Brian C. Steele II

admcy0@r.postjobfree.com

270-***-****

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

www.linkedin.com/in/brian-steele-0b032573

US Army, Veteran

Quality Technician/Supervisor/Engineering Specialist KEY COMPETENCIES

As a Quality Technician/Supervisor/Engineering Specialist, I will provide the highest level of support using technological knowledge and communication skills acquired through specialized training and previous experience as well as ongoing education.

• Over 5 years of experience encompassing virtually all phases of quality including inspection, audits, CPK analysis, gauge R and R, receiving inspection, center spec analysis, SPC chart monitoring, contaminants, sorting, and metallurgical and laminating quality lab functions.

• Extensive specialized training in customer service, oral communication, attention to detail, and problem solving. I have assessed multiple working scenarios for a wide-reaching client base and used problem solving skills to ensure uninterrupted workflow.

• Previously employed with ISO 9001/TS IATF 16949 certified companies.

• Created new process and wrote work instruction for Forging and Machining hold procedures and created a tracking database to ensure timely rework processes and FIFO requirements were being utilized.

• Created and wrote work instructions for Production and Engineering Alerts to convey information to team members for things that did not qualify for a Quality Alert.

• Created and wrote work instructions for CMM calibrations and zeroing and step by step recovery process. • Member of Activities Committee.

• Routinely chosen for special projects to help increase customer confidence in our ability to create world class quality parts. • Initiated a one-piece flow method that ensured one hundred percent accountability of good to defective parts on all sorts. This decreased sort time by eliminating a need for resorts, saving the company both time and money. • Provided assessment and logistical knowledge to customers and assisted them to streamline productivity. • Using communication and organizational skills, I structured and implemented a revised work instruction at a client facility which enabled my team to do inspections without disrupting the company’s workflow, saving them both time and money from previously lost down time.

● Software: Windows 3.1 – 10, Microsoft Office 2007 – Office 365 (Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, SharePoint, Access), Oracle, Welder Expert, Norton Antivirus, McAfee Anti-Virus. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

LLFLEX (40 – 60 hrs. per week) March 2020 – September 2020 Quality Engineering Specialist

● Manage the disposition of and perform routine inspections on non-conforming raw vendor materials as well non conforming manufactured product from the WIP stage through Finished Goods.

● Perform critical attribute testing on manufactured products and compile and analyze data to create shipment specific Certificates of Authenticity and/or Compliance based on customer requirements.

● Develop and maintain in-depth knowledge of established industry/plant specific Quality policies/procedures in accordance with QMS and ISO standardization.

● Supports development and implementation of process improvement initiatives within the quality department and throughout plant including R&D.

● Maintain responsibility for retention record/sample inventory to include indexing, filing, recordkeeping, and purging. Hendrickson International (40 – 60 hrs. per week)

Quality Assurance Technician June 2019 – January 2020

● Responsible for Materials Receiving for the entire facility, including inspections, rejections, cert verification, NCM reports, and updating PPE against suppliers.

● Wrote, issued, and trained Quality Alerts as needed for both internal and external quality issues. ● Acted as primary for quality upkeep of production equipment (Calibrations, zeroing, crash reset, etc.) including but not limited to CMM, ELDEC, IBG (Eddy Current), and forge press functions.

● Heavily involved with metallurgical laboratory functions for daily, weekly, and requalification tests, MPAPs, PPAPs, Gauge R&R, weld acid etching and macros.

● Conducted audits and various spot checks as well as knowledge-based testing for team member sign offs at specific workstations.

● Conducted full weld and defect inspections on control boxes multiple times per shift to ensure robot welders are completing superior products in accordance with the WPS to print specifications. NHK Spring Precision of America (40 – 56 hrs. per week) July 2016 – May 2019 Lead Quality Technician III

● Perform a variety of Quality checks on every process of production using calipers, load cell testers, hardness/surface roughness testers, and CCD microscope into the PLEX system to generate SPC data and track quality at the process level. ● Calibrate gauges and measuring devices (i.e. calipers, micrometers, etc.) to IATF standards.

● Responsible for inspection receiving of materials including wire and retainers to ensure quality expectations of customer. ● Responsible for special project customer tests including CPK, Center Spec analysis, Gauge R&R, and contamination tests. ● Required to make judgment calls based on SPC chart data pertaining to adjustments, parts being placed on hold, and work stoppage for maintenance/ set up miscalculations.

● Direct supervisor to the sort/contamination team. Coordination with logistics department to identify shipping schedule to prioritize sorting needs to abstain from missing product shipments. First Call Quality Solutions (40 – 74 hrs. per week) March 2014 – January 2016 Team Lead

● Assess and prioritize client goals and design business architecture to meet the requirements.

● Implement Quality Control measures based on client needs.

● Return accepted vendor material to the production line as necessary and document all rejected materials. ● Provide instruction/operating procedures and tier 1 customer support after materials have been sorted/audited. Additional Experience

Sales/Credit Manager, Rent A Center, Elizabethtown, KY August 2013 – March 2014/January – July 2016 Shift Manager, LJS/A&W, Radcliff, Ky November 2012 -July 2013 Musician, Innerglobal Records, Austin, TX November2005 – October 2012 Tesco, Test Plans Analyst, Fort Hood, TX September 2000 – July 2006 US Army, Military Intelligence (Secret Clearance), US and Europe January 1997 – June 2000

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Military Intelligence 1997 – 2000

Blinn College – 30 credit hours

Elizabethtown Technical and Community College – 28 Credit hours AIAG certificates of completion in: Core Tools, APQP, PPAP, and MSA AWARDS

Army Service Ribbon, Army Overseas Service Ribbon, Shutzenscnur German Armed Forces Marksman Badge, Silver Cord.