CHARLES LEWIS
Northop Grumman
Elkton,MD
2
Languages
1
Certification
20
years of professional experience
Detail oriented Quality Engineering Technician with over 9 years in the Quality field and over 8 years in logistics experience. Specializes in identifying nonconforming products and ensuring final deliverable products meet customer satisfaction. Authorized to work in the US for any employer and has an active Secret Clearance.
Work History
Quality Engineering Technician
2 Years 7 Months- Conducted comprehensive quality inspections for aerospace components, ensuring compliance with industry standards.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure final products met or exceeded customer needs.
- Improved product quality by conducting thorough inspections and identifying defects in production processes.
- Ensured regulatory compliance by diligently following industry standards and maintaining accurate documentation records.
- Provided technical guidance to junior technicians, fostering a culture of learning and professional development within the team.
- Completed internal audits to assess adherence to quality management systems.
- Contributed to root cause analysis to determine core reasons for failures and errors.
- Examined incoming materials and compared to documentation for accuracy and quality.
- Reviewed many purchase requisitions to ensure proper quality requirements would be met by suppliers prior to ordering materials.
- Actively was involved in production scheduling to meet critical path schedules and make on time deliveries to the customer.
- Acted as a liaison between the Quality Engineering/Program Teams and the production teams on the manufacturing floor.
Quality Inspector
7 Years- Inspected parts and materials to ensure compliance with blueprints and customer specifications. Works hand in hand with production, quality engineering, and DCMA representatives to produce and deliver quality parts in a timely fashion. Identified non-conforming materials and followed procedures to segregate them and rework or repair them to continue processing. Utilized TipQA, Costpoint, and Solumina for accurate record-keeping of inspections and inventory management. Created detailed inspection reports documenting dimensional and visual inspections to support quality assurance processes. Limited use of Coordinate Measuring Machines to precisely inspect incoming parts. Works in various buildings ranging from receiving inspection to final assembly and motor pack-out.
- Conducted thorough inspections of components to ensure compliance with quality standards and specifications.
- Implemented corrective actions to resolve defects, enhancing overall product reliability and safety.
- Collaborated with engineering teams to refine inspection processes, improving efficiency and accuracy of results.
Backhauler/Receiver
6 Years- Unloaded product from trailers and staged pallets on dock to facilitate efficient warehouse operations. Broke down the product in order to meet warehouse specifications. Operated forklifts and clamp trucks to do so. Was responsible for keeping inventory of incoming product and ensuring quantity was correct. Was also responsible for quality control of incoming product. Recorded expiration dates on perishable items and entered them into a computer database. Was trained in various positions in case of being short-staffed. Collaborated with inspectors to ensure compliance with quality standards and enhance customer satisfaction.
- Oversaw accurate receiving and inspection of incoming shipments, ensuring compliance with quality standards.
- Coordinated inventory management processes, optimizing stock levels and minimizing discrepancies.
- Mentored new team members on best practices for efficient receiving and storage procedures.
Material Handler
2 Years- Delivered parts and materials to production buildings, ensuring timely availability for operations. Filled pick ticket orders from planners, supporting on-time delivery of production demands. Handled sensitive documents such as blueprints. Operated heavy equipment including forklifts and hoists. Delivered documents to personnel throughout the plant, facilitating efficient communication and workflow. Coordinated with Shipping and Receiving. Had a security clearance for certain projects.
- Operated forklifts and pallet jacks to transport materials efficiently within production facilities.
- Assembled components according to specifications, ensuring quality standards were consistently met.
- Maintained accurate inventory records using warehouse management systems to track material flow.
Data Entry
- Updated patient information in a computer database.
- Managed and organized documents for data entry tasks.
- Performed data entry for customer data.
Education
High School Diploma - General Studies
Skills
Quality inspection
Blueprint reading
Calipers
Micrometer
GD&T
Inspection sampling plans
Receiving inspection procedures
Nonconforming material control
Inspection reporting
Corrective action documentation
Root cause analysis
Statistical process control
AS9100 compliance
First article inspection
Nonconformance reporting
Supplier quality
Corrective action requests
TipQA Experience
Accomplishments
- Attention to Detail — Expert August 2020
- Identifying differences in materials, following instructions, and detecting details among distracting information. Full results: Expert
- Manufacturing: Quality Inspection — Highly Proficient August 2020
- Making precise measurements, reading prints, and making pass/fail decisions. Full results: Highly Proficient
- Indeed Assessments provides skills tests that are not indicative of a license or certification, or continued development in any professional field.
Certification
Federal Explosives License
Certified AS9100 Internal Auditor
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Limited Working
Timeline
Quality Engineering Technician
Northop Grumman
01.2024 - CurrentRead More
Quality Inspector
Northrop Grumman
01.2017 - 01.2024Read More
Backhauler/Receiver
C&S Wholesale Grocers
01.2011 - 01.2017Read More
Material Handler
Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) - PROD
01.2008 - 01.2010Read More
Data Entry
DMMS
01.2007 - 01.2007Read More
Salesianum High School
High School Diploma from General Studies
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