Engineer Quality

Christine McQueen

Email: abpxhz@r.postjobfree.com

Address:

City: Canton

State: MI

Zip: 48188

Country: USA

Phone: 734-***-****

Skill Level: Any

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Primary Skills/Experience:

SUMMARY: Results oriented, hands-on manufacturing professional that is highly motivated, creative and versatile. 12 years of experience in the automotive, engineering, environmental, and business to business industries. Track record for driving results for successful completion of multi-million-dollar projects through developing partnerships and building positive rapport with senior management, engineers, product development, supplier quality, and plant floor operators while maintaining project timing. Well skilled in assembly, fabricating, and component plant processes. Excellent oral and written communication skills while providing guidance to internal clients. Responsive to agency requests to represent the Company at public meetings. Seeking a challenging Quality Management position to support company growth and provide and opportunities for professional growth.

Educational Background:

High School Dipolma from Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View TX 1/2001 to 5/1995 (Chemical Engineering)

High School Dipolma from, Prairie View TX 1/2001 to 12/2012

Master's Degree (MA, MS) from Capella University, Prairie View TX 1/2001 to 12/2012

Job History / Details:

Career Focus

SUMMARY: Results oriented, hands-on manufacturing professional that is highly motivated, creative and versatile. 12 years of experience in the automotive, engineering, environmental, and business to business industries.

Track record for driving results for successful completion of multi-million-dollar projects through developing partnerships and building positive rapport with senior management, engineers, product development, supplier quality, and plant floor operators while maintaining project timing. Well skilled in assembly, fabricating, and component plant processes.

Excellent oral and written communication skills while providing guidance to internal clients. Responsive to agency requests to represent the Company at public meetings. Seeking a challenging Quality Management position to support company growth and provide and opportunities for professional growth.

Summary of Skills

Process development

Conflict resolution

Complex problem resolution

Strategic planning

Project management

Vendor & Materials Management

Environmental Laws and Regulations

Project Planning and Scheduling

Electronic Information Systems

Industrial Controls Design and integration

Fabricating and Assembly Technologies

Lean Manufacturing

P&L Management

Change Management

Team Building and Leadership

Leadership for large staffs

Safety & Compliance Management

Budget Analysis

Accomplishments

Product Roll-Out

Responsible for marketing for product launch including public relations, direct mail pieces, trade shows, sales training and e-mail campaign.

Market Research

Defined industry segments and identified opportunities in domestic and international markets.

Personally managed production activities to guarantee 100 percentage of orders were shipped on-time.Personally managed production activities to guarantee 100 percentage of orders were shipped on-time.Contributed to an annual 45 percentage increase in productivity through improvements in operations, quality, safety and administration.Quality Control

Saved 8 percentage on supply costs by working closely with suppliers to ensure components met department quality standards.

Project Management

Supervised project production efforts to ensure projects were completed to company standards, on time and within budget constraints.

Customer Interface

Met with customers to help ensure delivery of parts met quality compliance, managed reworked parts fulfillment, and developed preventative quality control plans to reduce repeat occurrences.

Professional Experience

November 2009 to Current

Split Partners, LLC Ann Arbor, Michigan

Founder and CEO

Accountable for all business development including overall customer satisfaction.

Strengthened company's business by leading implementation of a niche conference series nationwide.

Developed and directed strategy for launch of new product that became #1 in the market place 11 months after launch.

Reduced and controlled expenses by 60 percentage .

Negotiated and reviewed business contracts and financial models with profitability and financial success in mind.

Planned public outreach workshops to improve outreach strategy.

Managed team of 120 of professionals.

Defined strategy and business plan for conference series.Executed integrated advertising campaign across multiple media channels.

Created executive analysis reports highlighting business issues, potential risks and profit opportunities.

2007 to 2009

Tenneco Automotive Monroe, MI

Supplier Development & Quality Engineering Manager

Tenneco is a global automotive supplier who is one of the world's leading designers, manufacturers and distributors of automotive emission control and ride control products and systems for the automotive original equipment market and the aftermarket.

Led cross-functional launch team design / manufacturability supplier review meetings to assure form, fit and function of product / assembly design intent - items identified by exception launch team per policy.

Supported supplier compliance (milestone visit) to APQP planning in support of PPAP submission and SOP timing.

Work with plant to assist supplier to resolve APQP issues as they develop; including training (like Phased PPAP for Ford, run at rate).

Facilitated and support timely implementation of permanent corrective actions and resolution for launch items (launch MRRs and LDRs) - at supplier typically.

Tracked supplier APQP status (SRM); and communicated to plant quality, Applications and NPIS teams.

Witnessed off-tool production trials at suppliers.

1999 to 2007

Ford Motor Company Dearborn, MI

Sr. Manufacturing Project Management Engineer

Ford Motor Company is an American multinational corporation and the world's fourth largest automaker based on vehicle sales in 2006.

Led the process of launching new vehicle content for over 13 North American and Canadian Assembly plants for the Ford Car & Truck and Lincoln and Mercury product lines Led cross-functional teams consisting of product design and release engineering, manufacturing engineering, FPS operations, APQP quality assurance to develop corporate best practices for new products introductions into manufacturing.

Prepared manufacturing readiness plans for new vehicle launch including capacity studies and plan as well as targeted performance metrics.

Driver of QOS deliverable using Ford AIMS, WERS, CAD, OTG systems.

Reviewed and verified PFMEA, DFMEA, 8D and R&M process development.

Reduced turnaround time for problem resolution by 38 percentage from 72 hrs to 24 hrs improving end customer delivery.

Eliminated $150M in global supply chain waste by improving the EQI system using six sigma principle.

1998 to 1999

Blue Circle Cement Detroit, MI

Process/Environmental Engineer

Blue Circle, based in England, also manufactures and sells cement worldwide.

Responsible for equipment optimization and conservative usage of raw materials.

Managed the execution of a $100M process modification project.

Completed project 3 percentage under original budget assumptions.

Developed facility Emergency Response Plan.

Trained senior staff on Emergency Response Plan, prepared audit criteria and established targets.

Leader responsible for reviewing Emergency Response Plan (ERP) annually and ensuring the ERP is current and information is accurate.

Led all aspects of preparing and overseeing environmental documentation and conducting related community involvement programs.

Planned and administered environmental budget, and maintained sole profit/loss responsibility.

Within 6 months of environmental program implementation, the company produced $1-2M in environmental cost savings during the next three years.

Represented the Company through interaction with environmental regulatory agencies to obtain hazard.

1997 to 1998

Double Eagle Steel Coating Company

Quality Engineer

Double Eagle Steel Coating Company, co-owned by U.

S.

Steel and Severstal North America, Inc is the world's largest producer of electro-galvanized steel.

Managed production of galvanized steel coils various.

Proposed and implemented methods and equipment that would detect defects introduced during the production process.

Provided expert resolution of the most troublesome of steel coating issues.

Designed and implemented company safety initiative to include design of safety logo.

Control and maintenance of the laboratory.

Accountable for the distribution, calibration and repair of test equipment and laboratory facility.

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Education

1995 Prairie View A&M University Prairie View, Texas

Bachelor of Science Chemical Engineering

1995,

Certified Six Sigma Green Belt Certified Environmental Waste Water & Air Quality Operator Certified Process Engineer Specialist Certified in HVAC Certified in FMEA, DFMEA, 8D, WERS Change Management, Engineering Statistics, Process Capability

Capella University St Paul, Minn

Masters Business Administration

Professional Affiliations

Women in Manufacturing - Chairman for Networking Automotive Women Engineers

National Association of Female Executives Society of Women Engineers National Association of Women Business Owners Society of Manufacturing Engineers

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