Andrew Pitts
Woodstock,GA
Summary
Highly motivated professional improving Problem solver, both meticulous and thorough. Thoughtful and proactive appraisal of problem statements to plan, implement, and assess creative solutions in technical environments such as: manufacturing/ service, medical devices, hospitals / clinics, engineering and construction, health and safety, data management, project management, and hazardous waste remediation projects.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Quality Manager
CRB
Atlanta, GA
06.2022 - 02.2023
- Quality resource for Project Managers and extended teams to ensure, assess, and improve process adherence for ISO 9001 based Quality Management System (QMS) for engineering and
- Coordinated process development with end users, project requirements, and quality objectives to stand up growing Quality Department and new Project Quality Manager role
Quality Manager
J5 GBL
Atlanta, GA
06.2021 - 06.2022
- Created corporate Quality Management Plan compliant with ANSI / ASQ E4 guidance for hazardous waste cleanup
- Implementation manager for new Unanet AE ERP software training, organizing, and optimizing usage
- Pulling data and reports for project oversight
- Reviewed RFPs to ensure quality and contract compliance
- Improved accounting, project controls, and oversight capabilities through data analysis, utilizing new Enterprise Resource Planning software
Project Quality Manager
Black & Veatch
Atlanta, GA
05.2009 - 04.2021
- Developed, maintained, and assessed QMS compliant with ISO 9001 and ANSI / ASQ E4 for Federally funded facility design and hazardous waste cleanup programs
- Wrote, reviewed, and approved quality plans and other project planning documents critical to project implementation success
- Performed laboratory analytical data verification and validation in accordance with EPA requirements and Earthsoft EQuIS database structure
Data Quality Manager
Atlanta Environmental Management
Atlanta, GA
10.2006 - 05.2009
- Performed laboratory analytical data verification and validation in accordance with EPA requirements ensuring confidence in high quality data for hazardous waste remediation activities
- Utilized feedback from data analysis to assess and improve field planning, sampling, and data collection
- Developed and maintained processes to receive, prepare, process, clean, and share data for analysis and regulatory reporting
Repair and Training Supervisor Southeast
Olympus Medical Equipment Services
Atlanta, GA
04.1996 - 06.2006
- Established a culture of continuous learning by implementing regular feedback loops and performance evaluations.
- Created engaging training content that catered to diverse learning styles, improving overall knowledge acquisition among employees.
- Mentored new hires during their onboarding process, accelerating their integration into the company culture and work environment.
- Updated employees with latest policies, procedures and compliance standards.
Education
Certificate in Applied Project Management - undefined
Villanova University
Villanova, PABachelor of Arts - Anthropology
University of Georgia
Athens, GASkills
- Quality Assurance
- Quality Control
- Quality Planning
- Auditing
- Continual Improvement
- Lean Process Development
- Data Quality
- Data Analysis
- MS Excel
- MS Access
Transferable Skills
- Data Analytics Professional Certificate demonstrating competence in tools such as MS Excel, SQL, BigQuery, R Programming, Tableau, and Kaggle.
- Demonstration of methodologies such as data problem statement definition, preparation, processing, analysis, and visualization through a case study analyzing over 5 million records for a fictional bike-sharing company. https://www.kaggle.com/code/andypitts/cyclistic-bike-share-case-study,
- Leveraged process of preparing, processing, cleaning, and transforming laboratory data by reducing production times for verification and validation up to 30%, promoting accessibility to records and improving accountability.,
- Manually created ad-hoc MS Excel database for 23 years of historical environmental data for 270+ unique analytes and 19K+ records, enabling trend analysis by EPA.
- Designed Data Validation Reports, creating holistic view of field data acquisition and ensuring compliance with 'EPA Guidance on Environmental Data Verification and Data Validation'.
- Organized Project Quality Manager assignments and training, increasing quality oversight and improving department billability,
- Led SWOT analysis for organizational and business development focus, revealing significant gaps for individuals’ health and safety documentation and overall sustainability of experienced workforce,
- Assisted in creation and review of 400+ project planning documents (budgets, quality, field sampling, health & safety) for government compliance; closing 100+ projects with exceptional client ratings.
- Standardized peer-review processes and documentation, improving compliance up to 70% over 11-year contract and comprised of 800+ submittals across 106 projects, reducing project and organizational risk.
- Improved health and safety awareness compliance for USACE EM-385-1-1 guidance by standardizing documentation and structured reviews, decreasing approval time up to 50%.
Awards
ASPIRE Impact Behaviors: Building a World of Difference Nomination, Black & Veatch, 01/01/16
Certification
- Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate, Coursera, August - 2023
- Construction Quality Management for Contractors (CMQ-C), United States Army Corps of Engineers, 2020
- Certified Manager of Quality - Organizational Excellence (CMQ-OE), American Society for Quality, 2016
- Certified Quality Auditor (CQA), American Society for Quality (ASQ), 2011
- Certified Quality Process Analyst (CQPA), American Society for Quality (ASQ), 2013
- Certificate in Applied Project Management, Villanova University, Villanova, PA
- Bachelor of Arts Anthropology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Timeline
Project Quality Manager
CRB
06.2022 - 02.2023
Quality Manager
J5 GBL
06.2021 - 06.2022
Project Quality Manager
Black & Veatch
05.2009 - 04.2021
Data Quality Manager
Atlanta Environmental Management
10.2006 - 05.2009
Repair and Training Supervisor Southeast
Olympus Medical Equipment Services
04.1996 - 06.2006
Certificate in Applied Project Management - undefined
Villanova University
Bachelor of Arts - Anthropology
University of Georgia