Daniel Powell Email & Phone Number

Greater Pittsburgh Area

High Voltage Switchgear Division

Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Leader of ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System. • Manager of internal quality audit team in support of ISO audit program. • Audit Manager for FM, ATEX, IECEx explosion proof product certifications.• Responsible for measuring customer satisfaction and leading efforts for identification of root cause, corrective action and continuous improvement.• Leading process owners in establishing process quality metrics and providing regular reporting of these metrics to ISO management team.• Supervise activities of Supplier Quality Engineer, Quality Specialist, and CMM operator.

Washington, Pa

• Responsible for engineering support for the total quality assurance system in accordance with industry standards, UL, ISO 9001 requirements, and customer specifications. • Risk Management FMEA, CTQ, Control Plans, Sampling Procedures, and Inspection Planning.• SAP ERP, Microsoft SharePoint, Excel, Word, PowerPoint. • Report to the Corporate Quality Manager

30 Curry Avenue, Canonsburg, Pa 15317

• Management Representative for ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System. • Managed oil testing laboratory for gas chromatography, moisture analysis and dielectrics. • Supervised daily activities of chemical lab technician and supply of laboratory materials. • Supervised daily activities of quality control supervisor.• Lead Auditor and training instructor for staff of ten auditors.• Developed supplier quality strategy for new and existing suppliers.• Responsible for assigning corrective action and measuring overall performance goals toward complete customer satisfaction. • Conducted management review meetings summarizing engineering design changes, on-time delivery variances, and improvements to safety, quality, manufacturing processes and production efficiency.• Conducted training programs for employees relating to standard operating procedures, safe job procedures, and plant wide (5S) cleanliness.• Project Management Office representative 2011 PMO Symposium, Orlando, Florida.

30 Curry Avenue, Canonsburg, Pa 15317

A subsidiary of Pennsylvania Transformer. Pennsylvania Breaker, LLC was a start-up company in 2004 for the manufacture of high voltage circuit breakers. I was hired as a Product Quality Engineer on an entrepreneurial team of industry experts to bring a new and innovative breaker design to market. I was promoted to Quality Manager in October of 2005.• Managed the quality inspection department. Set up new quality inspection program, determined monitoring and measuring criteria and equipment.• Supervised and trained new employees in the use of quality tools and company procedures.• Developed supplier quality strategy for new suppliers.• Identified inspection criteria for high-voltage dead tank circuit breakers. All incoming components and subassembly for SF6 puffer interrupter, 2-cycle hydraulic mechanism and related industry specifications. • Developed quality program to ASME B&PV Code, Section VIII, U-stamp certification.• Accepted Quality Systems Manager promotion, Pennsylvania Transformer Technology Inc.

500 Green Street, Washington Pa 15301

• Six Sigma Project Manager – Crown Control Project for 110” mill work roll thermal shaping; Cauffiel Leveler Project for the flattening of steel plates; and Latrobe Forge Project yield improvements. I was able to reduce process variation and save $16,500 per month. • Technical Leadership of quality system requirements. • Process Control of mechanical and chemical calibration systems.• Design of experiments (DOE) to evaluate the process parameters, improve operator knowledge and establish target machine settings.

Bachelor’S Degree, Quality Assurance Science, 4.0 Gpa - Summa Cum Laude

Named Outstanding Graduate for 2002 by DETC Accrediting Commission.

Mechanical Engineering Technology