Quality Control Continuous Improvement
Resume:
Chris Wilkins
Grand Prairie, TX 75050
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QUALIFCATIONS SUMMARY: Continuous Improvement professional with over 26 years of experience
in the aero-engine component repair industry. Strengths include a strong background in leading continuous
improvement initiatives including value stream mapping, impact maturity, passport process, 6S, Supplier
Input Process Output Customer (SIPOC), problem solving, mistake proofing, total preventative maintenance
(TPM), quality control process control (QCPC), and improvement implementation and measurement. Ability
to teach continuous improvement concepts across all levels of management and shop floor associates. Ability
to audit all types of process growth throughout organizational levels. Production supervision experience with
hourly workforce in assembly and disassembly of various aero-engine products. Managed complete repair
production line for a fortune 500 company.
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EXPERIENCE
PRATT & WHITNEY Global Service Partners Grand Prairie, TX
Assoc, Prod & Proc Quality 2009-2012
• Performed certified audits to ensure incremental improvement in the use of continuous improvement tools and their impact on
improved company metrics.
• Supported Pratt & Whitney Commercial Engines continuous improvement initiatives across 20 international and domestic sites.
• Realized significant improvement in all sites, with all sites progressing through various levels of UTC’s 4 levels of Achieving
Competitive Excellence (ACE) Continuous Improvement Program.
• Provided guidance to numerous production cells and business processes cells on the application and use of improvement tools
to improve turn round time, on-time delivery and productivity.
Grand Prairie, TX
PRATT & WHITNEY DARO 1996-2009
Team leader
• Concentrated efforts to bring DARO production cells through the continuous improvement program from pre-qualifying to
Silver status.
• Instrumental in leading 17 cells to Gold status (highest status)
Served as production supervisor (Team Leader) for PW4000 HPT Vanes cell, leading 30+ operators.
Responsible for production planning, overtime allocations, performance development, employee relations, training, and
discipline.
Served as a quality control inspector, performing receiving, initial, in-process, and final inspection.
Certified the airworthiness of repaired aero-engine turbine components.
Chromalloy Hurst, TX
Certified welder 1986-1995
Performed weld repair of aero-engine turbine components, welding on a variety of nickel-based alloys
Performed furnace and braze processes
Performed weld and assembly of aircraft nozzles
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX Dallas, TX
Bachelor of Science in Business 2011
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