Ellen Parker

- Maintain strict adherence to food safety and sanitization standards, ensuring compliance with health regulations.

- Monitor preparation processes, cooking temperatures, and ingredient quality, to ensure consistency and safety.

- Follow SOP's for safe food handling, storage and kitchen organization.

- Respond proactively to potential safety issues.

- Prepare ingredients by chopping, slicing, and measuring for various menu items.

-Performed precise calibration and verification of measuring instruments and test equipment, ensuring compliance with ISO 17025, ISO 9001, and NIST traceability standards.

-Maintained calibration schedules for 200+ instruments, achieving 100% on-time compliance.

-Conducted gauge and machine R&R studies, identifying variation sources and improving operator measurement accuracy.

-Collaborated with engineering, quality and the Tailored Solutions Team to troubleshoot measurement-related issues, supporting root cause analysis and corrective action implementation.

-Trained new technicians and inspectors in proper equipment handlings, measurement uncertainty, improving team proficiency and reducing errors.

-Supported continuous improvement initiatives by evaluating new measurement technologies and recommending upgrades to enhance lab efficiency.

- Assist Quality Manager in developing and maintaining procedures and work instructions, as well as identifying initiatives to reduce product cost and/or improve product quality and implementation.

- Gathered data, compiled information and assisted management in development of metrics and reports.

- Developed and documented calibration procedures, streamlined workflows and reduced technician training time.

- Prepared and maintained calibration certificates, material certificates, audit-ready documentation and detailed reports to support internal and external audits.

-Managed MRB, NCMR's, RMA's and supplier quality issues, ensuring a timely resolution.

- Calibrated internal gauges and performed gauge R&R studies.

- FARO ARM/ Used customer supplied blueprints and 3D models to create a report that can be used to verify parts (fuel fillers) are within customer and GD&T specifications.

- CMM OPPERATOR/ Operated multiple CMM's to check dimensional accuracy of different products. Edited CMM manager programs using blueprints and CAD.

- Performed in-process and final QC checks to determine the acceptance of subassemblies and finished goods.

- Performed dimensional and visual inspection to blueprint using standard and custom gauges to assist the the PPAP process.

- Worked with engineers to better understand solutions and benefits to projects. Worked closely with other departments to understand appropriate training materials and reviewed monthly.

- Researched specifications on blueprints to ensure final quality.

- Lead individual training sessions for employees in GP12/Containment, Quality floor inspectors, and Layered Process Audits.

- Review gp12/containment data, quality floor inspector data, layered process audit findings and weekly cost of quality reports to assess performance and identify areas for improvement.

- Provide the production floor in maintaining a work environment focused on quality, communication, collaboration, integration and teamwork.

- Create, edit, and update OWI instructions and control documentation used by the QA teams and production floor.

- Inspect non-conforming material and review NCMR's and RMA's.