Amie Bolt
Konawa,OK
Summary
Effective quality professional bringing proven success in driving continuous improvement initiatives in Quality Engineer roles. Focused and diligent with commitment to fostering corporate mission. Consistently acknowledged for implementing actionable initiative to reduce error rates and optimize company processes.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Paint Quality Engineer
Plastic Omnium
02.2022 - 06.2023
- Contributed to root cause analysis to determine core reason for failures and errors.
- Performed quality inspections and drafted reports to detail non-conforming material issues.
- Coordinated with quality control staff to complete inspections.
- Supported quality team members during corrective action updates.
- Led problem-solving activities to quickly identify and permanently resolve quality and productivity issues.
- Facilitated process improvements to successfully decrease errors.
- Developed action plan for company certification using ISO 9000 standard knowledge.
QUALITY PAINT LAB TECHNICIAN / SUPERVISOR
FLEX-N-GATE
11.2016 - 12.2021
- Currently working in a fast paced Team production environment
- Responsible to ensure customer quality expectations are being met
- Perform testing of parts in production and communicate any concerns to production
- Perform customer visits such as color harmony and AAR reviews
- Perform launch testing such as AAR, PPAP and VTC
- Perform calibrations plantwide of all equipment and keep accurate records of these calibrations
- Participate in daily quality and production meetings, fast response meetings, 3rd party quality audits and completed 5 yearly BIQS audits with zero non conformances
- Responsible for supervision of lab personnel, assign duties as needed, performance evaluations and implement training for quality lab staff
- Collect and review quality data from production such as color BYK data, wavescan, DOI, microscopic film builds, water immersion testing, humidity testing, impact testing, adhesion checks and flexibility testing
- Responsible for implementing dirt library, part of the dirt team which involves daily microscopic dirt analysis, collecting trend data and reporting
- Perform datapaq oven profiles and reports findings to production
- Responsible for incoming paint quality, verify C of A’s, color plaques and perform approvals if criteria met.
QUALITY INSPECTOR
FLEX-N-GATE
11.2013 - 01.2016
- Responsibilities included visual inspection of parts for non conformances
- Trained in quality basics, how to identify defects and knowledge of customer specifications
- Duties also included bar code labelling and working to production schedules
- Trained in safety regulations and working in a Team environment
- Trained other inspectors and supported production as needed, working in assembly cells.
Education
Konawa High School
Konawa, OKSkills
- 9 years of experience in a paint production environment
- Familiar with automotive quality standards
- Experienced quality inspector, lab and line side
- Calibration experience and record keeping
- Quality color evaluation and troubleshooting
- Quality Launch testing AAR/PPAP/VTC
- Customer site visits to evaluate quality
- Raw Material Testing
- Chemical Identification
- Risk Management
- Materials Inspections
- Product Data Management
Accomplishments
- BIQS certified
- Administrative Assistant course
- BYK Mac and X-rite trained
- Keyence microscope training
- Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook
- Inspection lighting evaluation and specifications
- PPAP (80% completion)
- Internal Auditing
Timeline
Paint Quality Engineer
Plastic Omnium
02.2022 - 06.2023
QUALITY PAINT LAB TECHNICIAN / SUPERVISOR
FLEX-N-GATE
11.2016 - 12.2021
QUALITY INSPECTOR
FLEX-N-GATE
11.2013 - 01.2016
Konawa High School