David Zapf
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Ball Ground GA 30107 ******@*****.***
Experience
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Machine shop - Fabrication - Quality
* **** *********p for supervision - Machine shop / Fabrication Worked all equipment in both divisions Mfg. / Quality Preparing for Mfg / Quality supervision assignment Reason for leaving - layoff - Caterpillar major force reduction 50% workforce 1987 - 2006 Exide Technologies - Manchester IA - Battery plant Battery Test Lab Manager - Quality Auditor Supervisor Battery testing for compliance and Engineering requests Internal auditor QS 9000 TS 16949
Working with plant production on quality issues / scrap reduction Training new auditors - quality for manufacturing, formation and test equipment Quality Supervisor of all quality auditors, all shifts. Resolve issues with production quality
Part of team for Customer Satisfaction - reviewing CAR’s and required actions to resolve issues FMEA review team / risk reduction
Participated Green Belt projects
Reason for transferring - Corporate Lab Manager position in Milton GA 2006 to present Exide Technologies Milton GA
Corporate Lab Manager
Receive all engineering work requesting; aligning testing procedures with testing matrix Manage techs and assign work requests for technician testing Confirm testing data and testing accuracy
Participate with engineering to achieve new product approval; confirm cost reduction does not compromise compliance or life cycle testing of product Attend team brainstorming meetings for new product issues and special testing to help resolve When customer requests new testing review and generate test procedure Working with quality by visiting OE customers to resolve issues In my 33 years at Exide performed thousands of battery teardowns for warranty (QC), compliance (QC,Eng), Design project life failures (Eng) and Product liability Participated in several green belt projects
Internal auditor IATF 16949