Chanteal Gardner
Costa Mesa,CA
Summary
To secure a position within a great company where I can contribute my extended knowledge and hard working dedication. Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong worth ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills. Thorough Quality Engineer skilled in executing quality inspections to identify and correct non-conformance issues. Meticulous and industrious with drive for implementing continuous improvement initiatives to foster consistent quality.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Quality Control Engineer/Testing Technician
SI Manufacturing Inc.
Anaheim, CA
06.2019 - Current
- Ensure product complies with customer requirements and industry standards per document drawings and work order requests
- Manage equipment calibration schedules and schedule outside vendor calibrations
- Conduct in house calibrations on some testing equipment
- Review and validate company manufacturing documents
- Perform visual inspections of final product for quality and conformity before final packaging and delivery to customers
- Report and document any non-conformities or defects
- Create work instructions for production use
- Perform in house testing on customer product
- Audit in house operating procedures for efficiency and continuous improvement
- Building and testing magnetics, PCBA's, and Power supplies from in process to final test
Systems Test Technician II
Pacific Power Source
Irvine, CA
06.2018 - 11.2018
- Tested programmable power sources 9 - 150 KVA 208/480V, 1PH, Split, and 3PH products
- Prepared and set test articles, fixtures and components to accurately conduct testing procedure
- Evaluated performance of test components using measurements, sensors and other tools
- Diagnosed and repaired faulty testing equipment to prevent false or misleading data within dataset
- Utilized computer software and hardware to analyze, collect and compile test data
- Inspected, tested and measured materials for conformance to specifications and regulatory requirements
- Repaired malfunctions, reassembled items and performed final tests
- Notified supervisors or other relevant personnel of test or production issues
- Calibrated products to match design and operational specifications
Plant Operations Supervisor
Applied Medical
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
01.2016 - 03.2018
- Working supervisor overseeing a team of plant operations technicians responsible for maintaining and operating the following equipment & systems:
- Air compressors
- Desiccant air dryers
- Refrigerated air dryers
- Absorption chiller, Electric chillers, Air & Water cooling towers
- Natural gas powered turbine generators, Diesel generators
- Solar powered inverters
- Centrifugal blowers
- Water treatment, Boilers, Reverse osmosis systems, Hot and cold water pumps
- Fuel cells
- Automated building management system, Power monitoring system, & Solar monitoring system
Electrical and Maintenance Engineer
Applied Medical Resources
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
11.2015 - 01.2016
- Perform routine preventative maintenance on electrical and mechanical equipment
- Write preventative maintenance procedures and incorporate them into the company database
- Order and replace parts on all equipment when needed
- Complete calibration testing and produce verification reports
- Responsible for Electron beam sterilization, Solar, Fuel Cells, Surgical equipment generators, Diesel generators, UPS's, and Hydraulic tube bender
Test Technician
Schneider Electric
Costa Mesa, CA
08.2008 - 08.2015
- Test UPS's and Grid Tie Inverters ranging from 40kva to 800kva
- Troubleshoot and repair UPS and Grid Tie Inverter hardware at the component level
- Verify product conformity and documentation at Final Inspection
- Document results of inspections and prepare nonconformance reports
- Test and validate UPS and Grid Tie Inverter hardware for field service
- Perform witness tests to secure customer satisfaction and business
- Provide technical support for consumers and field service technicians with commercial and home photovoltaic system installations
- Trial testing of upgraded hardware and firmware to validate its approval of release
- In charge of collecting and creating ideas to improve company safety and efficiency
Student Technician
ITT Technical Institute
Anaheim, CA
03.2007 - 06.2008
- Repairing computer hardware and software
- Configuring and installing hubs, routers, and switches
- Reimaging computers individually and through a server broadcast
- Installing individual and station computers
- Identifying electronic equipment failure
Education
Bachelor of Science - Engineering Electronics & Communications Technology
ITT Technical Institute
Anaheim, CA09.2010
Skills
- Firmware
- Microsoft Office
- Data entry
- Customer service
- Computer Networking
- Schematics
- Research
- Supervising experience
- Warehouse experience
- Programmable Logic Controllers
- Calipers
- Micrometer
- Quality inspection
- Assembly
- Manufacturing
- Quality control
- Quality management
- Quality assurance
- Quality audits
- Data collection
- Calibration Power
- Testing and troubleshooting 3 phase power uninterruptable power supplies and systems
- Testing and troubleshooting 3 phase grid tie solar inverters
- Experienced with single/split phase battery backup inverters
- Grid tie inverters
- Solar charge controllers
- High KVA transformers
- 208/480/600 voltage
- Testing Equipment: Analog/Digital Multimeter
- Oscilloscope
- Power Supplies
- Soldering Iron
- Signal Generator
- Equipment: PLC
- Microcontroller
- Troubleshooting: Analog circuits
- DC and AC
- Aircraft antennas
- Digital circuits
- Microsoft Server 2003
- Repair/Installation
- Experience with installing routers
- Switches
- Hubs
- Troubleshooting
- Re-imaging computers
- Skilled in constructing and installing Ethernet cable
- Wire maintenance
- Clerical
- WPM 60
- Veritaf
- Technical support
- Computer hardware
Certification
- AED Certification
- First Aid Certification
- Hazardous Waste Operations & Emergency Response Training
- Forklift Certification
- CPR Certification
Timeline
Quality Control Engineer/Testing Technician
SI Manufacturing Inc.
06.2019 - Current
Systems Test Technician II
Pacific Power Source
06.2018 - 11.2018
Plant Operations Supervisor
Applied Medical
01.2016 - 03.2018
Electrical and Maintenance Engineer
Applied Medical Resources
11.2015 - 01.2016
Test Technician
Schneider Electric
08.2008 - 08.2015
Student Technician
ITT Technical Institute
03.2007 - 06.2008
Bachelor of Science - Engineering Electronics & Communications Technology
ITT Technical Institute
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