• Lead numerous quality engineering projects simultaneously over the life cycle of a part program, focusing on aerospace quality standards for many major OEM’s developmental and production hardware.• Analyzed CMM and manual inspection data for conformance by using AS13100 certified software, including point maps and run charts.• Examined most hardware at Final Inspection for visual and dimensional non-conformances while being responsible for final quality approval of hardware before shipment.• Managed non-conforming hardware, including containment techniques, ticketing, and fault cases.• Determined causes of non-conformances by using techniques such as RCCA’s, Pareto’s, and control plans.• Conducted PFEMA projects for new and legacy hardware to avoid failure modes prior to part production.• Created inspection plans and inspection gates for inspectors, and coordinated CMM inspection after specific machining operations.• Communicated with OEM-level customers weekly to provide status updates, quality issues/concerns, and solution proposals to improve lead time and conformance rate.• Interpreted specs from numerous quality systems to plan inspection, processes, sub-tier flow down, and internal compliance.• Designed FAIR’s and control plans for each program’s first production part to ensure conformance and process capability.• Understood and interpreted complex GD&T from OEM’s blueprints for use by machinists and inspectors.

- Served as a Production Engineer within the Paper Converting department among a team of 5. - Implemented and expanded 5S projects across the converting floor, including raw material and waste home locations, tool shadow boards and production standards.- Lead weekly meetings that focused on analyzing machine efficiency through OEE calculations, charts, and data to determine points of focus and improvement within the production and maintenance department.- Created methods of Lean data collection, including hour by hour studies, TPM, and operator input devices to troubleshoot critical machinery issues and identify speed losses and critical breakdown causes.- Implemented SMED procedures among finished good changeovers on machinery to reduce downtime of the converting line by sorting internal and external activities.- Implemented a 3D printer within the maintenance department to allow spare parts to be created during emergencies to reduce machine shut down time when waiting upon shipping of new spare parts.- Organized external contractor’s activities when present at the mill, for routine maintenance, troubleshooting, and operator education.- Constructed and lead new and seasoned operator training material and in person classes to improve employee knowledge during production reduction periods.- Wrote numerous standard operating procedures and one-point lessons to educate employees on proper processes and methods of troubleshooting.- Generated waste improvement processes and data collection methods that concentrated on reducing raw material waste, such as transportation and on-machine causes of yield reduction.

- Served as a Mechanical and Reliability Engineering Intern on a team of 9.- Created maintenance procedures within the Power department to maintain optimal functionality of machinery. - Utilized SAP to update Bill of Materials for critical speed reducers, fans, and agitators to improve tracking accuracy.- Utilized Microsoft Excel to track cost and labor during the Annual Outage project.- Used Microsoft Office to communicate and present engineering topics.- Followed PI Processbook to track mill-wide processes

- Served as a Mechanical Engineering Intern at a mid-size manufacturing plant for cryogenic technologies.- Used Autodesk Inventor to create dimensional drawings of assemblies.- Familiarized myself with plant manufacturing procedures by shadowing skilled laborers, and partnering with subject matter experts.- Gained knowledge in adhesive coatings, welding, and large assemblies.- Used Microsoft Excel to solve engineering calculations for quantities of materials needed.