Quality Assurance Engineer

Greg Richard

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League City, Texas 77573 *********@***.***

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

A highly effective Manufacturing / Quality Assurance Engineer who meets

challenges head on and creates positive change. A detail oriented engineer

with a proven record of success in quality control / quality assurance in

very demanding environments. A dedicated individual with excellent

technical skills and exceptional communications skills.

BACKGROUND SUMMARY

More than twenty years of Manufacturing Quality Assurance and Quality

Control experience includes:

Sterilization Drawings and Procedures Review Compliance Audits

QC Methods Manufacturing Process Audits ISO 9000

Development

Total Quality Pilot Manufacturing Processes Lean six sigma

Management

Site Inspections Manufacturing Process Analysis DMAIC

Critical Design Value Steam Mapping Statistical Process

Review Control

6 Sigma Green Belt Manufacturing Process Regression Analyses

Improvement

Root Cause Analysis NWP TIP QA-RI

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Siemens, Houston Texas

Oct 2012 - Present

Continuous Improvement Engineer

I provide real time metric data, (derived from my preventive audit

results), in order to support/justify process improvement implementations

submitted to management in the following departments: turbine blades,

turbine vanes, transitions, diaphragms, combustion baskets, nozzles, and

support housings. Also, I review and update the Houston product support

center quality processes and procedures using six sigma lean (DMAIC) to

reduce product/process/cycle time I perform purchase order reviews, in

house compliance auditing, root cause analysis, and product failure

investigations to assist manufacturing personnel as a training tool prior

to scheduled customer audits.Completed Integrated Management Systems

Internal Auditor Training conducted by OMNEX (ISO 14001:2004, OHSAS

18001:2007, ISO 9001:2008).

The Boeing Company, Houston, Texas

Oct 2007 - Jan 2011

Receiving Inspection Director (2010 to 2011)

. Created and implemented the Houston operation's Grief procedures and

processes for hardware that does not conform to Boeing's Supplier

Quality Engineering specifications. The process coordinates and

integrates with the Supplier Management; Supplier Quality; and the

Receiving and Inspection Departments.

. Manage incoming Purchase Orders and generate weekly and monthly

performance metrics to monitor cycle times, grief and escapes.

Quality Engineer (2007 - 2010)

. Developed and implemented a database to track and manage project

Problem Reports. The database provides a status report on the multiple

space station and space shuttle projects underway. The report is

updated daily, and details all open and resolved quality issues;

giving management a clear picture of each project's progress toward

completion.

. Team member on a Value Stream Mapping Project for the Software

Development Integration Lab. Major contributor in assisting the team

to develop a new approach that reduced process from 34 days to 16

days.

Abbott Labs, Irving, Texas March, 2007- July 2007

Quality Engineer, contract position

. Perform audits of the supplier's quality system. Perform follow-up

audit to ensure corrective action(s) with the supplier. Generate and

perform analyses of the supplier metrics, implementing corrective

action as required. Generate and implement Action Plans for

underperforming suppliers, investigate part nonconformance

attributable to the supplier. Process part nonconformance

documentation attributed to the supplier, and implement corrective

action as required.

Richard Real Estate Services, Beaumont, Texas 2000-2007

Principal / Property Manager

. Provide property management services including, property maintenance,

grounds services and tenant relations for independent property owners

in the Beaumont area.

Boeing Aircraft Company, Huntington Beach, 1997-1999

California

Contract Quality Engineer

. Inspected hundreds of space station hardware subassemblies in a clean

room environment. Discovered and corrected numerous subassemblies that

were not assembled according to NASA approved working drawings.

. Audited the complete documentation package (several thousand pages)

for the S-0 superstructure for conformance with NASA contract

specifications. Located several critical quality control omissions and

verified each step to ensure full quality assurance compliance prior

to product certification and shipment.

California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1990-19

Pasadena, California 97

Quality Assurance Engineer

. Inspected hundreds of unmanned space flight hardware subassemblies for

conformance to NASA contract specifications. Assisted the company with

maintaining the timely and successful project completions of such NASA

projects as Cassini and the Galileo spacecrafts.

. Audited JPL's quality assurance document tree to ensure correct change

management. Discovered several drawings/procedures that had several

different revisions for the same component being used on the

production floor at the same time.

Sverdrup Corporation, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida 1987-1989

Manufacturing Consultant - D.O.D Secret Clearance

. Provided manufacturing engineering support for the AMRAAM

Producibility Enhancement Programs (APREP). Part of a team that

focused on the timely transition of projects from development to

production for the APREP projects at Hughes, Raytheon, and their

subcontractors.

. Conducted numerous onsite contractor audits. Assisted the USAF in

evaluation APREP designs, production readiness and manufacturing

reviews. Routinely presented audit findings to senior leadership at

Sverdup and the US Air Force.

Babcock & Wilcox, Lynchburg, 1983-1987

Virginia

Manufacturing Engineer

. Part of the manufacturing support team for the prototype Sea Wolf,

submarine nuclear reactor. Assisted in the creation of actual

manufacturing drawings and procedures based on contract design

drawings, submitted by the customer.

. Team member on the Producibility Team and helped create a miniature

scale model of a critical component of the submarine's reactor. The

model was used to determine manufacturing and quality parameter and

approaches.

. DOE Q clearance.

EDUCATION

BS, Mechanical Engineering

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee

Certified Engineer in Training, (8188)

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