Quality Assurance Manager

Michael A Hruska

**** ****** *****, ****** ******* TX 78410 361-***-**** *-*-*******@*******.***

SUMMARY

A seasoned Quality professional with the goal of obtaining a Quality Management position where my advanced Quality Management skills will be utilized for improving the overall effectiveness and productivity of the organization. With 30+ years of progressive Quality Management experience and applied knowledge of Quality Management systems in the forging, heat –treatment, machining, stampings and assembly industries.

EXPERIENCE

Q U A L I T Y MA N A G E R April 2012 – present Forum Energy Technologies Robstown, TX Facility

O.E.M. manufacturing and testing of high pressure flow equipment for the Oil and Gas Industry. Administer all aspects of the Quality Management System. Accomplishments:

• Secured facility registration and compliance for ISO 9001 and American Petroleum Institute (API) certifications for API-6A and Q1

• Secured facility registration and compliance for International certifications with Bureau Vertias

(BV), Det Norske Veritas (DNV) and The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)

• Refined, managed and executed a unified Quality Management System for all of Forum’s Flow Equipment Divisions.

Q U A L I T Y MA N A G E R / E N G I N E E R / S U P E RV I S O R April 1999-April 2012 Mercer Forget Plant 2 formally (A&M Specialties Inc) Wheatland, PA O.E.M. manufacturing of C.N.C. machined components for the heavy truck industry. Supplier to Caterpillar, the mining industry and machined components for the Oil and Gas industry. Manager of all quality functions.

Accomplishments:

New facility startup, develop QMS and Metrology Laboratory

Secured facility registration and compliance for ISO 9001:2008 (formally QS 9000 certified)

Trained new Quality Inspectors in CMM Programing QUAL I TY MANAGER / ENG I NE ER August 1995- April 1999 Oxford Automotive Masury, OH

O.E.M. of heavy and medium duty stampings and assemblies supplied to Ford, Chrysler and G.M. Responsibilities include customer service, receiving and final inspection, internal audits, capability studies, gauging, GR&R’s, Corrective Actions.

Accomplishments:

• Secured facility registration and compliance to QS 9000 (Quality Management System for Automotive related Industries)

QUAL I TY A S S URANC E S U PERV I S OR/ ENG I NEER February 1993- August 1995 Howell Industries Inc. Masury, OH

O.E.M. of heavy and medium duty stamping and assemblies supplying G.M., Ford and Chrysler. Supervisor of 15 inspectors, 2 quality technicians and 2 lab technicians. Responsible for S.P.C. for 100 stamping and assembly presses, training of hourly and salary personnel in statistical techniques Accomplishments:

Secured facility registration and compliance to QS 9000 (Quality Management System for Automotive related Industries)

Installation and maintenance of "real time" Gage Talker computer based statistical data collection system.

QUAL I TY CONTROL /D IME N S I ONAL LAB T ECHN I C I AN July 1977- January 1993 Rockwell International Truck Axle Division New Castle, PA Forging quality, die casts, forgings, inspector training, initial samples, template making, and troubleshooting. Metrology Lab Technician: layout inspection of production runs and initial samples from vendors, proficient in the use and programming of coordinate measurement machines, optical comparators, height gages and precision instruments. Accomplishments:

Through the Pennsylvania Apprenticeship & Training Council, became the third individual in the state of Pennsylvania to receive a Journeyman’s card for Layout/ Gage Inspection. TRAINING

Root Cause Analysis Training

December 2014

API Q1 9th Edition Training

March 2014

API Lead Auditor Training

October 2012

Lean Facilitator Training

120 hours

February-April 2011

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION

American Society for Quality

Statistics Course

January-March 1991

Certified Quality Engineer

October -December 1989

Certified Quality Technician

April 1986

Pennsylvania Apprenticeship and Training

Council

Layout/Gage Inspector

QC Journeyman

September 1984-July 1986

Youngstown State University

1976-1982

Major- Industrial Marketing

New Castle High School

1973-1976

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