Kevin Smith

Lansing, MI *****

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+1-847-***-****

A committed and highly insightful materials engineer with experience in product development, assessing manufacturing quality and supporting continuous improvement projects. Emphasizes quality, accuracy and efficiency while fostering alignment, driving cost savings, and achieving essential product objectives. Proven success in supporting a complex, results-oriented technical enterprise and its customers with sustained excellence.

Work Experience

Senior Materials Engineer, Engineering Center

TENNECO - Grass Lake, MI

October 2004 to April 2023

• Interacted with supply chain and vendors to verify purchased products met print requirement(s) and cost-improvement goals.

• Facilitated PPAP approval from OEM customers by training and tool development of hazardous/ restricted substance reporting to ensure compliance with various global emission standards.

• Supported original equipment emission control component production plants with assessment of product quality, failure analysis, and implementation of cost-saving endeavors.

• Reviewed, revised, and composed corporate material specifications used to manufacture emissions control components.

• Verified material callouts on development, prototype, and production part prints released by document control to ensure materials specified on drawings met design intent, internal, customer and industry specifications.

• Promoted companywide acceptance of standardized material callouts to reduce costs and improve correct material usage.

• Created and maintained controlled documents to assist cross-functional teams (i.e., design, supply chain, program engineering, manufacturing and cost estimators).

• Conducted IATF 16949 internal audits over a 13-year period to advance certification retention of multiple sites during external audits.

• Directed and supervised prototype shop personnel on various tasks related to metallurgy lab investigations, warranty department analyses, and research-related work order fulfillment.

• Performed failure analysis studies and wrote reports on prototype & production parts for internal and external customers.

• Troubleshot production plant inefficiencies and facilitated process improvement with high-speed video setup, capture, and analysis.

Metallurgist

ECM-USA, INC. - Kenosha, WI

May 2003 to October 2004

• Collaborated with customers to develop effective vacuum carburizing cycles for steel components to best meet respective product specifications.

• Worked and corresponded with research personnel from automotive OEMs and suppliers (e.g., Ford, Daimler-Chrysler, General Motors, American Axle, and Visteon).

• Managed workers for partner company to ensure proper receiving, load assembly, heat treatment, product certification, and return shipment of heat-treated components to and from customers.

• Studied load variability of parts vacuum carburized and gas quenched and proposed ideas to minimize systematic irregularity in product performance and microstructure throughout load. Graduate Research Assistant

COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES - Golden, CO

January 1998 to September 2002

Instructed both graduate and undergraduate students in learning proper operation and interpretation of data from XRD. Conducted thesis and university-related research. Summer Training Program Intern, Technical Center,

DEERE & COMPANY - Moline, IL

May 2001 to September 2001

• Collaborated on high-visibility failure analysis project for purchased consumer product with safety implications.

• Participated with other technical center staff and subsidiaries during investigation and co-authored preliminary internal report on matter.

• Conducted metallographic analyses to assist with future implementation of dual-frequency induction hardening processes for production components.

• Performed quality assurance testing by comparing Deere product specifications to measured hardness and microstructures.

Education

Certification in Lean Product and Process Development UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - Ann Arbor, MI

March 2005 to March 2005

M.S. in Metallurgical Engineering

COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES - Golden, CO

May 1998 to June 2001

B.S. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Colorado School of Mines - Golden, CO

January 1996 to May 1998

Skills

• Continuous Improvement

• Microsoft Office Suite

• Internal Audits

• Minitab

• Lotus Notes

• Reporting and Documentation SAP

• PPAP

• Compliance Management

• Quality Assurance

• Grapher

• IATF 16949:2016

• Six Sigma

• Process Improvement

• APQP

• Quality Management

• Document Management

• Lean Manufacturing

Links

linkedin.com/in/kevin-smith

Certifications and Licenses

Six Sigma Yellow Belt

Six Sigma Green Belt

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