BILLY CAUDILL
Shelbyville,IN
Summary
Dynamic Quality Manager with extensive experience at Jupiter Aluminum, specializing in quality assurance and SOP development. Proven track record in problem-solving and root cause analysis, enhancing production efficiency and customer satisfaction. Adept at training teams and implementing corrective actions, ensuring compliance with stringent quality standards.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
QUALITY MANAGER
Jupiter Aluminum
Fairland, IN
01.2017 - Current
- Use of micrometers, calipers, tape measures, Hunter Lab Scan XE, BYK Color2View color machines, permascope, SpecMetrix for dry film measurements, and PortaSpec X-ray for coating weights, as well as BYK gloss meters.
- Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Pivot charts and pivot tables.
- Assign paint codes to new colors for customers.
- Troubleshoot issues in the plant.
- Work with customer service on customer and quality complaints.
- Assist the sales team with colors and concerns.
- Work with the maintenance manager for projects to be completed if there is any downtime.
- Cover for the Plant Manager and Operations Manager during their time off.
- Coach and mentor employees through the sharing of coil coating knowledge and experience.
- Help with the scheduling of the paint lines and slitting.
- Create recipes for setups on paint lines to help lower scrap and improve yield.
- Corrective actions for customer issues.
- Make the final decision if the product is acceptable for the customer.
- Create SOPs and work instructions.
- Developed and implemented quality assurance processes to ensure product compliance with customer requirements.
- Provided leadership, insight and mentoring to newly hired employees to supply knowledge of various company programs.
- Trained and developed employees in effort to contribute to overall professional growth.
PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR
Enbi Group
Shelbyville, IN
05.2015 - 12.2016
- Supervisor of 25 employees.
- Schedule coverage for time off, or vacation.
- Audit employees to ensure they are following work instructions.
- Assist with engineering to improve work processes.
- Enter production paperwork at the end of shifts, and make sure production yield boards are filled out completely.
- Help troubleshoot any issues.
- Use of Paycom for employee hours.
- Work with team leads on any issues.
- Trained new staff on production processes and procedures.
- Communicated effectively with other departments to ensure smooth workflow from start to finish.
- Ensured safety regulations were followed by all personnel in the production area.
PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR/ QUALITY ASSURANCE
Jupiter Coil Coating
Fairland, IN
04.1998 - 05.2014
- Supervised 80 people for day and night shifts.
- On call, available for problem resolution when needed.
- Weekly individual and department safety observations.
- In charge of quality for the entire plant.
- Interacted with paint vendors, salesmen, customer service representatives, and customers.
- Helped schedule lines, arranging orders by width, gauge, and color.
- Troubleshoot any problems that would keep the line from running properly.
- Ability to adjust paints to bring them to color specs.
- Work with vendors to make the necessary adjustments for paints to run.
- Color matching for customers.
- Enter color standards into the computer.
- Made a decision on whether the material is okay to ship, scrap, or use as secondary.
- Ability to operate each position in the plant.
- Planned production operations while establishing priorities and sequences for manufacturing processes.
- Issued work orders for repairs to plan maintenance of equipment, machinery and vehicles.
Education
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA -
Shelbyville High School
Shelbyville, IN06-1993
Skills
- Problem-Solving Ability
- Documentation Control
- Data Collection Processes
- Quality assurance
- SOP development
- Customer service
- Root cause analysis
- Internal auditing
- Quality training
- Corrective actions
- Scheduling
- Employee training
- Troubleshooting
References
References available upon request
Timeline
QUALITY MANAGER
Jupiter Aluminum
01.2017 - Current
PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR
Enbi Group
05.2015 - 12.2016
PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR/ QUALITY ASSURANCE
Jupiter Coil Coating
04.1998 - 05.2014
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA -
Shelbyville High School
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