David A Lewis Jr.

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Florence, SC 29501

Email: ad0ot9@r.postjobfree.com

(C) 843-***-****

Summary

Detailed-oriented and resourceful Quality Assurance/Supplier Engineer with over 16+ years of experience in the product life cycle, beginning with advanced quality planning and including all elements of Supply Chain Management, such as Audit activity, Complaint Management, and Top Focus Supplier Development activities. I have a proven history of boosting production by using PPAP, FMEA, SPC, and control plans that provide customers with adequate information to validate all areas of the design and production processes. As a lead internal/external ASME Nuclear Quality Assurance (NQA-1), ISO 9001:2015, AS9100, and OHSAS 1800:2007 lead auditor, collaborated with development teams to identify and resolve vendor/supplier issues and improve customer satisfaction scores. I am skilled in Black Belt Lean Six Sigma methodology by developing Quality KPIs (i.e., Supplier, OTD, Warranty, Customer PPM, COPQ) and leading the related continuous improvement projects to meet the company business targets. WORK EXPERIENCE

Svenska Kullagerfabriken (SKF) Sumter, SC 29154

07/2022 - Until

Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer

Duties, Accomplishments, and Related Skills:

Maintain the internal quality Audit program that ensures compliance with procedures and the system requirements. Develop, implement, and maintain SKF’s Supplier Quality Audit program to ensure that suppliers and subcontractors meet SKF's and customer's quality requirements. KEY CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• Collaborated with the corrective action team to resolve customer complaints and identify the root cause to prevent future reoccurrence, resulting in a 20% reduction in customer-reported issues and a 10% improvement in customer satisfaction scores.

• Monitored and reported on scrap metrics, providing valuable insights to the production team, causing a 10% decrease in scrap material cost.

• Conducted vendor/supplier audits and extensive and ongoing risk-based assessments of supplier corrective action solutions, resulting in a 12.5% decrease in vendor/supplier nonconforming products.

ASEA Brown Boveri (ABB) Florence, SC 29501

09/2016-07/2022

Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer

Duties, Accomplishments, and Related Skills:

Oversee all functions and activities within the Quality Assurance Department that provided aftermarket support and service for commercial, nuclear power, and electricity distribution equipment, including switchgear, breakers, and other electrical equipment—analyzed trends to evaluate and eliminate any issues affecting product quality and other quality assurance activities: reviewed purchase orders and specifications for proper quality requirements. Review and approve vendor and field quality assurance plans and practices and, as applicable, suggest changes.

KEY CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• Managed supplier quality plan implementation, resulting in a 15% improvement in on-time delivery and reduced rework cost by $50,000 per quarter.

• Qualified and directed a team of ten QA representatives to perform ASME Nuclear Quality Assurance (NQA-1) and ISO 9001:2015 auditors, resulting in zero findings during the May 2022 DQS, ISO 9001:2015 external audit.

• Performed Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to give technical advice to customers. And vendors in specialized quality assurance technology such as nondestructive testing, metrology, and statistical and fabrication practices.

• Revised and implemented work instruction (WI) for the Customer Contract Review, creating an efficient and effective buying process and reducing overall risk and delay in on-time approval by 43%.

VAW 115 CARAEWRON Station

03/2012- 05/2016 Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan Naval

Aviation Maintenance Control Management

Duties, Accomplishments, and Related Skills:

I held full responsibility for managing ten work centers and 110 Sailors in repair maintenance of 4 E-2C air-born early warning Hawkeye aircraft. Planned and scheduled maintenance (including offsite major rework and overhaul), incorporated technical directives, tracked and designed high- time component replacements, conducted aircraft inspections, and updated aeronautical logbooks. I informed relevant team members of the aircraft's status and readiness. Trained, mentored, and evaluated personnel—Oversaw detachment logistics, including personnel, transportation, and resources.

KEY CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• Provided pre-and post-award Quality Assurance support to Acquisition Specialists, Engineering Support Activities, Military Services, and other Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) customers that created and implemented short-term and long-term range maintenance plans to maximize asset availability, leading to 98% complete mission capability status of aircraft.

• Orchestrated over three hundred safe launch and recovery evolutions onboard USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN) 73), resulting in a 98% sortie completion rate and 1,723 mishap-free flight hours; a critical factor in earning the CVW-5 4th QRT Golden Wrench Award for maintenance excellence.

• Managed the administrative portion of the transfer and acceptance of four aircraft while underway, ensuring 100% accuracy in all documentation across twenty-four aircraft logbooks. Actions confirmed that all aircraft were accepted in a brief three-day period and available for ANNUALEX 2013 exercise.

• Assisted higher-graded Quality Assurance Supervisor by interacting with other multifunctional team members to analyze a variety of contracts, purchase orders, specifications, technical orders, change orders, and related controlling guides for use in planning QA procedures.

Center Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit (CNATTU) Naval Air Station 03/2009- 02/2012 Norfolk VA 23511

Aviation Electronics Technician Instructor

Duties, Accomplishments, and Related Skills:

Guided school leadership teams to develop goals that are aligned with the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) missions, beliefs, and priorities that specialized in technical training for officers, enlisted, Department of Defense (DoD), and foreign national personnel in theory, maintenance, and repair of the air-weapon system—ensured quality education by providing embedded professional development and coaching for district and school leaders and leadership teams. Responsible for the accountability, supervision, professional development, and evaluation of 360 Initial Entry Training Sailors and Marines per year, as well as accountability and serviceability of individual and organizational equipment valued at more than $125,000. Developed, delivered, and supported aviation technical training necessary to meet validated Fleet requirements through a continuum of professional and personal growth for Sailors and Marines.

KEY CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• Led senior instructors in the management and upkeep of 7 E-2C/C-2A maintenance training courses, delivered over 1,927 hours of classroom and laboratory instruction, graduating 110 fleet-ready technicians with a 95% GPA.

• Overhauled all aviation electronic classroom and laboratory libraries consisting of 533 publications, ensuring all changes and interim rapid action change (IRAC) were accurately incorporated.

• Led eight personnel in executing the maintenance training unit (MTU) scheduled for eighty-three staff instructors and 206 students, resulting in 9,603 flight/simulator events and the on-time graduation of 197 fleet-ready sailors. Mentored 67 Sailors and two junior Sailors of the quarter, chaired master training specialist boards, and assisted MTU 1040 in aligning its MTS program to the current Center for Personal and Professional Development directives.

• Effectively implemented systemic and district priorities, providing differentiated support to specific district staff and school leaders and monitoring efforts to ensure implementation that will lead to student success. VAW-112 Point Mugu Nawc

08/2005-02/2009 Point Mugu, CA 93042

Quality Assurance Inspector

Duties, Accomplishments, and Related Skills:

Managed all functions and activities within the Quality Assurance Department, maintaining 4 E- 2C Hawkeye aircraft and directly responsible for the daily execution of six aircraft Quality Assurance programs, ten monitored programs, and eight aircraft maintenance inspectors. Analysis trends via Airplane Health Management (AHM) provide significant overall fuel and emission performance measures for individual aircraft, enabling operators to improve overall average fleet performance and identify and diagnose hazardous issues. Conducted program audit and spot check inspection to ensure compliance with 4790 Naval Aviation Maintenance Program Standard Operating Procedures (NAMP) and all Airworthiness Directives and implemented an aggressive Foreign Object Damage (FOD) control program to prevent loose objects and small debris that had the potential to cause damage to aircraft, injury to staff, and a hazardous work environment.

KEY CONTRIBUTIONS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• Implemented an aggressive Foreign Object Damage (FOD) control program under COMNAVAIRFORINST - Naval Aviation Maintenance Program (NAMP) 4790.2 procedure, reducing aircraft FOD by 40%.

• Planned, implemented, and trained 25 Aviation Electronics Technicians (AT) through primary post-deployment corrosion inspection on twelve aircraft, leading to the discovery and documentation of over 3,300 corrosion discrepancies and subsequent successful Material Condition inspection.

• Directed team of 10 QA representatives performing Naval Aviation Maintenance Procedures (NAMP) Program audits and monitored ten work centers/detachments supporting E-2C Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft.

• Researched historical and current data to discern discrepancies, incompatibilities, or redundancies and initiated corrective action by recommending measures to optimize operations while maintaining quality.

Recruit Training Command (RTC) RTC Great Lakes

08/2002- 07/2005 North Chicago, IL

Boot Camp Instructor

Duties, Accomplishments, and Related Skills:

Served as a Drill Instructor in a Basic Combat Training (BCT) company; responsible for individual training, supervision, and development of 88 Initial Entry Training Sailors per seven- week cycle; accountable for ensuring that standards are met to provide the U.S. Navy with disciplined, physically and morally fit Sailors, competent in Navy’s core tasks, who can fight and win regardless of Rating; coordinates and integrates logistics, maintenance, and safety in all division operations.

KEY CONTRIBUTIONS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• Galvanized the basic warrior attributes of sacrifice, dedication, teamwork, and endurance of 5,000 recruits through thirteen intense scenarios, installing teamwork and demonstrating the basic Navy skills and Core Values learned during Recruit Training as the apex of the training program.

• As Ship’s Training Team Member, performed inspections, provided constructive feedback to 38 Drill Instructors, and conducted fifteen assessments on 1,300 recruits, enhancing the staff's productivity during the initial training phase.

• Planned and organized training sessions for subordinates as a facilitator of advancement indoctrination and taught essential military and aviation requirements, resulting in a command advancement rate of 30% during the March 2006 advancement exam cycle.

• Developed capacity to build a shared commitment to high student performance by being a catalyst for change and articulating, implementing, and sustaining a vision of learning.

• Responsible for working closely with the Department of the Navy (DON), headquarters, and other CIL staff to facilitate support between headquarters, districts, and schools focused on academic achievement and equitable practices for all recruits.

EDUCATION:

Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL

B.S. Degree 05/2012

Major: Workforce Education Training and Development Coastline Community College Fountain Valley, CA

A.A degree 12/2010

Major: Electronics Technology

License/Certification:

• AS9100:2016 Rev D Lead Auditor, Cert.#387****-******, Issue Date: 8/23/2023

• Certified IPC Specialist (IPC-A-610) September 2020 - September 2022

• Lean Six Sigma (Yellow Belt), Issue Date: 02/2019

• 10 CFR 50 App. B/NQA-1 Nuclear Internal/External Quality Auditor, Issue Date: 02/2017

• OHSAS 18001:2007 Lead Auditor, Issue Date: 02/2018

• ISO 9001:2015 Quality Lead Auditor 10/2016

• Federal Communications Commission (FCC) General Radiotelephone Operator License 1, 3, and 8 License #002*-****-**, Issue Date: MAY 31, 2011

• Electrical Connector/Harness Repair, Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit

(CNATTU), Norfolk, VA, Issue Date: June 2009Electrical Connector/Harness Repair, Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit (CNATTU), Norfolk, VA, Issue Date: June 2009

• Master Training Specialist, Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, IL, Issue Date: 8/2002

• 2003 First Line Leadership Development Program, NAS Norfolk, VA

• 1997 Aviation Electrician's Mate "A" School, NAS Pensacola, FL

• 1997 Aviation Electronics Technician Common Core, NAS Pensacola, FL SKILLS:

• Certified IPC-A-610

• Six Sigma Black Belt

• XA Database

• WindChill Database

• Lead Auditor- Nuclear(1E), ISO 9001 &

18001

• Federal Communication Commission

(FCC)

ACTIVITIES:

• Active Member/Advocate/Instructor for

the Pee Dee Coalition Against Domestic

and Sexual Assault

• Active member of the Florence Alumni

Chapter of KAPPA ALPHA PSI

Fraternity

• Systems Applications and Products

(SAP)

• Power BI Desktop

• LOTUS Notes Database

• Minitab

• Celonis

• Excel/SigmaXL

ACHIEVEMENTS:

Awarded one Navy-Marine Corps Commendation Medal

Awarded six the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals. Awarded four Navy Good Conduct Medals for exemplary behavior, efficiency, and fidelity in active military service.

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