Quality Manager

Hugh W. Dickinson

** ******* ****

Winnipeg, Manitoba R2N 3Y2

Phone 204-***-****

E-mail: ****@****.**

Objective:

With 23 years experience in the Aerospace industry, 17 years at the Director Level,

I am actively looking for a new challenge that will utilize my skills, knowledge and

experience to help other companies attain their full potential. With a proven history

of strong insightful leadership, I have successfully integrated Quality into a Lean

Environment. With strong backgrounds in Ethics Management, People

Development, as well as Environmental Health and Safety Management, I look

forward to applying and utilizing this knowledge and experience in my

employment position.

Qualifications:

23 years in Quality Management

Proven team building skills

Excellent communication skills

Strong analytical abilities

Flexibility to work in various environments

5 years experience in Ethics Management

Extensive involvement and leadership of Lean Manufacturing

Experience:

Currently Attending the University of Winnipeg

BA Film Production

Partner in The Sleep Studios Cinematograph Company

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Boeing Canada Technology, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1996-2009

Product:

The design, development, manufacture, assembly and testing of Primary and

Secondary Composite aircraft structures.

Position: Quality Director

Reporting directly to the General Manager my primary responsibilities involved

ensuring the overall effectiveness of the Quality Systems, which includes the

Quality Policy, Quality Control, Quality Assurance, Quality Engineering, Material

Review Board (MRB), Non Destructive Testing (NDI), Quality Audit, Supplier

Quality, and all aspects of product on-load and off-load. I was also responsible for

the effective implementation of Boeing’s Export Administration Regulations

(EAR), and International Trade in Arms Regulations (ITAR), as well as being the

primary contact for Transport Canada and the FAA.

Additional responsibilities:

5 years Divisional Ethics advisor (reporting directly to Boeing Ethics Seattle)

Investigating and adjudicating reported ethics violations, including data gathering and

Analysis reports.

6 years Management Co-chair of the Joint Health and Safety Council

Management of the Environmental Health and Safety department

Occasionally Deputized for the General Manager while he was away from the plant

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Menasco Aerospace (now BF Goodrich), Oakville, Ontario

1986 – 1996

Product:

Design, development, manufacture, testing and certification of commercial and

military aircraft Landing gear and Flight Control Actuation Systems for Original

Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) as well as Repair and Overhaul (R&O) Division

Major Customers: Boeing Commercial Aircraft, McDonnell Douglas, and Fokker

Aircraft

Position: Quality Director 1992 – 1996

Reporting directly to the General Manager, I was responsible for the effective and

continued improvement of the overall quality system. This includes the Quality

Policy, Quality Control including special processes (Shot peen and Electroplating),

Quality Assurance, Material Review Board (MRB) Non Destructive Inspection

(NDI), Quality Audit, Supplier Quality, Materials testing review and approval,

Supplier manufacturing plan review and approval, Customer Contract review,

Quality member of the Engineering Change Control Board, Engineering review, as

well as the primary contact for Transport Canada and the FAA.

Note: During my tenure as Director of Quality, Menasco Aerospace received

Boeing’s prestigious “Presidents Award” 3 times in 4 years.

Position: Quality Assurance Manager 1989 – 1992

Primary responsibilities included the day-to-day management and support of a

team of nine quality specialists covering Quality Planning, Material Review Board,

Materials Testing, Procurement Quality, and Supplier Manufacturing Planning

Approval.

Position: Quality Assurance Specialist 1986 – 1989

Responsibilities included the review and approval of MRB tags, for both accuracy

and completeness, to review and approve corrective action proposals, to follow up

corrective actions results to ensure effectiveness, and to compile a Senior

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Management report on the effectiveness of the MRB system and process.

Additional Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

Toolmaker to trade. 7 years with Timex Corp fabricating Jigs, Fixtures and Multi

Stage progression tools for the manufacture of watch components.

2 years Marine Engineering Officer British Merchant Navy.

4 years Contract Supplier Quality rep, working with Anglo American Corp, Bechtel

Corp and Michael Brett and Partners - Corrosion Consultants, on Various Mining

Projects, assuring Mechanical, Electrical and Structural components met engineering

requirements before shipment to site.

Aircraft On Ground (AOG) requirements

Export Administration Regulations (EAR)

International Trade in Arms Regulations (ITAR)

Transport Canada Repair and Overhaul requirements

National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program (NADCAP)

Certified Boeing Internal Facilitator; successfully implementing the “Pacific

Institutes” search for excellence training.

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Education:

Currently attending the University of Winnipeg, BA Degree in Theatre and Film

Graduate Arbroath High School, Arbroath, Scotland

Part A 3rd Officer Marine Engineer, Dundee College of Technology, Dundee

Scotland

Quality Auditing, Sheridan College, Oakville Ontario, Canada

Executive Development, Concordia University, Toronto, Canada

Managing and Motivating People, Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology,

Toronto, Canada

References:

Michael H. Song

Quality Director, Boeing Commercial Aircraft

Everett, Washington

Phone: (425-***-****

E-mail: *******.*.****@******.***

Scott Drach

VP Human Resources for Corporate and Shared Services Group

The Boeing Company

100 North Riverside Plaza

Chicago, IL 60606

Phone: 312-***-****

E-mail: *****.*.*****@******.***

James Sawyer

General Manager Boeing Canada Technology (Retired)

Phone: 613-***-****

E-mail: ***.******@*********.**

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