Quality Engineer Assurance

Jeffry Alan Day

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Objective

To serve as a quality assurance professional who will be instrumental in driving business improvements

Education

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE AUGUST 1991 MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY

·Major: Industrial Technology

·Minor: Electronics

·Related coursework: Industrial Management, Statistics and Metallurgy

Skills & Abilities

MANAGEMENT & ENGINEERING

·ASQ Certified Manager of Quality / Operational Excellence Tooling Design

·ASQ Certified Quality Engineer AIAG Core Tools

·Six Sigma Black Belt – University of Tennessee SWOT Analysis

·Lean Manufacturing 6S and Value Stream Mapping Capital Expenditures

·ISO, TS16949 and AS9100 Lead Auditor

QUALITY SYSTEMS

·Management Representative experience for TS 16949, AS9100, TL 9000, and ISO 9001

·Lead Auditor experience for AS9100, TS16949 and ISO 9001

·VDA 6.3 Process Auditing

Employment History

QUALITY ENGINEER ENTEGEE ENGINEERING RECRUITERS SEP 2023 TO MAR 2024

I worked in a contract engineering position for Ducommun Aerostructures in Parsons, KS. My primary responsibility has been to focus on special projects for the Quality Manager. To support NADCAP special processes and the associated audits that are required for Aerospace manufacturers. I also served as an internal auditor for AS9100 internal audits.

QUALITY MANAGER AVAIL ENCLOSURES JUNE 2022 TO JULY 2023

Led quality assurance and control efforts for AVAIL enclosures formerly AZZ Enclosures. Successfully led 700K project whereby AVAIL built 122 enclosures for a key customer. This was the largest order in the history of both AZZ and AVAIL enclosures. I was the Management Representative and lead auditor for the ISO 9001 quality system,

QUALITY ENGINEER MAPP TECHNOLOGIES DEC 2021 TO JUNE 2022

I was the Management Representative and lead auditor for the ISO 9001 quality system; I also served by leading Kaizen efforts to improve problem areas. Utilize DMAIC and DIVE tools and methodology to Define, Investigate, Verify and Improve processes. Serve jointly with the audit team as ISO lead auditor and support the NADCAP audit efforts.

QUALITY MANAGER DURA-LINE / ORBIA FROM 2018 TO 2021

My primary responsibility was to improve the quality of the product. I was instrumental in reducing the

McAlester, OK complaints from 28 in 2018 to only 6 complaints in 2019. Obtained my Six Sigma Black

Belt certificate during this time frame and was leading the Black Belt project to reduce the plant’s

more significant quality issues. Led many aspects of DMAIC during the project such as Cause & Effects,

Analysis Matrix and Control Chart development as needed. Served as the Management Representative for

the ISO 9001 quality system and was part of internal audit team as lead auditor.

QUALITY MANAGER PHILLIPS MEDISIZE / MOLEX FROM 2015 TO 2018

I served as the Management representative for the TS/IATF 16949 Quality system. The Medford, WI location was a decorative plastic manufacturer for the automotive industry. By focusing on performance metrics as a team, I have led Kaizen events that reduced scrap by over 50% for a high volume key FOB part. Plant was able to reduce total scrap and rework by at least 25% after implementing LVDT thermo-couples to monitor which in turn helped control mold steel temperatures on three high volume injection mold machines.

PRESIDENT QUALITY LANDSCAPING & PATIOS FROM 2012 TO 2015 Bought existing landscaping company and managed all efforts such as P&L, Sales, and customer service Providing technical support to landscaping technicians as needed. Led company to a record 1.6M in net sales in 2013. Hired a promising landscape technician to run the crew while I got back into quality management. Performed short contract work for NCS Manufacturing in Shawnee, KS and AVM Industries in Marion SC during this period.

QUALITY & SERVICE MANAGER RADIAN RESEARCH FROM 2008 TO 2012 Improved the Service department repair TAT (turn-around-time) from average of 15 days to 4 days by utilizing Lean techniques and focusing on performance metrics in the Service laboratory. Radian was a key player in both the design and development and manufacture of Energy Reference standards. During my tenure at Radian, I provided justification for a visual measurement system which was ultimately purchased then programmed for all Printed Circuit Boards manufactured at Radian, Years later, I served on a team that researched and qualified new vendors for the outsourcing of those same PCB(s).

QUALITY MANAGER REGAL BELOIT FROM 2005 TO 2008 Served as the ISO Management representative for the Regal Beloit, West Plains, MO location and led successful green belt project that identified the variance with a particular model of electric motor. As a result of this project, Regal Beloit was able to improve the torque performance of the motor enough to improve the 1st pass yield by 15% from levels before the project.

DIVISIONAL QUALITY MANAGER KIDDE SAFETY of UNITED TECHNOGIES FROM 2000 T0 2005 Spearheaded a Warranty Returns analysis / Product Development improvement project for a $300M division which ultimately led the justification for hiring a sustaining engineer who produced a first year cost savings of $350K within the Detection Products division. I coordinated, managed and supported all functions that related to the Detection Products division. Detection products included both smoke and carbon monoxide alarms. Kidde utilized multiple manufacturing locations including our Research and Development Center in Colorado Springs, CO to design and manufacture detection products. Served as a focal point in the R&D Group to identify both weaknesses and strengths in new or modified designs. I developed quality plans that tested areas of concern in new products. I worked with the Engineering departments to develop Design FMEA(s) to identify those areas of concern. This formal design review process improved the initial pilot run success at our manufacturing sites by 50%.

QUALITY MANAGER & QUALITY ENGINEER CINCH CONNECTORS FROM 1997 TO 2000 I served as the process Quality Engineer for the Aerospace department until I was promoted to Quality Assurance Manager. Led plant to successful AS9100 implementation / certification in 1999. Improved our Cost of Quality system which not only used the typical categories of Prevention, Appraisal and Rework; it also included such factors as labor productivity, loss of customer satisfaction which were estimated via a calculation provided in ASQ magazine. As a result of focus on this report and AS9100 process control techniques the company was able to reduce customer returns by 25

TOOLING & QUALITY ENGINEER ROCKWELL AUTOMATION FROM 1991 TO 1997 Started my career as a Tooling Design Engineer then after two years I was promoted to Quality Engineer. Implemented automated SPC data collection work-centers for CTQ (Critical to Quality) areas specifically Allen Bradley automated SPC data collection and measurement systems at key machining centers then provided training of general SPC concepts as well as specific Allen Bradley equipment usage techniques. This real tine SPC systems reduces scrap by 15% and rework was reduced by 50%. Grand total of scrap and rework cost reductions were 100K annually.

Education BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, Missouri State University, cum laude 3.45 GPA in Industrial Technology - Major: Electronics Minor: Industrial Management – graduated 1991

Certifications

ASQ-Certified Quality Engineer, 1994 – Certificate # 32420

ASQ-Certified Manager of Quality and Operational Excellence, 2007 – Certificate # 11142

Certified ISO/TS 16949 Lead Auditor includes AIAG Core Tools, 2016 – Certificate # 1136976

Six Sigma Black Belt certificate, 2019 – University of Tennessee

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