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Manhattan, IL, US

• Developed and implemented an in house cutting program which increased our profit margin six percent on one of our automotive product lines.
• Implemented a 5S program which increased available shop floor space fifteen percent and decreased pre-production inventory requirements up to seventy five percent.
• Supervised and implemented nondestructive testing program at two divisions.
• Trained and certified nondestructive testing personnel at five divisions.
• Decreased the number ISO Registrar audit findings thirty percent through a complete revamping of the internal auditing program.
• Performed equipment calibrations and maintained a database on all micrometers, calipers, bore gages, and other inspection and measuring equipment.

• Researched and developed improvements to existing nondestructive testing technologies which decreased the number of missed discontinuities from an average of thirty pieces per million to ten pieces per million.
• Developed and administered a visual inspection training program for all plant employees.
• Trained and certified nondestructive testing personnel.
• Developed QS 9000 and ISO 14000 compliant procedures and audits.

• Performed nondestructive evaluations in all five key disciplines on military aircraft and aircraft components.
• Performed equipment calibrations on nondestructive testing equipment.
• Held government security clearance.

• Performed radiographic inspections of aluminum and magnesium castings for the automotive and aerospace markets.
• Performed Rockwell hardness testing and tensile testing.
• Performed spectrometric analysis of material chemistry for verification of alloy content.

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