Profile

Keen hard working team player with experience in all facets Quality Assurance looking to expand that experience to any manufacturing/engineering industry once present contract expires in Dec 2006 .

Working knowledge/experience of aiag quality standards in automotive environment including ISO9001; QS9000 & TS16949. Trained QS9000 & TS16949 Lead Auditor. Also, good working knowledge of VDA6.1

Presently working for a world class first tier supplier of Climate, Interior, Electronic & Lighting systems within the automotive industry. Customers include: Ford, PAG, BMW, VAG, PSG, Fiat, Nissan & DC.

ExperiEnce

Mar 2006 - Dec 2006 Visteon Corporation, Basildon, Essex. SS14 3WF.

Advanced Project Quality Engineer

· Provide support for all Quality related functions within APQP guidelines and intra-company procedures for electronics products including Car Audio and Rear Seat Entertainment Systems.

· Prepare and submit PPAP documentation to various customers at launch stage of each project.

· Submit monthly report to Ford reference APQP status for all electronic programs involved in.

· Head DFMEA review meetings with design team for all related advanced programs including: BMW/Mini R56 Radio, Ford B2yy Radio; Ford C307 Radio; Peugeot 207 Radio; Volvo DVD.

· Contribute Quality 'deliverables' at all stages of intra-company APQP processes for gate sign-offs.

· Provide customer quality support throughout project to launch (Job1+90days) including regular visits reviewing open or new concerns. Also, agree actions for operational quality issues raised.

· Responsible for managing customer generated KPI status - scored on number of open concerns, response time to concerns raised, ppm, product delivery (including quantity accuracy, timings etc).

· Responsible for answering customer generated 8Ds and reporting to senior management regarding Quality status and subsequent actions.

· Lead company 'Lessons Learned Review Meetings' for each project in order to help avoid possible mistakes when things went wrong or repeat process when things went right.

Created database to facilitate with this activity.

· Lead Auditor for internal audit of selected company procedures.

· Submit Quality Project Team Member report to senior management regarding weekly activities.

Mar 2003- Oct 2005. DEAS, Feltham, Middx. TW13 7HF.

Supplier Quality Engineer (DEAS SK)

· Part of an exclusive team set-up to help support the transfer of knowledge and experience to DEAS personnel at company's new production facility in Slovakia - DEAS UK site closed.

· Manage and develop component suppliers on behalf of organization with regular supplier visits, audits, plus quality tools incl. Balanced Score Cards, APQP (PPAP), SPC & 8Ds.

Also define SQA requirements to suppliers including PPAP content & priority level, ongoing adherence to aiag standard requirements; company requirements and supplier's procedures.

· Manage day-to-day supplier related operational quality issues including raising corrective actions and quality alerts. Full support given to production team at all times including out of office hours.

· Member of daily production meeting team set-up to deal with all operational issues affecting predetermined Business Plan goals (e.g. KPIs). Urgent issues sometimes escalated to board level.

Quality Systems Engineer (DEAS UK)

· Led and managed company drive to maintain QS9000 and achieve ISO9001:2000 certification status with an end goal of TS16949:2002 by December 2005.

· Defined and implemented more process based approach to company QMS as stipulated in TS16949 - away from the systems based approach often used by QS9000 through the re-writing of company procedures and work instructions with project team.

· Managed and co-ordinated company Internal Audit Schedule and reporting back to senior management with results. Identified and trained interested company personnel for Internal Audits.

· Managed and controlled company Calibration database for measuring instruments and equipment.

· Company Document controller responsible for the introduction, archiving or up-issuing of all company Quality System Documents, including updating and maintaining company intranet web pages used in order to facilitate QSD access.

Sep 1998 - Dec 2002Trico Products, Dunstable, Beds. LU6.

Senior Quality Engineer

· Senior Quality Engineer working for 1 ^st tier supplier to OEMs making windscreen wiper systems typically making 10k wiper systems per day - 580 staff.

Responsible for answering customer concerns including the 8D Reports.

· Designated Auditor in the carrying out of internal audits of company manufacturing processes against laid down procedures.

· Responsible for company APQP procedural techniques for the introduction of new projects such as BMW/Mini's R50 R/W Wiper System and G.M.'s J3200 Epsilon W/W Wiper systems.

· Responsible for preparing and submitting PPAP documentation customers. Docs typically including: PFMEAs, Control and Inspection Plans, Process Capability Studies, MSAs, Run-at-rates trials etc.

Supplier Quality Engineer

· Responsible for all Supplier Quality Assurance related activities within large 580 staff factory including developing and maintaining existing suppliers in order to ensure compliance to defined company QMS requirements. Scope stretched from defining PPAP

· Responsible for identifying best & worst suppliers by generating reports from quality database (using Red/ Amber/ Green traffic light system) - an excellent tool for setting up priorities.

· Reported daily in management meeting regarding current operational quality issues affecting production.

· Reported monthly to Trico directors regarding overall performance of vendors of production parts with a view to adding more impetus in resolving any outstanding supplier issues.

Education

Sept 91 - Jun 98 University of North London, London, N7.

· MSc Polymer Science & Technology

· BEng Hons Chemical Engineering Degree

· HND Chemical Engineering.

· 3 A Levels in Maths; Chemistry & Biology.

· Other skills: Working knowledge of MS Office applications: Access, Windows, Excel, Powerpoint and Project. Attended and passed level 1 CCNA Cisco Network Engineering course.

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