Robert Mason
West Springfield,ME
Summary
Experienced professional with a strong background in utilizing quality driven solution to drive value for organizations. Adept at leveraging skills gain from, shop floor to cooperate level root cause corrective action implementation, to contribute to company success. Proven track record of delivering results and exceeding expectations. Committed to continuously expanding skill set and staying up-to-date with industry trends to remain a valuable asset in a dynamic work environment.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Compliance Manager
Quest Global
05.2020 - Current
- Perform regular internal audits
- Track and monitor all RCCA
- Support operations in implementation of continuous improvements
- Track and report Quality metics to senior leadership
- Cross functional support for new customers or high risk projects
- Complete training efforts with new team members
- Reviewed documents, files, transcripts, and other records to assess compliance and potential risk.
- Managed compliance efforts, reporting and audits.
Senior Supplier Quality and Development Engineer
QuEST Global
10.2013 - Current
- Supply Chain and Manufacturing Team Lead
- Supply Chain and Manufacturing Technical Lead
- Quality Engineering for Collins Aftermarket Quality Clinic
- PR certified for Quality notification processing
- Export compliance office- Tier 3
- Coordinate technology control plan for customer and audit center and resources for compliance
- Review and approve all exports from UTAS Windsor office as well as various support for other sites
- Train new resource on Project requirements and tool
- Advance and assess resource progression in their skill sets
- Work directly with customer to identify requirements along with access required and tool needed
- Started as Supplier and Quality Development Engineer
- Moved into “Star Role” for Supply Chain Team Lead in August 2014
- Moved to Manufacturing in October 2015
- 8 direct reportees
- Key Result Area matrices for each of my employees
- Including quarterly project MFA reviews
- Maintain monthly team and Bi-weekly team and individual employees meetings
- 16+ project contributors reporting to me
- Project owner
- Current project generates around $1M of revenue annually
- Budget management
- Project/SOW quoting
- Successfully used lower cost operating center to utilize a missed bill rate to increase project contribution margin
- Global Project Framework trained
- Work with offshore resources to execute work at a low cost
- Cost modeling, including Should Cost Analysis
- Worked closely with Engineering, Quality and Program Managers on UTAS AMS Transitions
- Work with Quality to evaluate non-conforming materials/parts
- GD&T application and implementation expert
- Train team member to have a working knowledge of GD&T, along with other blue print requirements and interpretations
- Play an active role as a “change champion”
- Work closely with other team members to expand, their and my, knowledge base
- Review FAIRs to AS9102 and various other UTAS standards
- Review of various Flight Safety requirements
- Evaluations of Manufacturing process reviews
- Evaluation of Control build reviews
- Generating and finalize Engineering Transition Validation Closures to release new sources for production
Quality Support Technician/ Inspector
Smith & Wesson
08.2013 - 10.2013
- Temp role thru United Personnel
- Hired to support engineering team, both internal and external, in problem solving and continuous improvement
- GD&T application and implementation consulting
- Part measurement
- First article inspection
- Assembly validation
- Gage R&R
- Capability studies
Quality Engineer
VSS Incorporated
04.2013 - 07.2013
- Hired to create atmosphere for continuous improvement
- Introduced and trained staff on SPC
- Established several process controls
- Gage design
- CMM programming
Quality Engineer
Savage Arms Incorporated
09.2009 - 04.2013
- Hired as a Quality Technician, took on the additional role of Lead Inspector, then was promoted to the position of Associate Quality Engineer and then promoted to Quality Engineer
- Quality Representative for all MRB items
- Group Leader for the 13 person Quality Department
- Took on critical role of promoting a structured root cause analysis system across the entire company resulting in daily range defects dropping from ~ 17% to around 5%
- Work directly with all manufacturing personnel to change the culture from “that’s the way we always did it” to one that looks to the data to drive daily and long term decisions
- Design gauges and fixtures for inspection process control
- Machined various parts for experiments utilizing lathes, mills, and drill presses
- Lead the inspectors and assist engineers in containment and workaround when critical issues appeared in the assembly areas – balance the need for quality control with the need to produce and keep the product flowing
- Key person for all ASME Y14.5m GD & T questions
- Oversee all of incoming inspection to assure procedures are being followed and provide/direct the daily goods receipts to keep the manufacturing floor moving
- Work with suppliers to resolve discrepant part issues resulting in positive outcomes for all parties involved
- Provide purchasing and engineering with FAI and pre-quality plans for the suppliers
Education
AS - Mechanical Engineering Technologies
Springfield Technical Community College
Springfield, MASkills
- Material review board coordination
- Project management expertise
- Experience in project feasibility and risk analysis
- Analytical cost assessment
- Development of quality assurance transition plans
- AS9102 inspection approval
- Proficient in PPAP documentation processes
- SAP transaction management
- Writing and validating performance test requirements
- Skilled in diagnosing manufacturing assembly issues
- Skilled in applying structured analytical methods for issue resolution
- Experienced in written and visual work instructions
- Skilled at both the practical and theoretical applications of ASME Y145m GD&T
- Accomplished in the use of a wide variety of inspection equipment, from basic height gages to comparators, vision systems, and CMM’s
- Trained and experienced CMM programmer; Certification from Hexagon Metrology
- Experienced in several areas of machining, including milling, turning, grinding, and basic CNC code writing
- Provide a lead-by-example, positive attitude when working with shop floor personnel
- Proficient at data mining to provide the facts of the situation to all levels of employees in various graphical formats
- Strong experience in gage calibration and calibration systems
- Gage design for floor and inspection lab use
- Various solid modeling software
- Compliance monitoring
- Training development
- Internal audits
- Process development
- Document reviews
- SOP writing
- Risk analysis
Timeline
Compliance Manager
Quest Global
05.2020 - Current
Senior Supplier Quality and Development Engineer
QuEST Global
10.2013 - Current
Quality Support Technician/ Inspector
Smith & Wesson
08.2013 - 10.2013
Quality Engineer
VSS Incorporated
04.2013 - 07.2013
Quality Engineer
Savage Arms Incorporated
09.2009 - 04.2013
AS - Mechanical Engineering Technologies
Springfield Technical Community College
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