Experience

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  Lpg Industries

  • General Manager
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  LPG Industries Inc.

  • General Manager

    • 2007 - Present

    •Oversee daily operations of company. (Only exclusion is Accounting activities.)•Established Cross Training Program and advised Quality Control Manager of the various criteria to develop the level status of an employee for each department.•Created Job Descriptions for all positions in company.•Developed and authored Company Employee Handbook.•Managed the Human Resource Department – liaison to healthcare brokers, interview potential employees, review weekly employee time cards and submit payroll to outsourced Payroll Company.•Handled inside sales calls from existing and potential customers.•Revised filing system of internal and customer drawings for our CAD system, as well as created a filing system for Digital Photo record retention.•Handled all quoting of new Sensors and Turbine Component Instrumentation requests.•Perform reviews of internal Drawings and Router Sheets/Travelers to ensure all aspects of Customer’s requirements are adhered to in the manufacturing of the product.•Conduct reviews of Customer Drawings for accuracy and feasibility.•Review Customer’s Quotes, Purchase Orders/Contracts to ensure all obligatory aspects correspond to customer requirements. – Product Realization and Customer Related Processes.

  • Acting Quality Assurance Manager

    • Feb 2012 - Nov 2012

    •Training Management, Supervisors and Technicians on new Quality Management System (Q.M.S.)•Overseeing implementation of first phase of new Q.M.S.•Converting antiquated Q.M.S. to a user-friendly Process Flow Chart system, utilizing department Processes, Work Instructions, Forms and Logs.•Developing Work Instructions (with Department Supervisor’s input) to capture unique activities associated with each department while maintaining continuity throughout the system.•Effectively making use of an ISO Consultant’s guidance to make the Q.M.S. ISO 2008 compatible.

  • Quality Control Inspector

    • Jun 1997 - Nov 2012

    • Received Certification to conduct In-House Quality Management System (Q.M.S.) Audits. • Perform Receiving Inspection aspects for all products and goods.• Log all pertinent data pertaining to materials used for the manufacturing of product.•Collate documents and records related to purchased parts and materials.•Conduct in-process part inspections.•Perform Final Quality Inspection on finished products.

  • Plant Operations Manager

    • Dec 2001 - May 2007

    •Managed Production workload in each department (Machining, Welding, Fabrication and Assembly) based on customer orders, in-house production runs and any emergency needs as a result of customer forced outages.•Created schedules for performing preventative maintenance on equipment to minimize downtime.•Worked with Quality Control Manger to establish calibration timetable for all Q.C. equipment.•Trained Supervisors in all aspects of their primary department responsibilities.•Trained Technicians on fundamental theories of Thermocouples and Pressure Sensors used for instrumentation.•Designed new Instrumentation Sensors and Multi-point Probes for Technology (R & D) and Supervisory Instrumentation.•Proposed new price structuring for new and existing products and all Turbine Component Instrumentation work scopes.•Designed Fixtures and Jigs for repeatability in the production of subcomponents and sub-assemblies.

  • Purchasing Manager

    • Jan 1995 - Dec 2001

    •Purchased all materials used to manufacture finished products and consumable materials for the daily operations of the manufacturing equipment.•Established reorder points for raw materials and consumable items based on fluctuating workloads and anticipated future influxes of workload.•Created a fundamentally sound filing system for record retention of all in-house Purchase Orders, Packing Lists and Material Certification documents for raw materials, calibration reports of thermocouple materials and quality control testing and monitoring equipment.•Created criteria assessment strategy for locating potential new suppliers to enhance faster delivery, better availability of services and lower costs for materials.

  • Supervisor of Instrumentation

    • Jan 1994 - Jan 1997

    •Oversaw instrumentation of turbine components (Combustor Baskets/Liners, Transitions, Vane Segments, Ring Segments and Turbine Blades).•Performed layout of component(s) for sensor locations and the routing of sensors to primary exit point(s). Indicated where minor alterations were necessary on turbine components locations to preserve the reliability of the instrumentation and the integrity of the component.•Continued to perform Technician work when workload and/or complexity of work scope made it compulsory.

  • Technician

    • Oct 1991 - Jan 1994

    •Learned fundamental theories of Thermocouples and Pressure Sensors used for instrumentation.•Learned how to test the integrity of sensors Volt Ohm meters, Resistance meters and how to troubleshoot sensors for possible failure mode(s).•Learned how to read drawings and understand the Bill of Materials sections of prints.•Learned how to read instrumentation diagrams for turbine components and comprehend the work scope of instrumentation projects.•Manufactured thermocouple sensors (simplex, duplex and triplex) mineral insulated cable and flexible leadwire constructions.•Manufactured multi-point probes and combination rake probes (temperature and pressure).

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  Henry Margu Inc.

  • Yeadon, PA

  • Data Entry Technician

    • Jul 1989 - Oct 1991
    • Yeadon, PA

    •Responsible for entering new Purchase Orders into computer system.•Monitored inventory levels of products and supplies.