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Duties: Develop and improve internal supplier quality management procedures and resolve any production issues related to the supplier. Work with receiving inspection and assembly to investigate root cause and countermeasure activities related to supplier issues. Perform audits and supplier improvement activities at the supplier facility to verify everything is meeting FN America requirements and discuss improvement areas within the production or inspection process. Work with FN internal departments as well as suppliers for all new model activities to ensure First Article approval for new government contracts. Develop and work with supplier to complete and create APQP processes and documents to meet both FN America and Government requirements for production. Work with receiving inspection and planners to maintain accepted inventory and improve nonconformity part turn around to prevent assembly stoppage.Evaluate and develop suppliers’ quality management system to support in meeting FN quality requirement and work to improve their process utilizing Lean Six Sigma activities and project management mind set. Lead and manage design review meetings for new part development; as well as support design engineering with early design review meetings to finalize design specification and supplier capability. Support procurement with supplier sourcing of potential new suppliers and lead supplier verification audits to confirm production, shipping and quality for production and prototyping. Support supply chain and production as Subject Matter Expert for machining, welding, metal injection molding, and stamping processes. Manage project management task and KPIs for supplier quality for new programs.

United States

Duties: Work with suppliers and internal design engineers to ensure parts meet specifications and manufacturability. Review and verify supplier's operation standards, quality and manufacturing processes. Confirm all quality and manufacturing procedures meet specification requirements per company and government regulations. Travel to supplier process verification and corrective action implementation.

Manning, South Carolina, United States

Duties: Resource and Operation Manager- assign qualified craft employees to Projects/Project Manager in support of field operations, manage equipment inventory and track budget, and manage equipment maintenance/turn-around. Plan, organize, communicate and monitor department resources to achieve effective utilization of employees and equipment, consistent with safety, regulatory, quality, productivity and financial requirements. Recommend and act as decision maker for pay increases, promotions, transfers, and other personnel actions in consultation. Coordinate skilled labor to ensure trained and qualified Electronics Technicians, Field Machinists, and Metrologists are identified and available to meet project requirements. Create equipment work orders and assign resources to equipment maintenance and shop activities as needed. Coordinate contract labor for positions unable to fill internally as well as maintaining requisitions for contract labor. Plan annually budget and capital expenses needed for equipment repairs, additions, upgrades and training. Develop and implement new logistics scanning system linked to SAP.

United States

Duties: SR. Project Engineer- Support customer projects regarding training, qualification, equipment preparedness and mockup fabrication. Provide direct project engineering support to overall project management and operations covering all aspects of the project. Continue interfacing with engineering, operations for optimizing process and equipment to provide most efficient/effective customer solution. Incorporate lessons learned from past performance. Apply innovative solutions for improving delivery of models regarding personnel training and equipment application. Monitor and evaluate field use and equipment performance, and maintenance history. Directly responsible for controlling cost during training and qualification phase of the projects. Scheduling and planning for multiple projects and operational management.

Ridgeville, Sc

Duties: New Model Program Management- Coordinate and manage multiple projects at the same time. Manage new model activities and processes for the entire project. Support global planning and project management; utilizing Agile way of working. Maintain and launch project timelines, build plan, schedule production and testing for new model changes. Work with plant production, logistic, and supplier management team to ensure project maintaining completion date required. Managing production and logistic team member to produce assemblies for testing and tooling verification processes. Work with plant manufacturing and engineering team to determine components and cars needed for each project phase. Order and budget for material needed to complete training / testing/ tooling confirmation. Lead stop and go, lesson learned, Supplier product readiness, daily status meetings. Control R&D material confirmation activities and plant requests. Monitor and manage PPAP and TPD approval to secure project start-up timing. Work with R&D for design/ specification changes and plants ability to implement effectively. Review new model design with production and engineering team to determine needs. Successfully help launch new car models and programs in US, Europe and China. Acting as New Model Launch Director at the Charleston facility with direct contact with the Global Launch Director when they were in Europe or China.

Timmonsville Sc

Manage New Model projects for mass production completion. Monitor SAP and event schedules to ensure project timing. Coordinate with Supplier Quality Engineers that new model material coming in from supplier meets specification requirement, Work with and report out to senior management on status and progress within the new model program. Support Procurement with new supplier sourcing and confirmation

Timmonsville, Sc

Mange new model supplier quality and development engineers. Develop new model design and part changes with existing suppliers. Work with design team to verify manufacturability and feasibility of design changes to ensure supplier can maintain quality and production requirements. Confirm supplier capacity, manufacturing capability and quality for all current design and new model events. Review and approve PFEMEA, PQCT, MQS, MPR meets all Honda requirements and specification. Conduct time studies, tooling design and part approval for all new model parts. Verify supplier quality systems, capability, and processes meet requirements. Support supplier engineering associates to set-up and confirm all machining, welding, and stamping processes. Assist sourcing team to investigate possible new suppliers and processes for upcoming products and designs. . Work with troubled supply base to stabilize production and quality concerns. Evaluate and improve manufacturing operations as well as work with management to improve quality and delivery requirements to meet production demands.

Timmonsville, Sc

Manage 14 supplier quality engineers and 8 mass production quality techs. Work with suppliers and internal design engineers to ensure parts meet specifications and manufacturability. Review and verify supplier's operation standards, and manufacturing processes for various machining, fabricating, forging and casting processes. Confirm all quality and manufacturing procedures meet specification requirements. Manage Engineering staffs and third party sorting company to sort and repair issue with supplier parts or abnormal processes. Travel to suppliers to confirm and discuss issues Honda see during production. Verify mass production tooling and design to reduce any probable discrepancy due to design failures and tool wear. Use various measuring instrument to ensure parts meet specifications to print. Use excel, power point, and other software for reporting and recording data from suppliers as well as Honda. Review and verify PQCT, PFMEA, and Operating standards. Verify welding and machining minimum requirement audits and confirmation. . Work with troubled supply base to stabilize production and quality concerns. Evaluate and improve manufacturing operations as well as work with management to improve quality and delivery requirements to meet production demands. Support other engineering and production departments when needed.

Wooster, Ohio

Testing and calibrating different styles of nozzles, monitors, valves produced within the manufacturing processes. Work with regulated local and federal testing guidelines to ensure the product meet specification requirement. Conduct failure (destruct) test on equipment to ensure all requirement are met to customer standards. Verify functionality of the equipment and ensure there is no leaks or failures. Repair any equipment that didn't meet the calibration, functional, and leakage requirements. Complete all required testing document and reports per testing cycle.Support with machining and set-up operation when needed.

Set-up and Machining journeyman for scrap recovery, prototyping, and production components for fire equipment assembly. I would set-up CNC lathe and mills to produce tight tolerance parts, CNC programing and editing, machining process terminology of what tools were needed. Quality verification utilizing multiple precision measuring equipment, CMM measurement confirmation, and part drawing understanding.

Wooster, Ohio, United States

Support launching new manufacturing facility as a precision machinist, CNC / Robotic programmer for various automotive engine and transmission components. Work as maintenance support wiring up new 3 phase machining, trouble shooting vision systems, conveyors, robotic systems, and basic machine installing. Work with a small group of three ( including myself) Self Managing team during plant/Manufacturing start-up on 2nd shift.

Wooster Ohio

Certified Mig welder for telemarketing and specialty vehicle parts. Fabricating and material finishing operation for parts with surface requirements. Quality control measurement verification and process control. Powder coat painting when needed.

Ran corn kettle and chip fryers, quality control systems including lab check on products, safety coordinator on training, auditing, writing programs, and documentation on various safety topics, and a member of the Environmental waste team.

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Automated Manufacturing Engineering

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Manufacturing Engineering Computer Controls

Industrial Technology And Training, Technical Diploma

Journeyman, Machinist/ Maintenance