Quality Manager (188930) Masters, Certified Welding Inspector CWI, ISO9001 Auditor / Oil/Gas, Automotive, Aerospace / CNC, Assembly, Welding, Fabrication, Heat Treat, and Coating/Painting Operations
Houston-based Quality Manager with 15+ years of experience supporting manufacturing operations in the Automotive, Aerospace, and Oil/Gas industries. He has Masters and Bachelors’s degrees and is a Certified Welding Inspector CWI and an ISO9001 Auditor. His operations experience includes CNC Operations, Assembly Operations, Welding Operations, Fabrications Operations, Heat Treat Operations, and Coating / Painting Operations. He has led Quality Teams of up to 14 people. He is currently employed in a remote Quality manager position but is interested in exploring a perm onsite opportunity. He brings broad industry experience and a Big Box Of Skills to the table. His notable experience includes:
• Oversight of the Quality Management System guidelines to AISC, AWS, and LADBS Certifications, and Quality Management System.
• Implement CAPA and control NCR Program.
• Write up QC review notes for Project Managers and Project Engineers for pre-production assurance.
• Provide QA/QC required documentation: ITP’s, Inspection Plans
• Oversight of the quality program, delegated by code in LNG and Air Separation Plant customer requirements (ASME, NFPA)
• Reviewed supplier documents and records to verify compliance with contract requirements.
• Governed 14 direct report quality inspectors, covering 450,000 square feet of manufacturing space with over 600 employees.
• Tactically restructured ISO 9001:2015 QMS.
• Launched the First pass yield and accept/reject rates.
• Oversaw Vendor Audits for third party manufacturing.
• Evaluated Welding (WPS, PQR, WPQ), ensure code compliance.
• Maintained AS 9100, ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems.
• Led a team of 3
• PPAP: Production Part Approval Process,
• APQP: Advanced Product Quality Planning,
• Oversee part Quality sourced for CNC, CMM and precision dimensional tolerances to Aerospace and Automotive standards.
• Created master calibration program, reducing calibration costs by 75%
• Overhauled Vendor performance, reducing costs by 50%
• Led a team of 12
• Successfully completed zero finding ASME and NB audits.
• Manufacturing – 15 years
• Oil/Gas – 9 years
• Vendor Offsite Supplier Quality
• Supplier Validation / Qualification
• Quality Management Experience
• Shop Floor Process Quality
• Quality Training Experience
• Production Quality
• Performing External Quality System Audits
• Total Quality Management (TQM)
• Setting Up Quality Systems From Scratch
• Conducting Trial Fit / Function
• 5S / 6S
• AS9100
• MIL-SPEC
• ASME, NB, PED, CRN and China Codes
• Implement CAPA
• Document Control
• Verify Capability of Compliance
• Quality Team Leader – 14
• Reviewing Supplier Documents
• ISO 9001:2015
• PPAP
• APQP
• Supplier Quality Assurance
• CMM and Precision Dimensional Tolerances
• Creating, Revising Policies
• Quality Manuals
• Digital Document Control System
• Leading Kaizen Events
• Working With Lean Teams
• Implementing Continuous improvement
• New Process Development
• Designing Process Improvement Trials
• Process Improvement
• Optimizing Manufacturing Processes
• Product Reject / Defect Investigations
• New Production Line Startup
• Recommending Specification Revisions
• Reducing Scrap
• De-bottlenecking Processes
• Working with R&D
• First Article Inspection FAI
• CNC Operations
• Assembly Operations
• Welding Operations
• Fabrications Operations
• Heat Treat Operations
• Coating / Painting Operations
• Certified Welding Inspector
• Lean Manufacturing/5S
• Structural Steel Manufacturing
• Liquid Nitrogen Gas
• Pipe Supports, Oil, Gas, Energy
• Aerospace, Military
• Heat Exchangers, Fin-Fan
• Pressure Vessels
• Process Mapping and Improvement
• Change Management
• Corrective and Preventative Actions
EDUCATION, TRAINING & CERTIFICATIONS
• CWI (Certified Welding Inspector) 06/2011 – Current: #11061261
• ISO 9001 QMS Fundamentals and Internal Auditor: IACET 5660192, Cert#22-0084
• Bachelor of Arts, University of Michigan, Michigan
• Masters Fine Arts, Chapman University, California