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Airdrie, Alberta, Canada

As a dynamic Senior Quality Engineer, I lead with a results-driven approach to ensure compliance, optimize processes, and enhance supplier and client relationships across aerospace, defense, and oil & gas industries.Key Responsibilities:• Leadership & Development: Guided a Junior Quality Specialist and a Document Specialist, fostering their technical growth and professional advancement.• Client Interface: Served as the primary quality liaison, addressing customer concerns and ensuring adherence to stringent industry standards.• Supplier Quality Management: Spearheaded supplier quality programs, including PPAP reviews, PFMEA development, and control plan validations, while conducting audits to drive continuous improvement.• Problem Solving & Compliance: Led cross-functional teams in resolving non-conformance issues, implementing corrective actions, and reducing recurring quality problems.• Continuous Improvement: Championed initiatives to align quality objectives with business goals, ensuring operational excellence.Key Achievements:Established a robust supplier performance tracking system, managing over 120 suppliers with metrics such as PPM, CAR, and audit schedules.Revamped the NCR system by integrating ERP software and Power BI, enhancing root cause analysis accuracy by 20% and enabling real-time reporting.I thrive on driving quality excellence, fostering collaboration, and leveraging data-driven strategies to deliver measurable results.

Airdrie, Alberta, Canada

As a dedicated Quality Lead, I managed a team of six inspectors, driving quality excellence and fostering operational efficiency within high-demand environments. My role centered on ensuring seamless quality control processes, timely deliveries, and professional growth of the inspection team under my leadership.Core Responsibilities:• Team Leadership: Oversaw and prioritized daily tasks for six inspectors, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.• Issue Resolution: Identified and resolved quality issues through root cause analysis, implementing preventive measures.• Documentation Accuracy: Reviewed Material Test Reports (MTRs) for pre-approvals and submitted precise data packets to customers.• Quality Audits: Monitored and reviewed QCA findings, initiating immediate corrective actions to address discrepancies.• Supplier Collaboration: Addressed non-conformance issues with suppliers, ensuring swift resolution and process improvements.• Mentorship: Guided and developed inspectors, enhancing their skills and fostering career progression.Key Achievements:Successfully reduced NCRs by 40% and addressed 35% of process inefficiencies by upskilling inspectors to perform on-floor audits.Streamlined audit schedules and performance reporting by implementing Microsoft Power Tools, improving interdepartmental communication.Achieved a 25% improvement in QC turnover times through optimized manual and CMM inspections, ensuring 100% on-time delivery compliance.I am passionate about leading teams, optimizing processes, and driving quality improvements to meet and exceed industry standards.

Greater Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo Metropolitan Area

As a Quality Engineer, I served as a key liaison between customers, suppliers, and internal teams, driving continuous improvement initiatives and ensuring compliance with rigorous industry standards. My role demanded proactive problem-solving, strategic supplier development, and meticulous quality management to achieve operational and customer satisfaction goals.Key Responsibilities:• Customer Relations: Managed relationships with five major customers, addressing quality concerns, resolving rejections, and submitting Engineering Deviation Approvals (EDAs) to ensure satisfaction and build trust.• Root Cause Analysis & Training: Conducted 5Why analyses and completed 8D reports to address issues, issuing quality alerts and training employees to embed a culture of continuous improvement.• Audit & Certification Management: Acted as an internal auditor, collaborating with external auditors to renew certifications, including ISO 14001, ISO 9001, and the implementation of IATF 16949 standards.• Supplier Development: Partnered with the sourcing team to evaluate and develop suppliers, ensuring their quality systems met stringent standards. Conducted supplier checks and provided actionable feedback for improvement.• Product Launch Support: Participated in APQP meetings and DPARs, addressing early-stage concerns, reviewing and approving PPAPs, and creating robust Early Production Containment and Inspection Report check sheets.• Material Equivalency & Compliance: Researched and validated equivalent materials against North American and Chinese standards to gain customer approval.• Performance Monitoring: Maintained comprehensive records of customer metrics, supplier performance, and rejection logs to drive accountability and improvement.This role honed my expertise in supplier quality management, root cause analysis, and strategic collaboration, contributing to operational excellence and enhanced customer satisfaction.

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

In my role as a Quality Assurance Auditor, I contributed to maintaining and enhancing quality control systems, ensuring compliance with ISO 9001 and IATF 16949 standards, and driving improvements across processes, safety, and documentation.Key Responsibilities:• Material Review Board Leadership: Led MRB meetings to address part issues and determine appropriate dispositions.• Process and Product Development: Designed process control plans, PFMEAs, and conducted Gauge R&R studies for customer PPAPs. Created Final Product Check Sheets, GP12 Check Sheets, SPCs, and ISIRs to ensure high-quality new product launches.• Inspection and Calibration: Conducted regular inspections of work areas to enhance safety, quality, and efficiency. Calibrated and maintained gauges, ensuring accurate measurements, and updated systems with new gauges.• Product Approvals: Inspected and signed off final products, guaranteeing they met customer and quality system requirements before shipment.Key Achievements:Improved Quality Checks: Conducted 5S and process audits, leading to a 20% improvement in quality control procedures.Enhanced Traceability: Developed and implemented an electronic document retention system for supplier material certificates, achieving a 67% improvement in document traceability and retrieval efficiency.This role sharpened my expertise in quality auditing, process improvement, and data-driven decision-making. I am passionate about leveraging these skills to enhance quality and operational performance.

Stratford, Ontario, Canada

• Verified conformance of metal workpieces against specifications, ensuring quality standards were met.• Communicated feedback to production team members, aiding in the prevention of future quality control issues.• Conducted routine First-Off, Last-Off checks, and special analyses of in-process materials and finished goods.

St Thomas, Ontario, Canada

Woodstock, Ontario, Canada

London, Ontario, Canada

Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Ontario College Post Graduate Certificate, Operations Management And Supervision, 3.5

Ontario College Graduate Certificate, Applied Aerospace Manufacturing

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Diploma, Mechanical Engineering