Quality Engineer (253134) Automotive, ShipBuilding / Masters, BSME / Foundry, Casting, Melting, Heat treating, and Machining Operations / Single, renting, will relo

Skilled Process and Quality Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the automotive industry. He has a Masters Degree in Industrial Engineering and a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering. He skilled in AutoCAD, Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Continuous Improvement, ANSYS, and Kaizen. He has broad manufacturing operations experience that includes supporting quality for foundry, casting, melting, heat treating, and machining operations. He is currently employed as a Quality Engineer in shipbuilding but the pace is too slow and he wants to return to the manufacturing floor. He is interested in confidentially exploring new opportunities where he can apply his Big Box of Quality Tools to improve products, processes, and profits! He is single, renting, and willing to relocate. His notable experience includes:

• RFI/RFQ validation and negotiation with the proponent for the contract and closely working with the Procurement team and Programs team on the risk analysis of the suppliers for selection.
• Supplier KPI management and awarding scorecard related to the performance with OQD and OTD.
• Created a landing page for the whole supplier Quality department for easy access to the information and a clear view of the metrics for senior management review.
• Working with the technical team to validate units sent for warranty claims and escalating reports to R&D if the need arises for resolving customer claims.
• Revised the warranty period for the claim according to the engineering spec which helped the business keep track of the warranty and mitigated wrongful claims per year which increased savings by around $100,000/year.
• Working with R&D to create/update SOPs and approve concessions, verifying ECNs on existing products and new product launches.
• Managing supplier PPAP sample approval, SCAR requesting/approval, and RMR for specific business units.
• Take part in daily fast response to escalating the quality issues faced during day-to-day production.
• Created a new packing method that reduced the amount of damage during the transit which is cost reduction by $130,000 annual estimation and initiated various C.I for reducing cycle time on the line.
• Championed continuous Improvement Projects in the production line and made some major changes with the help of the root cause analysis, 5 Why analysis, VSM, and Poka-yoke which turned out to reduce the scrap/defective part with reduced manpower and cost saving $5000 every maintenance run.
• Conducting Trials on the new fixture and tooling used for the new product launch and presenting reports for internal and external customers.
• Championed continuous improvement project and achieved reducing the lead time by 40% and scrap rate from 5.3% to 2.6% with a cost reduction of $70,000 yearly.
• Assisted senior quality engineer in Customer issues, FEMA, PPAP, and 8D’s and working with cross-functional teams.
• Interpret gauge R&R, SPC, and Datapaq results and do capability study on new product launch with Minitab
• Issuing DMNs and reporting NCRs on customer issues with related Quality alerts and QPF preparation.
• Final inspection check of the aluminum engine block and gauging of various parts with micrometer, and Vernier caliper, to find defects to meet the IATF 16949 standards before they are shipped to the customers.
• Validation of the engine block per shift of different cast dates and random check of the engine block for the fluoroscope, and X-ray regularly
• 7 years of Industrial exposure dealing with production query and Engineering changes, supplier non- conformances and RCCAs, new program implementation and workforce management
• Hand-on experience in mechanical software such as AutoCAD, Unigraphics, ANSYS, a n d M i n i t a b and accomplished various projects with the help of 7QC, PFEMA, Control Plan, DMAIC, and Lean Six Sigma Principles.
• Completed certification on Automotive Core tool online self-study (APQP) by THE PIC group and crash course on green belt in Lean Six Sigma and proficient user of the MS Office package tools

• OEM Mfg.
• Tier 1 Mfg. / Tier 2 Mfg.
• Coating / Painting Mfg. Operations
• Thin Film / Coatings Mfg.
• Machining Operations
• Foundry Operations
• Melting Operations
• Welding Operations
• Blasting Operations
• Casting Operations
• Assembly Operations
• Fabrications Operations
• Heat Treat Operations
• ISO Standards
• ASTM Standards
• ISO 9000 / ISO9001
• ISO14001
• IATF16949/TS16949
• QMS – Quality Management System
• Hands-on Quality Lab Experience
• Managing the Quality Lab
• Leading Kaizen Events
• Working With Lean Teams
• Leading Six Sigma Teams
• Change Management
• Performing Kanbans
• Coordinating Lab Activities
• Calibrating Equipment
• Hardness Testing
• Torque Tester
• X-ray
• Hardness Testing
• Non Destructive Testing NDT
• Troubleshooting Root Cause
• Implementing Corrective Actions
• Implementing Continuous improvement
• Reducing Scrap
• Optimizing Manufacturing Processes
• De-bottlenecking Processes
• PPM Reduction
• Reducing Manufacturing Cycle Time
• Improving Change Order Cycle Time
• Production Attainment Metrics
• Vendor Offsite Supplier Quality
• Supplier Validation / Qualification
• Shop Floor Process Quality
• Quality Training Experience
• Production Quality experience
• Directing Quality Techs
• Tracking Concessions / Deviations
• New production line startup
• Recommending Specification Revisions
• Reducing WIP Inventory
• Creating SOP Training
• Tooling Quality
• Process Control Quality Experience
• Performing Internal Quality system audits
• Component Design Review
• Statistical Investigations
• Investigating Customer Complaints
• Documenting Initial Submissions
• Conducting Trial Fit / Function
• Using Control Plans
• Process Flow Diagrams
• Pareto Charts
• Poka Yoke Assessments
• Analyzing Production Limitations
• DFMEA
• 5S / 6S
• 8D
• New Process Development
• Packaging Validation
• Process Analysis
• Process Testing / Validation
• Using Product Reject / Defect Investigations
• Working with R&D
• Delivering Cost Reductions
• Tracking Defects Per Unit
• Sorting Suspect Parts
• APQP
• ERP Software

Education

• Master Of Engineering – Industrial Engineering / University of Windsor, Windsor, ON
• Bachelor Of Engineering – Mechanical Engineering / Anna University, Chennai, India