Quality Engineer

SENIOR QUALITY ENGINEER

Timothy Evans **** W. Torquay Rd.

Phone: 317-***-**** Muncie, In.

Email: *******@*****.*** 47304

SKILLS

QUALITY ASSURANCE PROFESSIONAL, 25+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, ASQ MEMBER SINCE 1992, 20+ CERTIFICATES

AVAILABLETS16949 CERTIFIED LEAD AUDITOR, IDENTIFY MEASUREMENT METHODS NEEDED, AND BUDGET FOR PURCHASE,

TRAINING ASSOCIATES TO USE BASIC IM&TE, PRINT READING, AND INTERPRETATION, HOW TO IMPLEMENT AND USE SPC EVALUATION METHODS, ORGANIZATIONAL, REPORTING, AND VERBAL SKILLS

SUPPLIER QUALITY DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER, CERTIFIED TS-16949 LEAD AUDITOR, METROLOGY LAB MANAGER

15 YEARS MANUAL & CNC CMM PROGRAMMER, SUPERVISED 15 ASSOCIATES, MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATIVE FOR BARGAINING UNIT COMMITTEE DURING UNION CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, COMPLETE DATA ANALYSIS AND FORMULATE COUNTERMEASURES

FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT THROUGHOUT SUPPLY LINES. HIRED, AND TRAINED PRODUCTION FLOOR INSPECTORS,

CALIBRATION TECHNICIANS, CNC CMM OPERATORS, AND ANY ADDITIONAL LAB ASSOCIATES

CONTINUALLY IMPROVING QUALITY, TO SATISFY ALL CUSTOMER SPECIFIC NEEDS, CREATES COST DOWNS THROUGH LOCALIZATION. AS A DIRECT CUSTOMER, AND SUPPLIER CONTACT I HAVE HAD CONSISTANT SUCCESS IN FORMING CONSISTENT RELATIONSHIPS THAT HAVE INCREASED PRODUCT QUALITY WHILE REDUCING COSTS

18 YEARS, GD&T APPLICATION FROM PRINTS, SPC EVALUATION, APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, 5Y, 8D, DOE, CONTROL PLANS, WRITING SOP, AND WI, IDENTIFY DATA CAPABILITY DIMENSIONS, PERFORM CORRELATION STUDIES BETWEEN PLANTS, AND DEVELOP COUNTERMEASURES FOR CUSTOMER CONCERNS.

NOMINATED WHO'S WHO TO WATCH IN QUALITY ASSURANCE BY STRATHMORE'S INTERNATIONAL QUALITY WORLDWIDE 2014

WORK EXPERIENCE:

NASG (North American Stamping Group) 07/2021 – current quality engineer

• Customer contact for all defective parts or concerns, assign responsible manager as champion for

8D activities.

• Develop and publish APQP documents using Auto DCP.

• Update customer portals with PPAP submissions (all levels).

• As 8D’s are completed each of the steps are updated in the customer portals.

Use QCBD software for internal document control, including internal deviations, engineering

changes, inspection & operator instructions,

• Use Minitab for capability studies, Gage or part process R&R and SPC review.

• Developed a method to verify gage to part print. Used to verify dimensions that are indirectly

Validated on a part.

• Lead and report out on corrective action status weekly. Internal and external 8D actions.

• Verify and validate corrective actions.

• Audit processes using LPA’s as additional validation of corrective actions completed, including

read-across for similar processes.

GTI (Midway Products) senior quality engineer 2018 – 07/2021 Startup facility

•Liaison for customer, GM Bowling Green (corvette assembly plant), Create, update, review, and submit all APQP & PPAP documentation, PFMEA, Control plan, Process flow, Engineering changes, revisions, part layouts, and capability studies. Determine critical characteristics for SPC data collection. Document submission through Covisent (customer portal for GM & Ford).

•Weekly PCDMIS data review and submission for part capability and improvement submitted through GDIS software for GM, and WBB / DQPV software for Ford.

•All internal documentation for is recorded PPAP / APQP is through PLEX software.

•Coordinate all containment actions internally, and at customer facility. Drive all customer 8D activities, through completion including validation / verification and escalation audits.

•Supplier development contact. Issue requirements, concerns, 8D requests, and cost recovery

•Weekly reporting to BOD on progress, planning, and direct actions for customer concern corrective actions.

•Weekly meeting to update engineering changes, including 5 phase planning and assignment timelines / benchmarking.

•Daily meeting for disposition of suspect material, and scrap issues.

•Review, determine, and correct systemic quality issues following all IATF and MSA guidelines.

Bentler Automotive

Advanced quality engineer 2016 - 2018

•Review, and correct systemic quality issues.

•Develop, schedule, and execute internal process, product, and system audits. (IATF-16949)

•Create, and schedule layered process audits.

•Started fast response board (A3 & 8D) for internal issues.

•Support quality engineers in understanding of print reading and GD&T application.

•Develop measurement methods using B&S CMM (PC-DMIS)

•Initiate the use of SPC for current CMM measurement programs.

Faurecia 2016 – 2016 Supplier Quality Development Engineer (Contract)

•Improving supplier relations with Ford mandated suppliers was of paramount concern in this position.

•During the first six weeks, my job description changed from tracking, analysis, and reporting of quality concerns for SQI, and MMP reports to our corporate office, to developing a consistent meeting schedule, and benchmarking supplier development and improvement.

•Responsible for improving all aspects of the supplier base.

•Reduced the number of high visibility quality concerns/complaints by 38% over 3 months.

•Express our concerns directly to our supplier contacts, as well as apply the appropriate countermeasures to improve our received products and improve our supplier relationships, lowering costs.

•Developed, and improved the incoming receiving sampling plans based on the known history of each supplied non-conformance recorded and applied countermeasures as needed.

Keihin IPT 2012 – 2016

Supplier Quality Development Engineer / Supplier contact: TS-16949 Lead Auditor

•Hired metrology technicians and trained them to receive prototype pieces, layout dimensional, verify quantities, compare them to visual standards, and record the information into our controlled inventory.

•Supplier Localization, and development, for prototype, or new model products by auditing prospective suppliers, verifying the use of our provided (SQM), ensuring training for supplier associates is scheduled, completed, and recorded, follow through with part layout, measurements for capability studies, verifying they are conducting correlation studies between our international partners and suppliers.

•Provide guidance for requirements of process flows and how they are controlled, quality verification, and recording using the correct measuring equipment.

•Provide support and training to suppliers to meet requirements of APQP, PPAP, and TS-16949.

Pace Manufacturing 2010 – 2012

Quality Engineer / Customer contact: APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, SPC, and Auditor

•Die Casting: Verification of die change/modification, and improved quality recording methods, determine critical dimensions.

•Initiate the use of SPC for tracking and improvement of customer-defined characteristics.

•Made Bi-Monthly trips to Chicago for customer meetings about quality issues, upcoming product print changes, and requirements for implementation, issue quality alerts, 8D, and 5Y.

•Conducted our team daily roundtable analysis concerning suspect material to ensure the true root cause was identified, quarantined, corrected, recorded, and clearly communicated to production supervision. If any suspect material is in transit, I would contact the customer with the information and initiate sorting or have material returned.

•Established corrective action plans with clear benchmarking, and timelines for implementation to ensure permanent correction.

•Made sure that follow through of corrective actions were used to continually improve processes, quality, and on time deliveries.

•Perform first article inspection, capability studies, record any tooling changes required, PPAP, and ensure all written standard operator instructions are clear and understood.

Advanced Bearing Materials 2006 – 2010

Quality Engineer: Inspection metallurgy evaluation

•Daily evaluation of all taken in-process measurements, including atmosphere, and temperatures of melting furnaces, oil cooling temperatures, and flow rates.

•Chemistry analysis, using Atomic Absorption rate, and Spectral testing used to modify alloy chemistry to meet customer requirements on pre-poured bearing alloy.

•Audit evaluation of each steel coil before production, and verification of each annealing control plan, and developed final inspection requirement for each pallet of material produced.

•Create frequency, and identify sample characteristics for bearing samples, cut, mount, and polish for etch samples, to evaluate dendrite structure, strength, stereoscopic measurement of any cracks, or adhesion tears to meet requirements of bearing materials to steel, also a licensed fork truck driver.

Indiana Precision Forge 2004 – 2006

Quality Engineering / CNC CMM Programmer, TS-16949 lead auditor

•Lab manager, customer and supplier contact, including TS audit scheduling and evaluation. Product and design change evaluation using APQP and PPAP lead 8D and corrective actions meetings.

•Developed training matrix for inspectors and initiated SPC tracking of critical features.

•Programmed Mitutoyo CNC CMM from blueprints for new product layout and daily inspection programs.

•Develop calibration scheduling frequency of IMTE.

Education:

•22+ quality assurance, leadership, and technical class certifications (available upon request)

•Vincennes University Business Management: 1984-1986.

•Greensburg Community High School: 1980-1983 Diploma (college prep)

•2 years student teacher 11th-12th grade

References:

•Harold Ricketts 502-***-**** (customer quality rep)

•Nate Bradshaw 502-***-**** (supplier quality rep)

•Jason Tuck 317-***-**** (quality engineer, programmer)

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