ROBERT P. RAVELO Cell: 757-***-****

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Virginia Beach, VA 23462

Experienced Quality Assurance Inspector with 29+ years as a successful manufacturing inspector focused on timely delivery, defect free deliveries, customer satisfaction, safety, and process improvements, leadership, quality engineering, first article inspections, emergency response, internal/ external audits as well as editing, assisting in proposals, writing standard operating procedures and standard work instructions. Oct 2020 – Quality Assurance Inspector – Fairlead Manufacturing & Integration Present

• Coordinate with shop supervisor on the schedule for completed components/parts requiring inspection.

• Assist supervisor as a source inspector for the company traveling to subcontract companies to conduct inspections and as a point of contact with the Defense Contract Management Agency on quality assurance hold point inspections.

• Review job packages and drawings for specifications and requirements for inspection including material type requirements.

• Perform in process inspections as required by shop supervisor using calibrated hand tools, and FARO Arm GD&T precision measuring tool.

• Utilize gage and measurement equipment to confirm the compliance of components/parts are in accordance with purchase order and specifications.

• Maintain calibration standards and calibration cycle of measurement tools.

• Ensure all documentation related to each job/project is properly documented with any changes/revisions.

• Inspect subcontracted components/parts upon receipt for conformance to drawing specifications and purchase requirements.

• Assist in the manufacturing of components and sub-assemblies as required.

• Assist in the component/part assembly process as required.

• Verify manufactured equipment conformances to OSHA and other applicable safety requirements.

• Conduct strategic planning meetings for the Littoral Combat Ship mission module builds and inspections to save the company revenue and labor hours.

• Maintain communications with Quality Assurance Manager. Feb 2018 – Quality Assurance / Continuous Improvement Manager – Tabet Manufacturing Co Sept 2020

• Lead the company's Quality Assurance program throughout the facility.

• Built from current programs and look for areas of improvement.

• Worked with the company's vendor base through to our customer base.

• Implemented systems to manage the quality of the processes in each area of the plant.

• Lead the Continuous Improvement/Lean Manufacturing program throughout the facility.

• Determined longer range plans for the company.

• Worked hands on with teams throughout the facility with training, project planning and execution.

• Continued to develop a culture where every member of the company clearly understands the stated goals and strives to complete them.

Feb 2018 – Inside Machine Shop Quality Inspector – Colanna”s Shipyard, Steel America Sept 2018

• Coordinated with shop supervisor on the schedule for completed components/parts requiring inspection.

• Reviewed job packages and drawings for specifications and requirements for inspection including material type requirements.

• Performed in process inspections as required by shop supervisor.

• Utilized gage and measurement equipment to confirm the compliance of components/parts are in accordance with purchase order and specifications.

• Maintained calibration standards and calibration cycle of measurement tools.

• Ensured all documentation related to each job/project is properly documented with any changes/revisions.

• Verified manufactured equipment conformances to OSHA and other applicable safety requirements.

• Maintained communications with Quality Assurance Manager.

• Visually inspected ship shaft packing boxes, crates, blocking, and other protective materials for customer compliance.

• Performed diametric and concentric measurements of ship propulsion shaft outside and inside sleeves, bearing journals, flange face and fillet surfaces, spigots, tapers, keys, keyways threads, bolt holes and shot peening.

• Visually inspected the shaft bore using a borescope for evidence of seawater intrusion, corrosion, wear, burn through, melting and damage.

• Conducted a dielectric spark test of the entire coated surfaces of the shaft for porosity in accordance with the Technical Repair Standards.

Jul 2015 – Quality Assurance Inspector – Fairlead Manufacturing & Integration Feb 2018

• Coordinated with shop supervisor on the schedule for completed components/parts requiring inspection.

• Assisted supervisor as a source inspector for the company traveling to subcontract companies to conduct inspections and as a point of contact with the Defense Contract Management Agency on quality assurance hold point inspections.

• Reviewed job packages and drawings for specifications and requirements for inspection including material type requirements.

• Performed in process inspections as required by shop supervisor.

• Utilized gage and measurement equipment to confirm the compliance of components/parts are in accordance with purchase order and specifications.

• Maintained calibration standards and calibration cycle of measurement tools.

• Ensured all documentation related to each job/project is properly documented with any changes/revisions.

• Inspected subcontracted components/parts upon receipt for conformance to drawing specifications and purchase requirements.

• Assisted in the manufacturing of components and sub-assemblies as required.

• Assisted in the component/part assembly process as required.

• Verified manufactured equipment conformances to OSHA and other applicable safety requirements.

• Conducted strategic planning meetings for the Littoral Combat Ship mission module builds and inspections to save the company revenue and labor hours.

• Maintained communications with Quality Assurance Manager. Jun 2012 – Mission Assurance Quality Inspector (N85) – Raytheon IIS Jul 2015

• Reviewed purchase orders, and drawings for specifications and material type requirements on four major government contracts.

• Overseen process and product improvement throughout product life cycle using performance measures, variability analysis, and improvement identification, verification, and validation techniques.

• Led initiation and development of two Lean Six Sigma projects significantly improving the quality maintenance processes.

• Proposal team member towards a contract for increased Patriot missile defense capability with overall expenses in excess of $225 million.

• Led three inspectors on the Patriot Launcher Systems AN/MPQ-53 radar set with overall expenses in excess of $6 million each. Lead inspector on the RIM-7, RIM-162 ESSM, MK-29, MK-48 and MK- 56 Sea Sparrow Launcher and Radar Systems with overall expenses in excess of $1.5 million each. Nov 2009 – Aircraft Mechanic III - Collateral Duty Quality Assurance Inspector – DLS Engineering, Inc. June 2012

• Inspected routine disassembly, repair, modification, assembly, overhaul, testing of electrical assemblies, subassemblies, and manufacturing of complex aircraft wiring harnesses for C-130J, HH60T, H-65, HU-25 aircraft.

• Responsible for 32 contract personnel and daily operations of wire harness facility.

• Complied with the fundamental standard for Quality ISO 9001, AS9100, IPC-A-610, IPC/WHMA-A-620, and J-STD-001.

• Ensured compliance with the ALC Tool Control Instruction 13600.1H, and the NAVAIR 01-1A-505−1.

• Ensured compliance with ALC Calibration Instruction 13640.1D.

• Managed all maintenance manuals and forms used.

• Conducted strategic planning meetings to restructure the facility floor plan in order to save the company revenue and labor hours resulting in a positive facility turnaround. Jan 1994 – United States Navy

Nov 2009

• Fleet Readiness Center Norfolk Pre-Maintenance Training (PMT) Division LPO.

• Aviation Ordnanceman - Full Systems Quality Assurance Representative.

• Support Equipment Leading Petty Officer, Weapons Department.

• Aviation Ordnanceman - Shift Supervisor, Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center.

• Aviation Ordnanceman – Plane Captain/Handler.

Software: Proficient in MS Project; MS Access; MS Excel; MS PowerPoint; Autodesk Vault 2010; Deltek Costpoint 7; FARO CAM2 Measure 10.1; Coordinate Measuring Machine Education: Bachelors of Business Administration, Averett University, Danville, VA Certification: 10-Hour Shipyard Maritime employee in occupational safety and health hazards ship repairing, shipbuilding, and ship breaking

Hardware and Software – Supplier Delegated Inspector, Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries

Certified ISO 9001:2015 Internal Auditor (TPECS), QM Quality Management Systems (ISO 9001:2015), AU – Management Systems Auditing (19011:2018), Certification number: 973****-******

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