Tom Collard Email & Phone Number

Duluth, Minnesota, United States

Duluth, Minnesota, United States

Duluth, Minnesota Area

As a Metrology Engineer / Advanced Inspection Team Supervisor at Cirrus Aircraft in Duluth Minnesota, I am responsible for ensuring accurate dimensional data collection and analysis of aircraft and aircraft components using state of the art inspection equipment and software. I supervise a team of inspectors to maintain timely and thorough completion of dimensional inspections per FAA requirements on both current production aircraft and the experimental SF50 Vision personal jet. I work closely with the Robotic CNC and Tooling groups to ensure production readiness and define inspection requirements based on feature criticality and manufacturing methods.SKILLS: Value Steam Mapping, Continuous Improvement, Lean Six Sigma, Polyworks inspection software, FAA Conformity, Validation Protocol creation and execution, ROI analysis, Apollo Root Cause Analysis, Quality System management, Minitab statistical software, FARO metrology equipment, Production Control, Kuka Robots, Microsoft Office

As a Quality Engineer at Bobcat Company in Gwinner North Dakota, I worked to improve the day to day production quality on two skid loader assembly lines. By implementing cost effective changes to the design and build process, I achieved set quality metrics goals while maintaining strict production targets. I installed a vision-based robotic inspection system to capture dimensional data on welded assemblies in support of new product launch. I was also the lead Sound Testing Auditor ensuring all machines sent to European markets complied with published noise emission standards.SKILLS: ISO 9001, Standard Work Instruction creation, Data Analysis, Quality System Audits, FANUC Robotics, CAM2Measure 10 Inspection Software, Crucial Conversations training, Minitab statistical software, Microsoft Office.