Manager Quality Assurance

Gregory C Arruda Contact # 951-***-****(cell)

**** ****** **** ** *****: **********@*****.***

Corona, Ca. 92883

____________________________________________________________________________________

Objective: To obtain a supervisory position that will allow me to utilize my experience and capabilities in management to

contribute to the success of a team oriented company as well as to my personal success.

Attributes: Motivated, hardworking, intense, aggressive, and passionate individual that approaches job and life

responsibilities equally, always willing to tackle/challenge any obstacle encountered.

Professional Experience:

6/07- Present Continental Pumping Co Inc/ Corona, Ca.

Owner/Manager

Managed day to day operations of a septic system installation and septic pumping company. Handled all customer

service and sales calls as well as onsite quotes as required by potential customer. Employed and managed 8

employees on a daily basis, supervised and managed septic system installation on site at each job as well as

participating in labor with “hands on” mentality to complete job and support the team. Setup job scheduling daily/weekly as required by workload.

11/99- 2/07 Paramount Machine Co. Inc/ Rancho Cucamonga, Ca.

Production/Plant Manager

Managed day to day operations of a 30 plus employee company which included a night shift crew of approx 3-6

employees. Responsible for customer service, purchasing raw materials, P.O. reviews, shop routers, job scheduling,

quoting, planning, outside process planning and scheduling, tool purchasing, and on time delivery to customer.

Analysis of internal/OP job process for efficiency, job costing analysis, investigate cause and corrective action on

Internal/Outside process as required, and design and manufacture tooling required per job. Also responsible for

interviewing and hiring all prospective employees, administering employee performance evaluations, wage increases, as well as disciplinary action and terminations. Tasked with mediating internal disputes

amongst employees and/or with management personnel, keeping employee moral up, and being a conduit for

management/department/employee coordination. Established a secure inventory stock/part area with documentation,

location, and traceability, keeping cost of surplus part to a minimum, but able to service repeat customer P/N

requirement when urgent demand existed. When time available, contributed to manufacturing process by setting up

machines for production run, testing and establishing proposed planning process, and finishing/completing jobs/parts

per shop router for OP or shipping to customer, a very hands on oriented hardworking manager.

4/95- 11/99 M.A.K. Tool and Die Inc/ La Mirada, Ca.

Production/Plant Manager

Managed and organized day to day company operations. Supervised and orchestrated 15 plus employee work load. Responsible for interviewing and hiring all prospective employees. Administered employee performance reviews, wage increases, as well as disciplinary action and terminations.

Planning/Purchasing/Quoting

Generate job priority listing and track in process production. Established individual job planning, designed tooling required or product redesign as per customer requirements. Responsible for purchasing of all standard/special manufacturing tools, raw materials, and accessories/details to complete jobs per required specifications. Review and establish bid price for quoting new incoming jobs, including any special

processes, material or accessories included.

Quality Assurance Manager

Established and implemented a quality system level QA 500. Initiated change over to D-1 9000 Quality System.

Conducted all purchase order reviews in coordination with work order/job shop traveler for compliance to P.O.

requirements. Maintained tool calibration per MIL-STD 45662A and tracking. Performed all in process floor

and first article inspections, as well as final inspection of product, before and after outside process. Established an excellent working relationship with all customer source inspectors, engineers, and purchasing agents.

Tooling/Prototype/Production Machinist

Operate vertical mills with digital readout, engine lathes, drill banks, auto feed surface grinder, tool and cutter grinder, radial drill, hydrotels with 360 degree tracing valve and 180 degree rise and fall valve, drill sharpener, plasma cutter, hydraulic break, finger break, notcher, shear, band saw, table saw, table router, pin router, table top 5 ton electric punch press, and manual arbor presses. Manufacture products complete from blueprints, sketches, customer requirements and in house work orders. Set up and establish production operation on mills and lathes and instruct operators accordingly, inclusive of all inspection requirements and frequency. Manufacture necessary tooling or tracing templates. Manufacturing and forming sheet metal parts.

9/93- 4/95 Paramount Machine Co Inc/ San Dimas, Ca

Machinist – Conventional Lathe, Mill

Set up and manufactured product complete per blueprints, sketches, shop work order, all aspects of machine shop

production.

2/91- 9/93 C&C Technologies/ Anaheim, Ca.

Quality Assurance Manager

Performed all quality oriented responsibilities – P.O. review, raw material specification inspection, receiving and shipping inspection, floor inspection, in process inspection, first article inspection, calibration, and final inspection including customer Source inspection acceptance.

6/85- 6/91 Whitco Mfg Inc/ Anaheim, Ca.

Machinist

Set up and run conventional mills and lathes. Machine parts per blueprint and shop work order. Manufacture tooling or tool aids and “detail” (complete) CNC manufactured parts. Set up and run Vertical Jig Bore, horizontal mill, and Sunnen Honing machine. Also manufactured and assembled Hydraulic Cadillac Tracing units and tracing valves, scrapped and flaked ways.

From 1988 to 1991 responsibilities shifted between manufacturing parts and Quality Control Inspector.

11/81- 6/85 J.R. Machine & Tool Co/ Whittier, Ca.

Machinist

Learned to operate bandsaws, drill presses, surface grinders, lathes, vertical and horizontal mills and manufactured parts from blueprints.

Promoted to shop foreman in June of 1982: Responsibilities included interviewing potential employees, hiring/termination of employees, job planning, shop scheduling, purchasing, inspection, deburring, and outside processing as well as submitting finished product to customers.

Contact this candidate