Quality Engineer Technician

Charles L. “Larry” Wade

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QUALITY ENGINEERING

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Quality Technician

Contract with Kelley Staffings at its client:

FICOSA North America Corporation. 2014

Shelbyville, KY 40065

Preformed first piece inspections and capability studies on exterior mirrors to be installed on new FORD 2015 Transit being built at Kansas City Assembly Plant.

Quality Engineer

Contract with MALONE at its client:

JCIM Interiors Manufacturing 2013

Louisville, KY 40258

Rewrote/revised work instructions for part production being relocated from JCIM 1 (National Turnpike) to JCIM 2 (Riverport)

TEST Technician

Contract with AEROTEK for its client

Ford Motor Company, Louisville Assembly Plant 2012 / 2013

Louisville, KY 40213

Preforming “FLASHING” updates on control modules for Escape.

Test Evaluation Technician

Contract with Adecco at its client:

General Electric 2011 / 2012

Louisville, KY 40225

Supported foam room operations and prepared and ran various tests with regards to development and testing of new bottom mount freezer refrigerator at Appliance Park. Notable among the tests performed were K-Factor. and Pressure tests.

Enumerator

United States Census Bureau 2010

Educational Scorer

Contract with Kelley Staffings at its client:

Measured Progress 2009 / 2010

Louisville, KY 40229

Scored various states educational achievement test with regards to both Math and Reading in both primary and secondary schools.

Quality Inspector

Packaging Plus 2009

Contract with WillStaff at its client:

Louisville, KY 40229

Inspected products, released shipments, established/approved procedures, and maintained records of cell phone accessories and ink cartridge packaging.

Manufacturing Quality Inspector

Contract with WillStaff at its client:

C & S Machine and Manufacturing 2008

Louisville, KY 40216

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Inspected/sampled Computer Numerical Control (CNC). And general machine produced parts using micrometers, calipers, height gages, depth gages, Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM)<Toyota Industrial Equipment Manufacturing> and other gages to verify products meets customer requirements established in drawings and prints. Active participant in a Production Part Approval Process involving DANA. Completed. Updated,

And recorded calibration process of multiple gages using STANDARDS.

Quality Engineer

Contract with AEROTEK at its client:

Dakkota Integrated Systems, LLC 2007

Louisville, KY 40245

Rewrote/revised PROCESS FLOW and CONTROL PLAN, answered CUSTOMER CONCERNS and charted / binned QR costs per month at Dakkota (instrument panels. At Dakkota (CMA) determined conveyor problem with delivering system at customer (Ford Motor Company Kentucky Truck Plant).

SPC Coordinator for Chips & Scratches

Ford Motor Company, Louisville Assembly Plant 1987 / 2006

Louisville, KY

Determined causes of in-house system damage and offered corrections extending beyond simply “chips & scratches.” Maintained records and charts showing effectiveness of actions taken. Researched and interpreted outside damage indicators (warranty, J.D. Power, etc.). Coordinated various trials of actions or materials. Served as Liaison between various plant and carrier departments.

Consistently determined causes of damage to vehicles on production line. Designed, recommended and implemented new methods that significantly reduced, or even eliminated, problems.

Developed 6-Panel Boards for upper management review and was contributor to 6-Sigma Kaizen.

Reviewed warranty claims and wrote summaries for management to glean from them what actions needed to be taken. Action plans were presented in 6-Panel format: Trend Chart, Pareto & Pie Chart, Fishbone Diagram, Containment Plan, Work Plan and 8D Format.

EDUCATION

Industrial Technology

Master of Science in Industrial Technology

Eastern Kentucky University

Marketing Management

Bachelor of Science, Marketing

University of Louisville

PUBLISHED MASTERS THESIS

Statistical Process Control Subsystem

Chips and Scratches

ACTIVITIES

Parkridge Residents Association, Director, 2001 to Present

CAREER HONORS

FORD MOTOR Company

Customer Driven Quality Award,

Significant Improvement with Regards to Chips and Scratches

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