{"id":2478,"date":"2024-02-27T12:38:50","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T16:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/?p=2478"},"modified":"2025-09-05T01:40:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T05:40:33","slug":"quality-engineer-84816-mba-bsme-black-belt-cmm-certification-automotive-vda-auditor-will-relo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/production-operations-quality\/quality-engineer-84816-mba-bsme-black-belt-cmm-certification-automotive-vda-auditor-will-relo\/","title":{"rendered":"Quality Engineer (84816) MBA, BSME, Black Belt, CMM Certification \/ Automotive, VDA Auditor \/ Will Relo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-ecf4b9167388791597e0d9bbd1ff4710\"><strong>Quality Professional with 20 years of experience supporting automotive Tier 1 and 2 companies. George has an MBA and a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering and a Bachelors in Manufacturing and he is a Certified Six Sigma Black Belt. He is a Certified VDA 6.3 Auditor and has a CMM Certification<\/strong>. He has managed a metrology lab and 6 CMM programmers, has worked with a Faro arm, and has a DMIS Certification. He is also experienced with Cut\/Etch Weld Testing. A quick glance at his resume tells you that he is experienced in all areas of manufacturing and supplier quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His combination of advanced education, broad automotive industry experience, professional certifications, technical lab, and leadership skills make him a highly desirable candidate for OEM or Tier 1 company. He recently completed a contract and is looking for a new role, so move quickly to interview this &#8220;Game Changer&#8221; before he is gone!  H. His notable experience includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Six Sigma Certified Black Belt with a deep understanding of Lean and DFSS along with Level One Containment.<br>\u2022 Identifies issues, implements corrective actions, and improves effectiveness.<br>\u2022 Driven leader who possesses outstanding analytical and problem-solving capabilities and faces challenges head-on.<br>\u2022 Managed 6 CMM programmers Metrology Manager at Faurecia.<br>\u2022 Assistant Quality Manager managed 7 quality techs at Diversified Machining.<br>\u2022 Managed 3 SQEs for Roush industries.<br>\u2022 Ensures suppliers select and use and adapt quality tools effectively for their industry and our requirements, especially the Advanced Product Quality Planning process.<br>\u2022 Lead the continuous improvement activities with suppliers in their efforts to reduce defects.<br>\u2022 Handles all Quality Engineering-related launch activities and serves as the voice of the plant manufacturing organization.<br>\u2022 Prepares all APQP &amp; PPAP documentation for part files on new and existing products.<br>\u2022 Develop Control Plans.<br>\u2022 Evaluate and approve of final product GD&amp;T specifications.<br>\u2022 Works with Project Engineers to ensure FMEAs are completed in time to impact tooling designs.<br>\u2022 Supported prototype builds and inspected hot end exhaust systems reviewed dimensional data, reviewed inlet and outlet castings looked for certificates for conformance within the receiving and inspection documentation to ensure suppliers provided structural test data, to ensure no catastrophic failures within the castings thermal cracks, porosity etc.<br>\u2022 Develop and maintain quality management plans from the prototype phase until serial production.<br>\u2022 Successfully launched 2020 Explorer, 2021 Econoline, and 2021 Ford Bronco following the Ford Motor Company APQP process.<br>\u2022 Identify the root cause of problems and delays and expedite corrective action.<br>\u2022 Assisting in the successful delivery of PPAP and launch for all programs, engineering changes, etc.<br>\u2022 Last assignment was to launch customer Mercedes Benz BIW (Body In White) underbody assemblies GLE, GLA, GLC models.<br>\u2022 Perform quality system and process audits to evaluate potential or existing supplier capabilities and identify opportunities for improvement.<br>\u2022 Develop and initiate supplier standards and methods for inspection, testing, and evaluation.<br>\u2022 Manage quality technicians, to visually inspect, and document vehicle build sub-assembly process quality issues during the build process.<br>\u2022 Establish work instructions for layout Inspectors.<br>\u2022 Coordinate layout inspector training, track and ensure all gage certifications are current.<br>\u2022 Utilize CMM software to generate GD&amp;T information metrology output.<br>\u2022 Supervise hourly employees (CMM Programmer\u2019s).<br>\u2022 Supervised four hourly CMM programmers<br>\u2022 Responsible for carrying out PPAP process for non-contact, and contact sensor components, and assemblies.<br>\u2022 Created RTY (Rolled Throughput Yield) and FTY (First Time Yield) chart to determine station-by-station analysis of a number of rejected parts versus the number of parts produced.<br>\u2022 Used Minitab software to conduct Six Pack Statistical Analysis for significant part characteristics and tolerance intervals to determine what tolerances would make the features capable (DFSS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Industry Role Experience:<\/strong><br>\u2022 Supplier Quality Improvement Engineer<br>\u2022 Advanced Quality Engineer<br>\u2022 CMM Metrology Manager<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Competencies:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Managing the Quality Lab<br>\u2022 Cut\/Etch Weld Testing<br>\u2022 CMM Equipment \u2013 Hexagon<br>\u2022 PC DMIS \u2013 CMM Software<br>\u2022 Farro Arm<br>\u2022 Gage R&amp;R<br>\u2022 GD&amp;T<br>\u2022 ISO9001<br>\u2022 ISO14001<br>\u2022 IATF16949\/TS16949<br>\u2022 De-bottlenecking Processes<br>\u2022 PPM Reduction<br>\u2022 Production Quality experience<br>\u2022 Performing TS Audits<br>\u2022 Investigating Customer Complaints<br>\u2022 Process Flow Diagrams<br>\u2022 VAVE Projects<br>\u2022 Pareto Charts<br>\u2022 Poka Yoke Assessments<br>\u2022 Statistical Process Control (SPC)<br>\u2022 DOE Design of Experiments<br>\u2022 5S \/ 6S<br>\u2022 8D<br>\u2022 Ishikawa Diagrams<br>\u2022 Establishing Cpk For Process<br>\u2022 APQP<br>\u2022 CNC Programming<br>\u2022 Toyota Production Systems<br>\u2022 Minitab<br>\u2022 Tier 1 Tier 2 Manufacturing<br>\u2022 Machining Operations<br>\u2022 CBN Grinding Operations<br>\u2022 Stamping Operations<br>\u2022 Lean Manufacturing<br>\u2022 Continuous Improvement<br>\u2022 Supplier Relations<br>\u2022 Equipment Validation Analysis<br>\u2022 Control Plan Development<br>\u2022 Documentation<br>\u2022 Standardization<br>\u2022 Cost Savings<br>\u2022 SPC<br>\u2022 IATF 16949<br>\u2022 PPAP<br>\u2022 APQP<br>\u2022 FMEA<br>\u2022 GD&amp;T<br>\u2022 Microsoft Project<br>\u2022 Minitab<br>\u2022 8D<br>\u2022 Plex<br>\u2022 Unigraphics<br>\u2022 IDEAS CAD<br>\u2022 CADCAM 9.1<br>\u2022 CatiaV5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Certifications:<\/strong><br>\u2022 Six Sigma Black Belt Certified<br>\u2022 VDA 6.3 Auditor Certification<br>\u2022 PCDMIS Certification<br>\u2022 DVA (Dimensional Variation Analysis VisVSA) Certification<br>\u2022 CMM Coordinate Measuring Machine Certification<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Education:<\/strong><br>\u2022 MBA &#8211; 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George has an MBA and a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering and a Bachelors in Manufacturing and he is a Certified Six Sigma Black Belt. He is a Certified VDA 6.3 Auditor and has a CMM Certification. 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