Kenya Van Arsdale
Vallejo,CA
Summary
Accomplished Quality Inspection, and inventory control analyst with advanced abilities in cycle counting and system updating. Forward-thinking in Inventory Planning and successful at handling diverse system problems. Works effectively across departments to help teams meet current and forecast Quality and Inventory needs.
Quality assurance professional, prepared with extensive knowledge in inspection processes and quality management. Known for consistently ensuring product compliance and maintaining rigorous standards. Reliable team player, adaptable to changing environments while focusing on achieving high-quality results. Skilled in process optimization and defect analysis.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Quality Inspector (FQC)
Arris Composites
12.2024 - 04.2025
- Improved product quality by conducting thorough inspections and identifying areas for improvement.
- Streamlined inspection processes, resulting in increased productivity and reduced turnaround times for customers.
- Developed and implemented training programs for new inspectors, resulting in reduced learning curves and improved overall performance.
- Maintained accurate documentation of all inspections, ensuring traceability and accountability throughout the organization.
- Developed detailed inspection reports to inform management about product quality and compliance status.
- Reduced the number of defects by implementing effective inspection strategies and techniques.
- Conducted root cause analyses on non-conforming products, developing action plans to prevent recurrence of issues.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to resolve quality issues in a timely manner.
- Coordinated calibration activities for measurement tools used within the department, ensuring accurate readings during inspections.
- Implemented corrective actions to address identified issues, preventing future non-conformances and improving product performance.
- Championed a culture of quality awareness among all employees through training programs and workshops.
- Led a team of inspectors to ensure consistent implementation of quality standards across production lines.
- Assisted engineering teams with failure analysis investigations, providing insights into potential causes of observed defects or failures.
- Inspected incoming and outgoing materials for accuracy and quality.
- Communicated with production team members about quality issues.
- Performed visual inspections and non-destructive tests where appropriate.
- Inspected quality of products, taking note of functionality, appearance and other specifications.
- Reported repeated issues to supervisors and other departments, collaborating to identify issue roots and rectify problems.
- Evaluated components and final products against quality standards and manufacturing specifications.
- Participated in team meetings to discuss progress and results, providing ideas and suggestions for improvement.
- Collaborated with production staff to establish and meet quality standards
- Identified and documented quality discrepancies for management to develop resolutions.
- Completed precise measurements using special tools.
- Performed root cause analysis to identify and resolve defects, improving quality standards.
- Reported problems and concerns to management.
- Inspected items and compared against standards to meet regulatory requirements.
- Collected and analyzed data to measure effectiveness of quality control processes.
- Inspected raw materials and finished products to verify quality and disposed items that did not meet safety requirements.
- Performed tests and inspections to conform to established standards.
- Reviewed production processes and identified potential quality issues.
- Conducted data review and followed standard practices to find solutions.
- Completed supporting documentation for testing procedures, data capture forms, equipment logbooks and inventory forms.
Quality Assurance/Control Inspector
Mare Island Dry Dock, LLC.
02.2023 - 03.2024
- Implement, maintain and enforce QMS, Environmental, and Safety programs. Make recommendations to improve worker environment, safety and health conditions, and meet regulatory compliance requirements. Educate workers to improve compliance.
- Lock and/or tag energy has been isolated effectively.
- Maintain accurate and complete log of Work Authorization files (WAF). Ensure that corrective actions from inspections, CARs (corrective action reports), dock inspections and incident investigations are completed and effective.
- Perform and document daily, weekly, monthly, and annual inspections and provide written evaluation of conditions in a concise report.
- Represent Mare Island Dry Dock to governmental entities like Navy, Coast Guard US Department of Commerce and Research outside Maritime vendors, and within the company.
- Knowledge of Military standards using specs. Ex: spec (specifications) NABC as well military sea life command
- Participated in emergency planning activities; lead incident investigations, integrated QA and ESH programs in the production environment; and training of employees and subcontractors in lockout, tag out and WAF procedures.
- Ensure communication with affected department(s) to LOTO all source energy is properly isolated. This procedure is updated daily or as often as is required.
- Work Authorization Files are provided, logged, and maintained in a complete and accurate log
Quality Inspector
Tesla, Inc.
03.2016 - 01.2021
- Monitored quality control measures on multiple job sites simultaneously with proper coordination and documentation and established final inspection procedure and matched job specifications.
- Completed first-piece inspections to evaluate fabrications process and requirements and documented results, Reported non-conformance issues and documented findings in forms to help production staff understand and correct problems.
- Completed quality control and inspection sheets in accordance with ISO standards for maximum benefit.
- Verified calibration and functionality of inspection equipment, machinery, and tools for proper quality control.
- Monitored team operations to check and maintain compliance with OSHA requirements and internal policies, Liased between prefabrication and fabrication areas and engineering team members to resolve misunderstood, unclear, and incorrect information.
- Communicate product, process, and documentation discrepancies to correct problems and achieve process improvements.
- Obtained and studied drawings and specifications and checked work instructions prior to inspecting production, Determined compliance with dimensions and locations, and verified compliance of parts and assemblies. Measured the dimensions of completed products to verify their compliance with the documented production specifications.
- Carefully documented findings such as weights, quantities and grades in daily reports, conducted dimensional sampling and reviewed certifications for incoming components and materials.
- Initiated re-inspection to check resolution of identified production problems. Witnessed process and inspected completed assemblies and major components. Identified production problems and recommended corrective actions to supervisors to prevent further wasted materials.
Education
AA - Photovoltaics and Business Law
Laney College
Oakland, CA06.2011
Skills
- Ability to Work Under Pressure
- Ability to Work in a Team
- Leadership
- Document Updates
- Quality Grading
- Data Entry
- Problem Solving
- Damaged Merchandise Processing
- Communication
- Operate Equipment
- Computer Skills
- Operate Forklifts
- Final product inspection
- Quality inspection techniques
- Critical thinking capacity
- In-process inspection
- Effective communication
- Precision measurement tools
- Customer focus orientation
- Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing
- Data analysis techniques
- ISO 9001
- Quality management software
- Quality system documentation
- Workplace safety procedures
- Gage repeatability and reproducibility
- Calibration and maintenance
- Visual inspections
- Inspection procedures
- Quality processes
- Inspection documentation
- Reporting and analysis
- Blueprint reading
- Quality control
- OSHA compliance
- ISO standards
- Recordkeeping
- QC planning
- Error reduction
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Problem-solving
- Attention to detail
- Time management
Timeline
Lead Quality Inspector (FQC)
Arris Composites
12.2024 - 04.2025
Quality Assurance/Control Inspector
Mare Island Dry Dock, LLC.
02.2023 - 03.2024
Quality Inspector
Tesla, Inc.
03.2016 - 01.2021
AA - Photovoltaics and Business Law
Laney College
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