Kazi Ahmed

**** *** **** **, ******, SC-*****

570-***-****(Home) / 843-***-**** (Cell), Email: adbxer@r.postjobfree.com NOTABLE EXPERIENCE:

• ASQ certified Six Sigma

Black Belt (CSSBB)

• ASQ CQE certified Quality

Engineer

• ASQ CQA Certified Quality

Auditor

• ASQ Six Sigma Green Belt

• Certified G D& T

• AS 9100 D Experience

• ISO 9001:2015 systems.

• NADCAP composite

• NDI NADCAP C-Scan

• Ultrasonic NDI system

qualifications

• Boeing qualification of

composite processes (BAC

5317, -3, -4, & BAC 5578)

• Composite experience BAC

5657 and Boeing D1-4426

process approval

• First Article Inspection

• Supplier & Customer audit

• Data Analytics experience

• Development quality

assurance processes

• Internal Quality audits

• New product introduction

(NPI) to existing line

• Develop documented

processes each process

• Measure the key processes

indicators (KPI’s)

• Establish the quality metrics

• A to Z all QC activities.

• Problem Solving (8D –Step).

• Implement CI approaches.

• Experienced with aircraft

interior A-class products.

• Experienced with technical

writing of process documents

and support projects.

• Product Reject / Defect

Investigations & CAPA

• Product quality and

inspection experience.

• Lean management

Technologies and value

stream process flow.

• Aerospace Quality

Management Experience

• Quality training Experience

• Sustaining and maintaining

the manufacturing process

• Experience with IS0

14001:2015 system.

• Working knowledgeable

IATF 16949:2016

• Six Sigma methodologies

• Statistical Process Control

• Integrated Product teams

(IPTs) experience.

• Using CMM Equipment

• Quality management and

surveillance.

• APQP, MSA, ISO/TS 16949

• Process capability & PDCA

• Process DFMEA & PPAP

• 5 why’s & 8D approaches.

• Implement Robust RCCA

• Material Review Board

Delegation

• Experience with Inspections

techniques, statistical

samples and risk analysis.

• Experience with developing,

documenting, maintaining,

and improving processes.

SUMMARY

• More than 20 years of experience as a Quality Control Manager, CI Manager, Manufacturing Engineer, and lead Quality Control and Assurance Engineer in Aerospace Production Industries for all kinds of precision aluminum alloy metals, composite structural products and assembly parts & Automotive Industries.

• Provide the as-built parts configuration to the as-designed configuration for products to meet customer requirements.

• Read, Interpret, Analyze & Review Engineering specifications, Blue prints, drawings, designs, CATIA MBD model & PDM products, Customer Standards & Requirements, Customer’s PO (Boeing BAC & BMS Spec, AMS, Bell Spec, BSS Spec, Sikorsky SS Spec, PS, Defense MIL Spec, NAS, MS, ASTM & ASME Spec etc.)

• Development and implement ITAR compliance program. Update all documents related to ITAR compliance

• Develop, implement and maintain the quality management systems, quality assurance procedures and forms, quality control activities, surveillance audits, customer process & procedures audits.

• Maintain the ISO & Aerospace quality systems such as ISO 9001, AS 9100, NADCAP AC 7118 & AC 7114

• Manage quality functions, the engineering products assurance, processes and materials to achieve the best quality.

• First Article Inspection (FAI) reports per AS 9102. Perform the surveillance audit of suppliers.

• Participate internal, external, supplier, and customer quality Audits. Engineering MRB Decisions such as submit, rework, scrap.

& use as is. Experience applying processes to engineering development and manufacturing efforts.

• Perform root causes analysis, internal and external customer Preventive and Root Cause Corrective action (RCCA).

• Plan sequence of operations and specifies procedures for the fabrication of product. Incorporate inspection and test requirements into the production plan. Experienced with composite fabrication and lab/machine shop & Clean room CCA.

• Implement continuous improvement, Waste elimination tools, Kaizen, 5S, Kanban, pulling system, standard work, Poka-Yoke, error proofed events, Gemba walk and Theory of constraints (TOC), Control plans, FMEA & Statistical Process control (SPC).

• Perform Statistics, Probability, Statistical Decisions, Hypothesis Testing, Regression analysis, Design of experiments (DOE), ANOVA analysis, Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) methodologies, Parametric and non-parametric tests

• Apply Six Sigma DMAIC Methodologies for reducing process variation & improve bottleneck of process. PROFESSIOAL EXPERIENCE

Lead Quality Engineer July 2019– Present

Watts Water Technologies, Inc. St. Pauls, North Carolina Mueller Steam Specialty casting products, Radiant products, Rains water system and Chemical drainage system products.

• Participate in continuous improvement and lead overall quality management, ensure compliance with corporate requirements, ISO 9001:2015 and all other applicable quality standards. Perform PMI (positive material indication) test on products.

• Work with all areas of the company to develop, implement and audit key business processes, procedures and work instructions

• Initiate, monitor, complete, and audit Corrective Actions for effectiveness. Lead the problem-solving activities.

• Support the Daily Quality Management Process and Continuous Improvement Operating System.

• Develop and implement all environmental aspect of ISO 14001:2015 EMS system

• Champion of ISO audits, EMS audit, PED audit, UL audit, ASME (U and R stamps) audit, NSF audit and FM audits.

• Complete and submit of APQP, PPAPs, PFMEA, Control plans, Gage R&R, MSA and FAI quality documents to customers.

• Support development, alignment and improvement actions related to the Factory Quality KPI’s

• Responsible for reducing all casting defects including in porosity, pin hole and casting pattern defects.

• Implement effective action to reduce all plastic defects including in plastic extrusion process and plastic casting process.

• Develop of Hydro test, pressure test and air pressure test of OEM products and Mueller casting products.

• Develop of training materials and welding defects criterial according to ASME welding code for welding products.

• Lead the Kaizen events, error proofed events and perform Gemba walk activities of different work cells.

• Complete root cause investigations and implements corrective actions and preventive actions on customer complaints.

• Collecting, tracking, and improving metrics for customer product and non-product issues. Run FaroArm CMM to inspect parts.

• Initiating Corrective Actions for pervasive Customer issues; providing effective response to customer complaints

• Collecting, tracking, and improving metrics for quality performance for internal quality and supplier quality issues including scrap, rework, and process quality; support yearly goal planning and Sites’ metrics improvements

• Be a key participant in the New Product Development process ensuring process rigor; completing all deliverables of the NPD process, and applying NPD principles to the large amount of custom, low volume/high mix business in plant.

• Looking for a big company.

Quality Control Manager March 2018 – May 2019

DBW fiber Corporation, Summerville, South Carolina High-temperature, thermal-and acoustic heat shielding products for Automotive Industries

• Develop and implement quality management system that support contract requirements and process compliance.

• Maintain the quality control/assurance management systems and continually improve its effectiveness.

• Responsible for completion and submission of APQP and PPAPs quality documents to customers timely.

• Perform internal process audit, VDS 6.3 process audit for company capacity and performance and ISO/TS 16949 audits.

• Ensuring engineering design records and specification requirements are properly understood and the manufacturing process has the potential to produce product that will consistently meet the requirements during an actual production run.

• Establish and sustain internal audit process in compliance with QMS. Maintain the audit readiness and quality awareness.

• Perform ISO 9001:2015 surveillance and recertification audit. Maintain and update the KPI’s for company’s processes.

• Respond all corrective and preventive actions for internal, external, customers & suppliers audit.

• Perform Gap analysis of IATF 16949:2016 requirement, develop all documents and ready for next audit transition.

• Successfully implement new products introduction to existing production line. Establish zero defect free product process.

• Provide supervision and technical guidance to the QA staff. Mentor and train employees regarding to quality procedures.

• Lead, counsel, coach and provide all technical supports to QC department personnel and others employees.

• Company is moving to Mexico.

Quality Control /CI Manager October 2014 – February 2018 Tighitco Inc, Ladson, South Carolina

Totally Composites Parts Supplier of Boeing 787, Boeing 737, Spirit Aero systems, & Gulfstream G650 program etc.

• Direct, develop and implement quality assurance procedures that support contract requirements and process compliance.

• Implement and maintain the quality control/assurance management systems and continually improve its effectiveness.

• Plan, develop and improve the quality assurance activities of new products and services. Change the technical requirement through the engineering configuration management process. Ensure quality attributes are added into product.

• Serve as key technical person for aerospace quality management system. Cost savings (300K) throughout CI projects.

• Gain Boeing qualification of composite processes (BAC 5317, -3, -4, BAC 5578, BAC5980 & NAS 410 specification).

• Achieve Boeing approved processor (D1-4426) and all engineering qualification of special processes and equipment (Ply cutter, core area, CCA& EMA room, OLT, Leaser Guide, autoclave, oven, exterior paints and NDI system)

• Work with customer qualification documents such as Thermal Profile Plans, Pre-Part Verification Plans, and First Part Qualification (FPQ) Plan accordingly to customer process Specifications. Perform cross functional team leader.

• Ensure complete and timely control of MRB material through Quality clinic and RCCA. Develop the business Plan.

• Fully engaging all functional areas and monitoring CI projects activities. Ensuring in completion of CI projects.

• Perform ISO 9001:2008 & AS 9100C surveillance, recertification, NADCAP composite and NADCAP NDI audit.

• Respond all corrective and preventive actions for internal, external, customers & suppliers audit.

• Successfully implement new products introduction to existing production line. Establish zero defect free product process.

• Make ensure the corrective /preventive action plans to assure timely completion. Validate the effectiveness of RCCA.

• Help to implement all environmental aspect of ISO 14001:2004 EMS system including manual, procedures, processes and quality form development. Perform internal audit according to check lists of ISO 14001:2004.

• Develop, document, maintain and improve the manufacturing and quality processes. Work with cross functional environment.

• Experience with all types of inspection methods and inspection techniques. Perform statistical sampling and risk analysis.

• Develop quality metrics, design and production certification plans for small programs to ensure compliance with contractual, Company and regulatory requirements.

• Conduct capability assessments and process validations to support supplier selection activities.

• Participate in various process reviews to ensure quality attributes are incorporated into product designs.

• Perform analysis, tests and process audits to ensure manufacturing and test readiness.

• Provide material review dispositions for non-conformances. Analyze non-conformance trends to evaluate effectiveness of corrective actions. Recommend corrective actions to address non-conformances.

• Plan for necessary steps to perform product testing techniques, tools & procedures including inspection instructions, test requirements and criteria, documentation requirements, compliance requirements, source requirements, and FAI etc.

• Provide supervision and technical guidance to the QA staff. Mentor and train employees regarding to quality procedures.

• Lead, counsel, coach and provide all technical supports to QC department personnel and others employees.

• Position was eliminated due to layoffs.

Quality Control Manager May 2013 – July 20 14

Whitetail Manufacturing Inc., Williston, Vermont

Precision machining components for aviation, defenses, UTC aerospace and Bio-medical etc.

• Work as a management quality representative for company. Support company’s policy, regulations and compliance.

• Perform ISO 9001:2008, ISO 13485 & AS 9100C surveillance audit. Use quality analysis tools to identify defects.

• Implement and maintain the quality management systems and continually improve its effectiveness.

• Develop and implement ITAR compliance program. Update all documents related to ITAR compliance. Maintain and uphold company’s quality policy with objective evidences. Respond all corrective actions for external audits, customers & suppliers. Improve outside special processes for sending parts to suppliers. Review customer PO.

• Prepare FAI inspection records per AS9102. Manage the planning and execution of product inspecting efforts.

• Verify and record all-objective evidence of engineering requirements. Update and calibrate of inspection tools.

• Develop better in process-inspection methods in house. Plan, organize and facilitate Quality team as required.

• Lead, counsel, coach and provide all technical supports to QC department personnel and others employees.

• Position was eliminated due to owner family took over my business. Manufacturing Engineer June 2010 – March 2013

Hexcel Corporation, Pottsville, Pennsylvania

Composites Honeycomb Core, Blade Cells Part for Boeing, Bell, Sikorsky, GKN, GE & ATK.

• Provide continuously manufacturing engineering supports, inputs, responses and activities for fabrication all kinds of Honeycomb Cores including metal, non-metal, Nomex, acoustic cores etc. and helicopter blade cells for composite.

• Provide day-to-day engineering inputs and supports to type part personnel required for quality and on-time production.

• Develop and implement production and tooling methodologies. Independently work on complex composite projects.

• Participate on integrated Product Teams (IPTs) to integrate technical solutions across multiple discipline.

• Develop employees by instilling a “Can Do” attitude, provide adequate training, supports, feedback and opportunities.

• Improve existing operations & processes incorporating new methods and processes. Build plan development.

• Review sale Orders, specifications, and drawings to manufacture a detail, sub-assemblies or assemblies per customer.

• Create written instructions and design tools supports to assist in fabrication parts. Create Bill of Materials (BOM), written process instructions, & make sketches of detail, sub-assemblies and assemblies.

• Create statement of work (SOW) for the fabrication of tooling. Provide weekly status to management on status.

• Provide creativity by proposing new ideas or finds new and better ways of doing things.

• Provide daily support of type part meeting and initiatives. Support manufacturing process though engineering cost estimating, providing new quotation, developing cost reduction process, and successfully new program introduction.

• Position was eliminated due to layoffs.

Manufacturing Engineer January 2008 – June 2010

Kaman Aero Structure Corp, Wichita, Kansas

Totally Composites Parts Supplier of Boeing, Bell, Sikorsky, Lockheed & Raytheon, etc.

• Fully Support the Manufacturing Engineer Department for making composite aero structural parts and requirements of Composite manufacturing processes. Work on complex build plan solutions in composite Fabrications.

• Review, create and develop the manufacturing planning to capture all customer's design, drawings and specifications,

• Solve and implement long term solutions of composite process related non-conformities thoroughly analyzing existing methods or building new processes. Evaluate and analysis of aerospace production discrepancies for all types.

• Prepare and provide the clear & concise fabrication instructions with details description for building composite parts.

• Represent engineering on the MRB person, responding to questions and concerns from manufacturing and engineering.

• Apply innovative approaches in process improvement activities and the ability to work with multiple disciplines with engineering, manufacturing and other organization. Work with suppliers and audit MRB activities of suppliers.

• Create BOM from customer MBD products, customer's drawings & specifications and put BOM in internal MRP systems.

• Work closely with tooling departments for needed any tooling design, trim tools & fixtures, layup tools, and shop aid.

• Validation and verification of first run productions of new composite manufacturing process.

• Work with customer qualification documents such as Thermal Profile Plans, Pre-Part Verification Plans, and First Part Qualification Plan accordingly to customer process Specifications. Implement new part introduction in process.

• Due to pending layoffs, pursued an opportunity with composite field in Hexcel. Quality Control Engineer September 2006 – January 2008 Perfekta (Aerospace) Inc., Wichita Kansas

Supplier of Boeing, Raytheon, Spirits, Cessna & Gulf Stream etc.

• Define and flow down the requirements of customer’s design, drawings, specifications, and standards for products, and process into the shop floor through job travelers after reviewing the customer's drawings, customer’s Digital Product Definitions (DPD & MBD), specifications, engineering standards, P.O. requirements and contracts.

• Verify and record the all-objective evidences of engineering requirements, customer specifications and standards.

• Develop the robust system for proving the quality records including FAI reports, C of C and others to customers.

• Operate PC-DMIS CMM to inspect parts and quality buy off job traveler’s operation.

• Provide technical supports all product acceptance functions to clarify and ensure compliance with quality requirements.

• Perform internal audits that all procedures and processes are in compliance with company/contract requirements.

• Pursued an opportunity with a larger Composites company Quality Control Engineer January 2006 – September 2006 DJ Engineering (Aerospace) Inc. Augusta, Kansas

Supplier of Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Douglas & Lockheed Martin etc.

• Develop better Aerospace AS 9100 quality assurance systems & procedures to increase the company’s quality ratings.

• Interpret and read engineering documents, drawings, specifications, requirements, and customer standards.

• Implement the continuous improvements approaches to production. Prepare FAI in accordance with AS9102.

• Verify and record the all-objective evidences of engineering requirements, customer specifications and standards.

• Develop the robust system for proving the quality records including FAI reports, C of C and others to customers.

• Operate Zeiss CMM to inspect parts and quality buy off job traveler’s operation.

• Initiate and implement of preventing and corrective actions. Develop the rejection history and source inspections.

• Implement Six Sigma DMAIC methodology to reduce the process variation and improve quality.

• Recruited to Perfecta.

Quality Assurance Engineer September 2003- November 2005 Tiercon Industries Inc., Hamilton, On, Canada

Supplier of Canada Aircraft, Bombardier Aerospace and Bell Canada etc.

• Review the manufacturing routing, Engineering designs, drawings & specifications, parts lists & purchase order that all quality requirements have been met to exceed the customer expectation. Mylar, customer specifications & using measuring devices. Prepare the FAI as per AS 9102 Rev-A and working closely with G D &T, Aerospace quality standards and providing Engineering MRB decisions such as submit, rework, scrap. & use as is.

• Analyze CAD model using CATIA V5. Provide drawings’ interpretation & design problems, Read & interpret blue prints,

• Relocated to USA.

Quality Assistance January 2003 – August 2003

Daimler Chrysler Motor Company, Detroit, Michigan

• Help to develop, review and approval of all documentation needed for PPAP, APQP, PFMEA, MSA, production flow and Control plan manufacturing document to ensure good quality process changes for existing products.

• Develop internal audit check list accordingly to ISO/TS 16494:2002 (E) and conduct the product and process audit.

• Participate in cross-functional team efforts to solve product and or process related problems.

• Pursued an opportunity in Canada

Senior Quality Engineer January 1993 - December 1999 Aftab Automotive Bangladesh, Joint venture of Toyota, Japan

• Review, develop and approve of APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, and control plan. Determine the root cause of internal process & quality issues. Investigate the root causes and implement corrective action. Verify the corrective action effectiveness.

• Manage customer issue through corrective actions, supplier action request and nonconforming material report. Develop and review quality procedures and inspection plans. Planning and conducting of process and systems audits of manufacturing and support departments. Work independently improving cost and quality of processes.

• Carry out capability studies to determine capabilities of existing processes.

• Relocated to USA.

EDUCATION

• MS in Mechanical Engineering, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, Michigan, USA, 2002. GPA 3.85

• BS in Mechanical Engineering. Bangladesh Engineering University &Technology Bangladesh, 1992. CERTIFICATIONS

• ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB) & Certified Six Sigma Green Belt (CSSGB).

• ASQ (American Society of Quality) Certified Quality Engineer (CQE).

• ASQ (American Society of Quality) Certified Quality Auditor (CQA).

• Composites Engineering Material Courses for Engineers from Wichita State University, Kansas.

• Certified Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (G D&T, ASME 14.5 M-2004)

• Certified Hexcel Internal Quality Auditor (Accordingly to Aerospace standards AS 9100, Rev- C)

• Retrained to Aerospace New Quality System AS 9100 Rev-D.

• Fundamental CATIA -5 training courses completed (40 hours)

• Certified Quality Management System Lead Auditor (ISO 9001:2015 & ISO 14001:2015). Status:

• US citizen.

COMPUTER SKILLS

• CATIA V5, AUTO-CAD, CATIA –V5 DMU, CATIA-V5 ANOVA,Fiber SIM

• Cimax / Cyteline and CAS MRP –II software

• MRP manufacture software experience (EPICOR MRP, SAP MRP, Business one MRP, and CAS MRP software)

• Job scope MRP systems, auditing tools and techniques. Hypermesh, Nastran, LS Dyna and finite elements analysis.

• E2 –shop floor MRP systems, FAI Net-inspection

• Q-pulse, MINI TAB-16, Advanced MS Word, MS Excel, QI Macros, MS PowerPoint, Access & MS Visio etc.

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