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Managed a 24 hour - three shift Metallurgical Laboratory which supported plant production, resolved plant and supplier quality related issues, and aided in outsourcing development activities. Supported corporate metallurgical and supplier quality initiatives by offering technical expertise and experience. Purchased capital equipment. » Reduced both internal and outsourced vendor scrap by using technical knowledge and process improvement tools such as statistical process control (SPC) methods. »Guided data driven activities to implement a reduction in raw material variation to allow for subsequent manufacturing consistency.» Lead cost reduction projects such as heat treat tooling cost reductions, post heat treating washing process chemical usage, and equipment upgrades in efforts to improve operational profit margin.» Created the Laboratory testing and evaluation portion of a contamination inspection process aimed at reducing customer returns and warranty claims. » Supplier Development Engineer for outsourced heat treatment.» Internal auditor responsible for AIAG CQI-9 compliance and implementation.» Part of the internal PPAP approval process which involved inspecting supplier components or raw materials for production use.

Sr. Materials Engineer - Bearing Materials and Metallurgy Department 2005 - 2008Performed as a corporate support function to the production plants as well as revising corporate metallurgical and process standards for the bearing business. Collaborated with the global internal metallurgical community to organize, participate, and report the state of the supply chain to upper management from supplier metallurgical and process audits.Product Development Engineer - Prototype Department 2000 - 2005Supervised the heat treating area of the prototype department which included carburizing and induction hardening. TS16949:2002 internal auditor. Created and revised work instructions and inspection documentation. Purchased capital equipment to increase the manufacturing capacity of the department.

Supported various stages of aircraft manufacturing through mechanical testing and microstructure analysis of steel, aluminum, titanium, and carbon fiber composite components. In addition, cross trained in chemical process analysis which included the analysis of jet fuel, jet engine oil, electrochemical plating tank chemistry, and process fluids. Analyzed samples for troubleshooting quality related issues for the Manufacturing and Engineering Department.