BILLY B. BYRD
Pueblo West,Colorado
Summary
Dynamic professional seeking leadership role to apply extensive quality engineering and project management skills in progressive environments.
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
Work History
Director - Quality, Tubular & Long Products Division
Rocky Mountain Steel Mills
Pueblo, Co
03.2020 - 10.2025
- Develop KPI Quality Goals for EVRAZ Pueblo Division
- Develop Strategy to ensure products adhere to customer requirements
- Lead Quality Assurance and Control Departments
- Monitor Quality activities to ensure products complies to Quality Standards and customer requirements
- Coordinate Quality Improvement Activities
- Maintain all Quality Certifications
- Customer Claims Administrator
- Tubular Tech Services Representative
Manager - Quality Assurance
EVRAZ
Pueblo, Co
09.2013 - 03.2020
- Management Representative
- Maintain certifications/accreditations for all mills/labs (ISO 9001, ISO 17025, AAR, API, & NTPEP)
- Maintain/Improve EVRAZ Long/Tubular Products Division QMS
- EQMS Software Management System Administrator
- Implemented ISO 17025 Lab Accreditation
- Maintain Approved Suppliers List
- Develop Quality Assurance Goals
- Customer Claims Administrator
ASME Code / Lab Manager
TRANE COMPANY
Pueblo, Co
06.2011 - 08.2013
- ISO Management Representative/Coordinator
- ASME Pressure Vessel Code and Standards Engineer
- International Pressure Vessel Code Engineer
- Calibration Lab Leader
- Weld Training Program Leader
- Braze Training Program Leader
- NDE Program Coordinator
- Weld/Code Inspection Group Leader
Manufacturing Engineer
TRANE COMPANY
Pueblo, Co
02.2010 - 05.2011
- Process owner for air cooled assembly lines
- Drive improvement efforts in RTAC products and processes
- Drive lean manufacturing in RTAC assembly processes
- Manage day-to-day manufacturing and supplier issue
Quality Manager - Screw Compressor Division
TRANE COMPANY
Pueblo, Co
01.2007 - 01.2010
- Lead Quality initiatives for the business unit
- Lead Quality Team in meeting Quality goals and objectives
- Drive improvement efforts in products and processes
- Evaluate subordinate's performances
- Monitor supplier Quality performance / issue corrective actions
- Develop and initiate program to reduce customer reject rate
- Implement SPC for all product and process critical features
- Transferred Compressor Division from Colorado to Mexico
Project Manager
TRANE COMPANY
Pueblo, Co
11.2005 - 12.2006
- Manage capital equipment projects
- Manage equipment leases
- Manage equipment CAPEX budget
- Machining capacity planning
Quality Engineer
TRANE COMPANY
Pueblo, Co
09.2003 - 10.2005
- Project Leader for Quality Projects
- Responsible for Quality issues for Air Cooled Chillers
- Field Quality Alert Administrator
Certified Six Sigma Black Belt
TRANE COMPANY
Pueblo, Co
06.2001 - 08.2003
- Project Leader for Black Belt Projects
- Mentor and Coach for Six Sigma Green Belts
Mechanical Maintenance Engineer III
TRANE COMPANY
Pueblo, Co
11.1996 - 05.2001
- Lead Engineer responsible for plant equipment in air cooled and water cooled product Lines, front-end machining, and plant air compressor systems
- Develop and Coordinate equipment planned maintenance
- Organize and coordinate multi-phased projects
- Resource and spare parts inventory planner
- Train maintenance and production personnel on maintenance processes and procedures
- Facilitate root cause analysis on machine failures
Project Engineer
BES, Inc.
Houston, Tx
06.1994 - 10.1996
- Managed maintenance outage at offshore drilling rigs, oil refineries, and chemical plant for power distribution systems
Education
Master of Business Administration - Production/Operations Management
University of Colorado
Colorado Springs, COBachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TXAssociate of Science - Industrial Electrical Technology
Kilgore College
Kilgore, TXSkills
- Certified Six Sigma Black Belt
- ASQ - Certified Quality Engineer
- Lead Auditor ISO 9001
- Lead Auditor ISO 17025
- Lead Auditor API Q1
- Lead Auditor API 5CT
- Lead Auditor NTPEP
- Lead Auditor AAR - M1003
- Quality tools (FMEA, MSA, SPC, Control Plans, Risk Assessments)
- Computer Proficient in MS Office
- Computer Proficient in MS Project
- Computer Proficient in Visio
- Computer Proficient in Minitab
- Lean Manufacturing
- ISO Quality Standards
- Supervisory skills
- Project Management skills
- Leadership skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Written presentation skills
- Oral presentation skills
- Statistical data analysis
- Problem resolution
- Team leadership
Work Preference
Job Search Status
Open to workWork Type
Full TimeContract WorkSalary Range
$125000/yr - $200000/yrTimeline
Director - Quality, Tubular & Long Products Division
Rocky Mountain Steel Mills
03.2020 - 10.2025
Manager - Quality Assurance
EVRAZ
09.2013 - 03.2020
ASME Code / Lab Manager
TRANE COMPANY
06.2011 - 08.2013
Manufacturing Engineer
TRANE COMPANY
02.2010 - 05.2011
Quality Manager - Screw Compressor Division
TRANE COMPANY
01.2007 - 01.2010
Project Manager
TRANE COMPANY
11.2005 - 12.2006
Quality Engineer
TRANE COMPANY
09.2003 - 10.2005
Certified Six Sigma Black Belt
TRANE COMPANY
06.2001 - 08.2003
Mechanical Maintenance Engineer III
TRANE COMPANY
11.1996 - 05.2001
Project Engineer
BES, Inc.
06.1994 - 10.1996
Master of Business Administration - Production/Operations Management
University of Colorado
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Texas Tech University
Associate of Science - Industrial Electrical Technology
Kilgore College