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North Carolina, United States

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

Volvo is one world's leading manufacturers of trucks, buses, construction equipment, marine & industrial engines. Technical Center in Greensboro involves all engineering activities for N. American manufacturing processes.Features, Verification & Validation (FVV) part of Complete Vehicle (CV), is responsible for verifying components, modules and systems. We validate customer features in projects through calculations, RIG tests, and driving tests on roads, test tracks and field tests. As such FVV is responsible for defining measurable customer requirements in early project phases, as well as working together with Engineering to break down customer features at both system and module levels. We also manage validation plans to reach requested feature level and brand’s satisfaction, as well as validating customer features achievement on complete vehicle before market launch.Key Deliverables:• Deliver and manage Verification & Validation (V&V) test plan.• Deliver vehicle feature requirements.• Lead feature reviews and report feature fulfillment, verification and validation status.• Deliver project requirements with Quality, Delivery, Cost and fulfill vehicle Feature targets(QDCF).• Responsible to manage and secure that all activities for verification and validation of features and vehicle regulations are identified, planned, optimized and completed.• Manage all incoming test requests through risk management approach, with support of Feature Leaders.• Verify & validate HW & SW, components, systems and functions in the V&V plan.• Represent FVV (Features, Verification & Validation) in project management teams, design reviews, clinics, etc. • Identify necessary resources & related costs such as simulation, rig test & test trucks to execute the V&V plan.• Deliver input to project documentation (e.g. req. spec., project description, PAP/PDP, risk register, lessons learned).

High Point, Nc

Steelcase Inc. is a global manufacturer of furniture, interior architecture, and technology products for corporate offices, as well as products for small businesses, healthcare, and higher education settings.Quality Engineering role with main responsibilities including manufacturing non-conformances & corrective actions, PFMEA facilitations of workshops and implementation of actions to improve quality, cost, and delivery for both process and product.Key Deliverables:* Provide Quality Engineering support to Operations.* Support Manufacturing Engineering activities & New Product Development (ISIR/PPAP activities).* Facilitate PFMEA workshops for quality, cost, and delivery improvement opportunities & implement action plans.* Work with Suppliers regarding non-conformances and product/process improvement opportunities.

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Amphenol TCS (ATCS) manufactures high-speed, high-density connectors and backplane systems.Quality engineering role with primary focus to develop & implement quality & process controls on products with initial focus on specific product line. Due to foreign trade competition, product line was relocated overseas.Key Deliverables:• Drive continuous improvements to reduce process variability and costs while maintaining or exceeding expected levels of quality, and increase equipment utilization and productivity.• Quality reporting & MINITAB analysis on key product parameters for management review.• Lead & participate in 8-D analysis and solution implementations.• Perform internal ISO 14001 audits.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

The Volvo Group is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of trucks, buses, construction equipment and marine and industrial engines. Technical Center in Greensboro involves all engineering activities for N. American manufacturing processes.Contract position to lead cross-functional team in order to perform Root Cause Analysis and introduce solutions for Quality Journal (QJ) with shortest lead-time possible according to QJ process from Kickoff of Introduction to Market Ready status for both Production & Aftermarket, and maintain regulatory reporting of QJ progress to management.Key Deliverables:• Arrange/Chair Corrective Action Decision meetings and secure decided Containment Actions, Root Cause Analysis & Identification, and potential Solutions for Production & Aftermarket.• Secure all documentation for progress of QJ. Presentation of Business Case of potential solution(s) for QJ to Product Development Committee.• Secure QJ-team delivers all internal necessary engineering documentation & requests of all necessary resources/competences internally and from Supplier.• Delegate all necessary tasks within QJ-team, and develop & manage action plan according to scheduled intro-blocks for securing introductions to Production and Aftermarket.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

SJP is a manufacturer of flexible packaging products which include wicket bags, pouches and printed roll stock that are sold to leading food and consumer product companies.In 2010, the name North State Flexibles slowly evolved to St. John's Packaging due to acquisition.Manager of Quality Department & the Quality Management System, including measurement projects for continuous improvement, root cause analysis and implementation of preventive and corrective actions. Support responsibility for manufacturing operations through mechanical design improvements and development of solutions to achieve production goals at lowest cost; while modifying/improving existing standard operating procedures to maintain high standards of safety and quality.Key Deliverables:• Management of the Quality Department & Quality Control Testing, ISO & AIB Systems/Certifications, and successfully achieved ISO 9001:2008 Certification in 2011 & Food Contact AIB Certification in 2012.• Regulatory reporting of customer complaints, returns, and dispositions.• Assisting manufacturing operations in troubleshooting & process improvement opportunities as well as customer visits for quality inquiries & improvement opportunities. • Implementation of data interface production equipment and development of processes to identify optimal parameters on all individual jobs and automation of daily production reports.• Establishing Standard Operating Procedures (S.O.P.'s).• Lean & Continuous Improvements including 5S.• Design, fabrication, & implementation of machine attachments for additional capabilities.

Lexington Nc

CPM, Inc. manufactured automotive products for Ford and a wide array of consumer products for multiple industries including interior home, outdoor, industrial and electronic.Troubleshooting of processes related to injection molding. Responsibilities included Manufacturing Engineering & Process Engineering.Key Deliverables:• Process troubleshooting of machines and auxiliary equipment.• Design, fabrication, implementation of Production & Quality Jigs / Fixtures.• Lean / Continuous Improvement functions by means of Kaizen.• Quality & Technical Sales Support, along with overall Manufacturing Support.