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Jeff McCuddin

Quality Manager
Hawkeye,Iowa

Summary

Seek employment as a Design, Manufacturing, Industrial, Project, Process or Quality Engineer or Manager with an opportunity for continued professional growth.

Overview

30
30
years of professional experience
2
2
Certification

Work History

Quality Manager

TriMark Corporation
04.2019 - Current
  • I use 8D’s, Three Legged 5 Whys, and Cause and Effect Diagrams to get to root cause and to solve customer quality and manufacturing problems
  • I oversee all aspects of quality department at New Hampton, Iowa, plant and supervise nine QA Techs
  • TriMark sells products to John Deere, Caterpillar, CNH, AGCO, and several other smaller companies
  • Work with supplier engineers at all locations to get to root cause and close all quality rejection reports
  • Reduced total CAT NCMs from 96 in 2019 to 36 in 2022
  • Pride in closing customer rejections to eliminate them from happening again
  • TriMark has seen only three (3) repeat rejections in time leading quality
  • Scrap has been reduced 1.9%; PPM has been reduced from 200 to 50 on Key Accounts and from 400 to 100 on all other accounts while I have managed quality at TriMark.

Operational Quality Engineer / QA Leader

Centro Inc
10.2016 - 04.2019
  • Used 8D’s, Three Legged 5 Whys, and A3’s to get to root cause and to solve quality and manufacturing problems
  • Oversaw all aspects of the quality department at two Centro plants located in John Deere locations
  • Supervised five QA Techs
  • Conducted a JDS-G223 John Deere self-audit and worked with Centro team members to prepare for the John Deere JDS-G223 Audit of the East Moline plant
  • Closed five (5) corrective actions from the audit and handled all NCCA corrective actions from both plants
  • Oversaw all aspects of ISO 9001 Centro Quality System Internal Audit Procedure at the North Liberty Plant
  • Implemented a Pre-Delivery Inspection system at one of the John Deere locations
  • Reduced the external PPM from 1400 to 485 in the 5 months at East Moline location
  • Closed and reduced the Corrective Actions from 75 to 25 at both locations in 5 months
  • Took over Centro’s Gravimetric Testing Procedure and updated it to pass the John Deere Cleanliness Standard on DEF tanks
  • Was Focused Quality Engineer for all of Centro’s Caterpillar products and handled 100% of all Quality Issues from CAT.

Quality Engineer / Manager

Maintainer Corporation of Iowa
12.2012 - 10.2016
  • Oversaw all aspects of the quality department at Maintainer Corporation of Iowa
  • Modernized the Quality Department to get a handle on manufacturing and quality problems
  • Revised the Work Instruction Format, converting from a text-based document to a picture-based format
  • Developed an 8D problem solving system to improve quality issues from vendor-supplied components
  • Developed an internal concerns system to improve internal quality issues between the different departments
  • Developed quality gates and inspection procedures to find and fix quality issues where happen.

Quality Engineer

GKN Armstrong Wheels
08.2006 - 12.2012
  • Oversaw all aspects of rim and wheel quality control for Armstrong, IA, and Estherville, IA, plants
  • Duties included managing gage calibration process
  • Completed all required customer documents PPAP and ISIR requirements
  • Assisted and lead problem-solving teams to utilize proper techniques and methods to get to root cause of quality concerns and productivity issues
  • Lead Kaizan events to improve quality and production in all areas of production process
  • Trained production personnel in B/P reading, Problem Solving, Team Building, and Project Management
  • Visited and resolved quality issues at customers’ plants
  • Managed several quality technicians.

Manufacturing Engineer/Project Engineer

GKN Armstrong Wheels
07.2005 - 08.2006
  • Oversaw all aspects of new robotics weld cell; this included working with Robotics System Integrators to install new work cell in factory
  • After cell was installed, worked with floor personnel to ramp up production and to establish quality standards for weld process
  • Weld cell was producing all light duty wheels in plant and was picking up production of several heavy-duty wheels every month
  • Designed and implemented several ergonomic improvements in rim and wheel areas of Armstrong plant
  • Worked with machine builders to install and put into production a laser inspection machine for wheel offset and run-out features.

MET Instructor

Northwest Iowa Community College
08.1994 - 07.2005
  • Taught Applied Physics 1 & 2, Engineering Mechanics-Statics, Strength of Materials, Fluid Power, Automated Manufacturing Systems (Robotics), Fundamentals of Manufacturing Processes (General Machining), Tool Design, and Machine Design for the Manufacturing Engineering Technology Program
  • Chaired Faculty Staff Development Committee
  • Allocated and kept yearly financial records of staff development funds, chaired all committee meetings, and communicated all committee rulings to faculty and staff
  • Taught several continuing education courses to local industrial companies; Fluid Power, Statistical Process Control (SPC), and Design of Experiments (DOE).

Project Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Tool Designer

Glacier Vandervell Inc
1981 - 06.1994
  • Oversaw all aspects in the purchase of manufacturing equipment
  • Designed and implemented ergonomic improvements to existing machinery and developed and controlled a material conversion of product
  • This included investigating the project specifications, quoting the systems, justifying and submitting requests for capital funds, and coordinating equipment design, construction, and installations
  • Designed and implemented process improvements to reduce labor hours and improve quality
  • This involved developing JIT lines, linking machines, implementing SMED and poke-yoke improvements, and facilitating an employee waste elimination team and employee problem solving teams
  • Designed and developed the required tooling to produce new jobs
  • Troubleshot jobs not running on production floor, estimated the hours each design job would take, and checked the work of other designers
  • Reduced tool design process from 80 hrs to 20 hrs by developing a spread sheet for formulas.

Education

Associate of Applied Science Degree - Mechanical Engineering

Western Iowa Tech Community College
1981

Skills

  • 8D Problem Solving
  • Customer Relations
  • Process Improvements
  • PPM Reduction
  • Employee Supervision
  • Design Engineering
  • Employee Training

Certification

  • The Pacific Institute – Investment in Excellence
  • NWICC - High Performance Management
  • Lean Certification Building Lean Leaders – SME Lean Knowledge Certificate – SME Lean Bronze Certification
  • Mobile Crane Inspector Training from Crane Institute of America
  • Measurement System Analysis (MSA)
  • Improving Manufacturing Processes – MiniTab Essentials
  • GD&T Training
  • SME Certified Manufacturing Technologist Certification Training and Test

Additional Information

  • As an employee of Northwest Iowa Community College
  • I was a SkillsUSA/VICA Advisor for all first and second year MET students. My students had great success in three contests every year, Mechanical Drafting, Automated Manufacturing, and Robotics and Automation Competitions. As an employee of Northwest Iowa Community College, I was a member of the local SME Chapter where I held several offices in the organization. I was Bulletin Editor, Retention, Recruitment, Certification chairperson, and Web Master. I was a member of the Sheldon Fire Department for 10 years. I was the Vice-Chair of the Siouxland Lean Consortium (SLC), my duties include, keeping our web page up to date, organizing and sending out notifications to SLC events and monthly meetings, and working on our annual Lean conference.

Timeline

Quality Manager - TriMark Corporation
04.2019 - Current
Operational Quality Engineer / QA Leader - Centro Inc
10.2016 - 04.2019
Quality Engineer / Manager - Maintainer Corporation of Iowa
12.2012 - 10.2016
Quality Engineer - GKN Armstrong Wheels
08.2006 - 12.2012
Manufacturing Engineer/Project Engineer - GKN Armstrong Wheels
07.2005 - 08.2006
MET Instructor - Northwest Iowa Community College
08.1994 - 07.2005
Project Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Tool Designer - Glacier Vandervell Inc
1981 - 06.1994
Western Iowa Tech Community College - Associate of Applied Science Degree, Mechanical Engineering

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