Quality Engineer Resume

Objective:

To explore prime opportunities for employment in a relevant position that would utilize my background and abilities, while providing an environment for continued personal growth.

Summary of Qualifications:

A well-rounded education focusing on math/science, combined with the wisdom gained from a career in technical and quality management, with emphasis on customer satisfaction and continuous improvement, provides the basis for filling your position with an enthusiastic, self-starting, quick-learning, honest and reliable resource.

Education:

B.S. Chemistry
National Merit Scholar

Work experience:

June \'07 – May \'10 Confidential,Suffield, CT
Quality Engineer for a Tier 2 manufacturer of stainless braided teflon hose and assemblies for automotive and industrial applications; responsible for APQP, PPAP, MSA, MRB, root cause analysis and CAPA activities, as well as acting Quality Manager during 15-month personnel search; Division was sold and management was purged in 2008
Reason for leaving: elimination of position due to business downturn; letter of recommendation is available

January \'06 – May \'07 Confidential,
and worked in miscellaneous non career-related jobs while searching for the right opportunity.

October ’00 – December ‘05 Confidential,Chicopee, MA
Quality Assurance Manager for a reprocessed plastics facility specializing in extrusion compounding of pelletized polycarbonate and ABS from wide-spec & mixed regrind feedstock; supervised QA Lab (staff of 5 on 24/5 schedule) while directing quality system upgrades to ISO 9001:2000 and to ISO/TS 16949; provided internal & external customer tech service as required
Reason for leaving: part of a major downsizing and eventual plant closure

January ’98 – October ‘00 Confidential,South Hadley, MA
Product Engineer, responsible for new & modified product design, costing, sales support (quotation prep & technical assistance), issuing product specs, prototyping, and OEM customer tech service; for issuing and maintaining changes in manufacturing specs
Reason for leaving: opportunity for a 50% salary increase

March ’88 – April ’97 Confidential,Ware, MA
Quality Assurance Engineer, reporting to Manufacturing Mgr, collaborated with polymer compounders in developing one of the industry’s first truly flexible jacketing compounds capable of passing UL burn testing for Types CM and CMR over high pair-count unshielded PE- and PPRO-insulated cores; responsible for supervision of QA Lab and Rework Dept (staff of 5); collaborated with 3 peers in an intensive 2-year project with focus on inspection/testing, extrusion process control, problem-solving by root-cause analysis, and corrective action elements, culminating with achieving ISO 9001 registration in October ’96
Reason for leaving: downsized 8 months after arrival of new Mfg Mgr

June ’84 – March ’88 Confidential,MA
Technical Director, coordination of all technical facets of thermoplastic compound manufacture, including formulation design & process development, lab supervision, QA, customer tech service, safety and regulatory; developed a wire & cable compound product line from scratch
Reason for leaving: better opportunity

August ’82 – June ’84 Confidential,Mansfield, MA
R&D Lab Manager, supervision of 4 technicians, coordination of flexible vinyl compound design & process development efforts to meet customer requirements and marketing objectives; managed raw material evaluation and approval projects and was vendors’ primary technical contact; implemented the use of encapsulated lead heat stabilizer for reduced employee exposure to its harmful effects
Reason for leaving: division sold, reorganized; declined invitation to join new facility in Hackettstown, NJ

June ’77 – August ’82 Confidential,Rolling Prairie, IN
Lab Manager, supervision of inspection, rework and compound dryblending departments, design responsibility for insulation and jacket compounds, raw material approval and UL/CSA certification and followup service testing; provided customer tech service to sister plants in New Carlisle and Lakeville heater wire processing; developed storage isolation of suppliers’ equivalent vinyl resins, which virtually eliminated scrap wire due to surface defects
Reason for leaving: desired permanent relocation back to New England

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