Quality Mgr/Eng (206828) Mech Engineer / CQT
Experienced Quality Engineer with a successful history of working in Tier 1 & 2 suppliers to the automotive industry. This Quality Professional is a Mechanical Engineer and is a CQT Certified Quality Technician. His manufacturing experience covers a wide range of operations including machining, forging, stamping, welding, fabrication, painting, injection molding, extrusion, assembly, and packaging. He is skilled in Root Cause Analysis, Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, 5S, and Kaizen.
- Coordinated the reuse of equipment from prior projects for cost-improvement savings of $1.2M.
- Improved Team Member communication of current quality issues by adding display boards to assembly group houses.
- Reduced costs $250,000 annually by comparing similar fasteners from other Toyota facilities and changed to most cost-effective ones.
- Controlled Focus Supplier activity to increase performance of challenged suppliers.
- Facilitated customer defect countermeasure tracking activity.
- 5-S trainer and auditor.
- Supervised two receiving inspectors and a calibration technician.
- Sustained all quality functions relating to the automotive, telecommunications and government contracts.
- Coordinated parts for new vehicle launch, serving as SQA engineer for ten vendors, as well as supplier auditor and internal auditor.
- Served as customer liaison for Subaru Isuzu Automotive Company.
- Created and updated PFMEA’s, 8-D’s, inspection standards.
- Supervised thirteen technicians.
- Interviewed, tested, and hired all quality personnel.
- Implemented new gage calibration system.
- Collected, compiled and monitored SPC data
- Maintained gage calibration.
Skills
- OEM Manufacturing
- Tier 1 Supplier
- Tier 2 Supplier
- Machining Operations
- Hi Volume CNC Machining Operations
- Foundry Operations
- Forging Operations
- Stamping Operations
- Casting Operations
- Assembly Operations
- Welding Operations
- Fabrications Operations
- Packaging Assembly
- Coating / Painting Operations
- Injection Molding Operations
- Extruding Operations
- Implementing Corrective Actions
- ISO9001
- IATF16949
- TS16949
- 5S
- PFMEA
- 8-D’s
- Plex QMS Software
- Packaging Validation
- Process Improvement
- Product Reject / Defect Investigations
- Quality Team Leadership
- Hiring Quality Personnel
- New production line startup
- Reducing Scrap
- Quality Focused
- First Article Inspection FAI
- Delivering Cost Reductions
- Sorting Suspect Parts
- PPAP
- APQP
- PPM Reduction
Education and Training
- Bachelor of Science: Mechanical Engineering / Tennessee Technological University
- CQT Certified Quality Technician