and monthly cost of quality charts.

• Used SAP system and PLUS system for warehouse management and logistics.

• Managed over 400 projects with quality engineers, technical reps, supplier reps, and MBUSI personnel.

• Quality management systems (QMS), ISO 9001, TS 16949 experience.

• Interfaced with plant operations to ensure process quality, improve material flow, reduce work in progress and promote continual

improvement.

Third Party Engineering Company, LLC (3PEC)

Quality Engineer March 2011 – May 2011

• Quality Engineer for 3PEC.

• Worked at both Plant 1 and Plant 2 at Mercedes Vance and Johnson Controls Vance.

• Responsible for the suppliers Kunstsoff Technik Trier and Behr, interior department at MBUSI.

• Worked closely with JCI, the Tier 1 supplier that used the Behr parts for the product supplied to MBUSI.

• Led investigations into six sigma projects, root cause analysis, Five Y and 8D reports, PPAP

• Worked to decrease variation and reduce scrap from suppliers. TS16949 auditing experience.

• Analyzer and troubleshooter, ability to work as a team, innovator, planner, and communicator.

• Worked with Kunstsoff on the PPAP for the W166 water deflectors

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Superior Inspection Services

Operations Manager March 2008 – March 2011

• Worked with MBUSI and BMW at Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers with quality control, inventory sorts, containment issues,

sequencing, incoming parts inspection, liaison, EOL inspections and TQW inspection.

• Held positions including inspector, team leader and operations manager.

• Responsible for data sheets, job summaries, timesheets, contracts, Pareto charts, and all excel documents.

• Worked on safe launch for Volkswagen Jetta seat frames for Brose.

• Worked with suppliers such as Brose, ZF Industries, Faurecia and Johnson Controls, Automotive Lighting.

Metro Metals

Operations Manager August 2003 – March 2008

• Operations Manager for Metro Metals, a company who manufactured metal roofing components

• Installed and implemented a new computerized inventory management system

• QuickBooks proficient, forklift driver

• Helped the company increase net sales 300% and net profit 372% in the first 3 years, before the economic crisis

Education

University of Alabama January 2006 – May 2010

• Earned a bachelor’s degree in Commerce and Business Administration with concentration in Operations Management. Member of

Pi Kappa Phi fraternity, Alpha Kappa Psi business fraternity, Alabama Yell Crew and FATE.

• Grand Champion in Business Strategy Game at University of Alabama, a global competition of all senior level business students at

over 3000 universities.

Certifications

• Certified ISO 9001:2008 (2011)

• Six Sigma Green Belt (2011 certificate # 2619212)

• American Society for Quality (ASQ) Member # 64173154, ASQ Section 1501 Birmingham AL

• Microsoft Office Certified (Excel, Word, Access)

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• Farnsworth Munsell 100 Color Hue Test Certified

• Six Sigma Black Belt Certification through Faurecia/Six Sigma Academy

References

References are available upon request.

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