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Puerto Rico

• Responsible for the planning, validation, execution, and implementation of engineering projects related to a new product introduction.
• Apply process, operational, and scientific expertise, compliance knowledge, and analytical and troubleshooting skills to support manufacturing operations.
• Process owner for process support systems and assist with process ownership responsibilities on process systems.
• Support the execution of manufacturing/quality systems such as, process validation, procedures, training, and new product introductions.

Juncos, Puerto Rico

• Responsible for the planning, validation, execution, and implementation of engineering projects related to a new product introduction.
• Accountable for the successful completion of engineering projects within the established deadlines.
• Installed manufacturing equipment and provided training and technical support to Process Engineers and manufacturing personnel.
• Responsible for the development and execution of Validation Protocols, Engineering Studies and Design of Experiments (DOE).
• Served as focal point of contact between R&D, Corporate Engineering and Juncos site team during new product introduction process.

Arecibo, Puerto Rico

• Supervision of QC Inspectors and QC Technicians.
• Performed Projects to improve scrap and yields.
• Reviewed inspection criteria, inspection methods and procedures to assure acceptable quality standards.
• Performed and approved IQ’s, OQ’s and PQ’s of manufacturing equipment and / or process performance validations.
• Performed Quality Engineering activities to support product transfers.
• Performed NCMR and Complaint investigations.

Humacao, Puerto Rico

• Generation and execution of OQ, PQ and PPQ validations for packaging process transfers.
• Assistance in management of Process Transfers.
• Performed Engineering Tests to obtain packaging parameters.
• Generated Manufacturing Procedures and Inspection procedures for transferred processes.
• Application of Statistical Tools to monitor process execution.

Cayey, Puerto Rico

• Managed projects for Improvements in the Maintenance Area and to reduce downtime by the establishment of preventive maintenance programs.
• Lead the technicians to perform Improvements in the Maintenance Area and to reduce downtime.
• Successfully conducted FMEA, Reliability and Process Analysis.
• Conducted ISO 9001 internal audits
• Optimization of Manufacturing Process to improve efficiency and cycle time for the production of UV lamps using Manufacturing and Six sigma techniques.
• Reduced scrap by 50% due to lamp cracking.

Guayama, Puerto Rico

• Developed a project that decreased quality non-conformance events by 60 percent.
• Accelerated production rate by 33% in order to meet production requirements before company shutdown.
• Conducted investigations and applied tools as CAPA resulting in elimination of root causes.
• Lead a manufacturing team to achieve manufacturing targets and participated in projects to improve on safety, quality/compliance, cost standards and customer service.
• Supervised the executions of the validations protocols, IQ/OQ/PQ and Process Cleaning.
• Interviewed and selected hourly employees.

San German, Puerto Rico

• Responsible for the manufacturing process on the conformal coating area including the development or improvement of existing process, methods, and sequences of operations to maximize profitability and productivity.
• Analyzed statistical data to assess the production process and made recommendations for improvements based on the production goals and product specifications.
• Supervision of technicians in charge of equipment and machine maintenance.
• Generated and executed reports of IQ and OQ. Support/lead execution of protocols and engineering tests.
• Conducted manufacturing investigations for non-conformance materials, determined scope and the body of the investigations, identified root cause and proposed remedial action.
• Review and approve departmental SOPs and Non-conformance investigations.

Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico

• Assistance in management for projects conducted to reduce cycle time saving thousands of dollars for the company.
• Analyzed statistical data and assessed the production procedures to reduce scrap products.
• Preparation, maintenance and support of work instruction sheets for various electronic products with regarding to board assembly.