Richard W. Tondolo
Mishawaka,IN
Overview
46
46
years of professional experience
Work History
Quality Manager – Contract Canceled
Ft Industries
Goshen, IN
10.2022 - 06.2025
- Quality Manager is responsible for the overall development, implementation, and maintenance of Ft Industries Quality Management System.
- Ensuring product and Quality compliance collaborating with intra- company Quality teams.
- Facilitates problem solving and continuous improvement activities to improve process and product quality and is accountable to resolve related quality issues.
- Assure correction action, customer complaints and audit findings are addressed in a professional manner.
- Utilizes quality tools, data analysis and problem solving and proper corrective and preventive actions to manage and control non conformances of products.
- Works together with department leadership to create, plan, and reach department and company quality objectives.
- Responsible for the quality lab, calibrations, pull testing of products and sending products to certified labs calibration of instrumentations.
- Works with team to identify, manage, and control non-conforming of products, processes, suppliers and or systems.
- Establishes and maintains a basis for quality control, quality standards, inspection, test methods product compliance and quality procedures for the company.
- Communicate prominent issues or concerns with top management as needed.
- Creates a yearly Management review and presents to top management.
- Manages quality employees and provides clarity, guidance, development, leadership, and corrective feedback as required.
- Assures, develops, reviews, maintains, and improves quality process and procedures and maintains document control and retention for the plant and company.
Product Engineer- Contract Canceled
Howmet Aerospace
La Porte, IN
05.2022 - 08.2022
- Design and acquisition of tooling, fixtures, gauges, and dimensional inspection plans.
- Lead continuous improvement activities to reduce costs, improve scrap, and rework yields.
- Improve the overall efficiency to reduce the manufacturing process.
- Improve processes of critical and complex aerospace components.
- Investigates and analyzes the root cause of external customer escapes.
- Develops and implements corrective actions plans.
- Initiates, prepares, and validates dimensional qualification packages to meet customer requirements.
- Conducts APQP meetings to develop a plan for developing product planning, product design, validation of the product and the process.
- Use the AIAG 5 core tools: APQP, PPAP, FMEA, MSA and SPC.
- Create and analyses technical data to meet the customer’s requirements.
- Conducts design review meetings with customers to ensure production capability for new components.
Sr. Advance Quality Engineer Completed assignment
Honeywell GSS
South Bend, IN
01.2022 - 03.2022
- Responsible for performing analysis of the Aeronautical and Military manufacturing processes to validate the quality of the process and the products it produces.
- Responsible for the corrective and preventative actions system.
- Vendor assessments and risk assessments.
- Internal audits.
- Administer / approve Engineering Change Notice process (ECN).
Sr. Quality Engineer - Completed Contract
Dynamic Aerospace & Defense
Elkhart, IN
06.2021 - 12.2021
- Manage product launch of latest programs and processes: stamping and laser cut parts.
- Administer all quality system documentation including preparation of PPAP documentation.
- Using Precision Calibration Instruments, interpreting prints, and interacting with clients.
Quality Manager, Resigned Position
Hydro Extrusions and Fabrication
North Liberty, IN
07.2019 - 04.2021
- Company Overview: Hydro is an Extrusion and Fabrication plant serving a wide range of customers.
- Member of Lead team and manages Hydro’s quality system and Quality lab personnel with accountability to the Central Quality organization.
- Responsible for establishing plans, policies, and procedures that will meet or exceed specific customers’ expectations and supplying the automotive and non-automotive markets.
- Directs process and product testing to ensure quality standards are met during production.
- Manage the quality lab, material testing, gauging and calibration of all testing equipment.
- Implements and maintains a quality system developed to the ISO 9001: 2015 standards and customer requirements and to use the AIAG Core tools for the creation of all required PPAP’s.
- Management Representative for Internal and External Audits.
- Conducted QMS, Process, Supplier, Safety and Risk Assessment audits.
- Responsible for the corrective and preventative actions system, A3 continuous improvement.
- Provides training for all plant personnel in the use of quality tools and quality documentation.
- Performed analysis of the manufacturing process to validate the quality of the process and the products it produces.
- Experience in benchmarking processes, developing, improving, and modifying processes, unitizing Lean manufacturing techniques for launching new processes and products.
- Managing Age Ovens SAT/TUS/CQI-9 Compliance.
- Hydro is an Extrusion and Fabrication plant serving a wide range of customers.
Quality Manager, Completed Contract
Kenda Tire and Wheel -Dexstar Wheel
08.2017 - 04.2019
- Member of Plant Leadership Team, assesses and provides recommendations to leadership team regarding quality initiatives, procedures, certification audits and lean manufacturing.
- Directly manage and coordinate all aspects of the organization’s quality system and accountability throughout the organization.
- Leads quality improvements and standardization process for plants to interface with sister company’s quality systems.
- Manage the Audit process, schedule and perform quality audits.
- Manage the customer complain system, corrective/preventative action system and change management process.
- Implementation of a visual standard to improve employee training and adherence to quality standards.
- Is responsible for planning and directing quality assurance policies, programs, and initiatives.
- Directs process and product testing to ensure quality standards will be met, during production.
- Manage the quality lab, material testing, gauging and CMM equipment.
- Management Representative for Internal and External Audits per the ISO 9001:2015 Standard.
- Responsible for identifying and pursuing opportunities for process improvements within the quality system and including the manufacturing process.
- Review, modify and enhance SOP’s, Work Instructions, deviations, FMEA’s, control plans, quality metrics, management review meetings, lean initiatives, and all inspection activities.
- Responsible for performing analysis of the manufacturing process to validate the quality of the process and the products it produces.
- Leads to the updating of the quality system to meet the ISO 9001:2015 Standards.
- Manages the development, revision and updating of quality policy, quality manual, quality procedures and work instructions.
- Manages and leads the development of PPAP documentation, process maps, control plans and process/capability analysis using Lean Manufacturing techniques.
- Assures product and process quality by designing testing methods; testing finished product and process capabilities; establishing standards; confirming manufacturing processes.
- Evaluates manufacturing processes by designing and conducting research programs; applying knowledge of product design, fabrication, assembly, tooling, and materials; conferring with equipment vendors; soliciting observations from operators.
- Experience in benchmarking processes, developing, improving, and modifying processes, unitizing Lean manufacturing techniques for launching new processes and products.
- Lead projects to standardize processes, documentations, and procedures.
- Prepares product and process reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
Director of Quality laid off - position was eliminated.
JMS Engineered Plastics, Inc
South Bend, IN
09.2015 - 06.2017
- Company Overview: Worked for a custom plastics injection molding company supplying the automotive and non-automotive markets.
- Directly manage and coordinate all aspects of the organization’s quality system and accountability throughout the organization.
- Responsible for establishing strategic plans, policies, and procedures that will meet or exceed specific customer’s expectations.
- Responsible for planning and directing quality assurance policies, programs, and initiatives.
- Directs process and product testing to ensure quality standards are met during production.
- Manage the quality lab, material testing, gauging and CMM equipment.
- Implements and maintains a quality system developed by standards and customer guidelines to meet the ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 & IATF 16949:2016 Standards.
- Management Representative for Internal and External Audits.
- Responsible for corrective and preventative actions and continuous improvement projects.
- Review, modify and enhance SOP’s, Work Instructions, deviations, FMEA’s, control plans, quality metrics, management review meetings, lean initiatives, and all inspection activities.
- Performed analysis of the manufacturing process to validate the quality of the process and the products it produces.
- Experience in benchmarking processes, developing, improving, and modifying processes, unitizing Lean manufacturing techniques for launching new processes and products.
- Worked for a custom plastics injection molding company supplying the automotive and non-automotive markets.
Director of Quality - Layoff due to loss of business
Mack Tool and Engineering
South Bend, IN
04.2015 - 09.2015
- Manage the department’s quality functions and staff.
- Establish Protocol and implement a quality system developed by standards and customer guidelines to meet but not limited to ISO 9000, AS9101, TS14969, ITAR and NADCAP.
- Manage Internal / External Audits and Management review Board (MRB).
- Implement corrective/ preventative actions and continuous improvement projects.
- Review, modify and enhance SOP’s, Work Instructions, document deviations and metrics.
- Approval of all quality aspects of the manufacturing process.
Quality Engineer II - laid off.
Nishikawa Standard Company
Bremen, IN
04.2004 - 04.2015
- Participates in the Daily QA, Mfg., and Eng.’s meetings for the resolution of quality problems.
- Supports manufacturing in all facets of production, including development, application and maintenance of standards, processes, materials, and products.
- Represent NISCO professionally during communications with the customer and while visiting customer plants.
- Designs, installs, and evaluates process sampling systems, procedures, and statistical techniques.
- Designs or specified inspection and testing mechanisms and equipment.
- Analyzes production and service limitations and standards.
- Responsible for customer claims, 8D’s, concern log, annual part validation, training, five times, ten times, PAAP, FMEA’s and control plans.
Project Engineer / Quality Engineer / Sales Engineer
National Steel Corporation
01.1979 - 03.2004
- Company Overview: Company out of business
- Responsible for managing a wide range of diverse plant engineering projects, collaborating with all levels of plant staff and stakeholders.
- Responsible for creating and maintaining a Quality Management System to meet our automotive customers’ requirements.
- Collaborated with customers on capital projects to establish all parameters of the project.
- Manage the ISO-9000 quality system and produced Statistical Process Control (SPC) reports, initiating communications with customers and suppliers on quality issues, and maintaining the quality system.
- Conducted quality audits and analyzed data to ensure compliance with ISO/QS quality standards, corporate quality policies and procedures.
- Managed corrective/preventive actions system.
- Participated in initiative-taking continuous improvement activities, problems solving activities, cost reduction efforts, and worked with the purchasing department to establish quality requirements for external suppliers.
- Managed capital projects for National Steel Corporation and provided project management on National Steel's capital improvements and maintenance projects including developing project scopes, estimates, budgets, scheduling, project milestones, and project meetings.
- Additional duties include developing drawings, specifications, analyzing manufacturing processes and implementation of lean manufacturing methods and improving overall operational performance.
- Experience in benchmarking processes, developing, improving, and modifying processes, unitizing Lean manufacturing techniques for launching new processes and products.
- Company out of business
Timeline
Quality Manager – Contract Canceled
Ft Industries
10.2022 - 06.2025
Product Engineer- Contract Canceled
Howmet Aerospace
05.2022 - 08.2022
Sr. Advance Quality Engineer Completed assignment
Honeywell GSS
01.2022 - 03.2022
Sr. Quality Engineer - Completed Contract
Dynamic Aerospace & Defense
06.2021 - 12.2021
Quality Manager, Resigned Position
Hydro Extrusions and Fabrication
07.2019 - 04.2021
Quality Manager, Completed Contract
Kenda Tire and Wheel -Dexstar Wheel
08.2017 - 04.2019
Director of Quality laid off - position was eliminated.
JMS Engineered Plastics, Inc
09.2015 - 06.2017
Director of Quality - Layoff due to loss of business
Mack Tool and Engineering
04.2015 - 09.2015
Quality Engineer II - laid off.
Nishikawa Standard Company
04.2004 - 04.2015
Project Engineer / Quality Engineer / Sales Engineer
National Steel Corporation
01.1979 - 03.2004
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