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| Desired Industry: Manufacturing |
SpiderID: 16547 |
| Desired Job Location: Mobile, Alabama |
Date Posted: 10/25/2007 |
| Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent |
Availability Date: 12/1/2007 |
| Desired Wage: 90,000 |
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U.S. Work Authorization: Yes |
| Job Level: Management (Manager, Director) |
Willing to Travel: Yes, Less Than 25% |
| Highest Degree Attained: Bachelors |
Willing to Relocate: Undecided |
Objective:
BS degree in Chemical Engineering, 20 years experience in manufacturing with expertise in Total Quality Management, Quality Auditing and Testing, Statistical Process Control-SPC. Specialist in design and planning Quality Improvement system and develope solutions through analytical skills (QualPro, Six Sigma, KT, DOE, FMEA) . I am now exploring the opportunity that will take full advantage of my management experience as well as engineering and manufacturing background.
Experience:
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
GAF- ELK - Mobile, AL 2001 - Present
QUALITY ENGINEERING MANAGER (2001- Present)
Manage the overall operation of Quality Department to improve product quality and lower product cost
Responsible for developing Quality system to support product compliance, and process improvement efforts. Conduct statistical control SPC training for supervisors/ operators. Establish system audit to conduct equipment gauge R&R, measurement study and capability study. Resolve customer's claims,Hotline calls, and drive corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
Major Projects/Achievements
.Developed Process specifications, and trouble shooting guideline for production lines.
.Developed Document control system and implement WinSPC database to collect and control chart quality data, and raw material supplier
.Leaded analytical trouble shooting through Failure Mode and Effects analysis(FMEA), Kepner Trego (KT), Design of Experiment (DOE), and Qualpro's 12 steps
.Received Corporate wide Quality Award for 3 years- Best Quality/process improvement, Lowest Claims rate and Best Quality overall
INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY - Mobile, AL (1986-2001)
LABORATORY MANAGER (1998-2001)
Responsible for the plant's Analytical Lab including manpower planning,
budgeting, training, safety, equipment reliability, and quality testing.Directly supervising 30 employees.
Major Projects/Achievements
.Developed and implemented quality Control system to improve testing efficiency resulted in 30% cost reduction.
.Established audit system to comply with standardization testing program and met industry standards. Reduced Chemical inventory with a comprehensive trackingand audit system.
.Developed ISO manual, and cross-training plan for all job functions to achieve"High Performance Organization".
.Increased employee productivity 20% by establishing Job Safety Analysis and 5-S House Keeping program
.Improved equipment reliability 43% by designing and implementing internal audit and Gauge R&R
PROCESS ENGINEER -TECHNICAL LEADER (1996 to 1998)
Group Leader of Process Engineering for Planning, Shipping and Distribution(PS&D) area Responsible for Capital & Facility planning process including:documentation of project scopes, justification of savings, coordination of project procurement, and prioritization of projects for capital effectiveness. Coordinated cost management initiatives and process improvement projects. Trained newly employed engineers in problem identification and resolution. Facilitated cooperative planning between production personnel, vendors and
customers to resolve quality issues.
Major Projects/achievements
.Developed and implemented a broke (internal recycle) handling system to maximize the mill broke usage. This resulted in $250M/yr. savings
.Spearheaded the implementation of online image deletion testing procedure at the sheeter to reduce rejects and improve cost efficiencies ($500M/yr savings).
.Developed project analysis documents for projects totaling $1.3MM/yr in savings(automatic core cutting system, upgraded packaging lines, and retrofit of the roll handling system).
.Participated in Roll Wrapper improvement team and developed plan to address roll wrapper capacity issues. Downtime deceased by 50% and peak capacity increased 25% due to this effort.
.Developed the "Packaging Quality Improvement" program and a complaint tracking system resulting in 25% reduction in customer complaints.
QUALITY/PROCESS ENGINEER (1986 to 1995)
Provided leadership and expertise for solving problems and achieved improvements in the areas of process and product quality. Responsible for product performance, product development, and reducing product cost. Major Projects/Achievements
.Developed 169 grade specifications to assure product fitness-for-use due to conversion of paper machines to alkaline paper-making process.
.Participated in corporate specification team to standardize specifications for printing, forms and converting product lines.
.Improved the quality department's efficiency by designing an automatic complaint tracking/resolution database.
.Developed and implemented training program in ISO format for newly employed engineers and statistical clerks.
WEYERHAEUSER PAPER COMPANY - Springfield, Oregon
CHEMICAL ENGINEER INTERN (1985)
Internship participant in Technical Department/ Process Engineers group
Major Projects/Achievements
.Designed computer model of "Heat loss method" for determining Lime kiln energy use.
.Established blueprint for entire mill water flow system.
.Determined the reliability and feasibility of using Uniloc Sodium ion probe sensor to improve washing of the brown stock Kamyr system.
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY- Corvallis, Oregon (1983-1984)
ENVIRONMENTAL LAB TECHNICIAN
Performed laboratory chemical analyses involving BOD/COD, data entry, and interpretation of test results.
Education:
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering. Oregon State University, Corvallis OR, 1986
Affiliations:
Member of American Society for Quality and Six Sigma Forums and Division
Skills:
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING/SKILLS
Microsoft Window Words, Excel, Power point, Access
Statistical Process Control-SPC
Statistical Quality and Process Improvement- QUAPRO
Design of Experiments/Mutivariable Testing DOE/MVT, QUAPRO
Improve Measurement System- QUAPRO
Analytical Trouble shooting-Kepner Tregoe-KT
Six sigma, Lean Manufacturing, FMEA
WinSPC Statistical Process Control- Database system
Minitab Statistical Software
Leadership Skills, Communication Skills and Supervisory Management Skills for Professionals
Facilitator Skills
Financial Management
Environment Health & Safety OSHA training
5-S HouseKeeping
Additional Information:
HONORS& AWARDS Awarded "George W. Gleason Scholarship". OSU College of Engineering 1984 and 1985
Dow Chemical Company Scholarship, Junior Finalist 1985
OSU Scholarship and leadership finalist 1983
Reference:
Jesse Whiddon- Quality Superintendent 251-591-5080
Craig Best- Plant Manager 251-510-4449
Becky Welch-Process Control Engineer 251-391-3737
Candidate Contact Information:
| Name: Lily Vu |
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Phone: 251-634-2309 |
| City: Mobile |
Fax: - |
| State: Alabama |
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| Zip: 36695 |
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