Tara Denney
Anderson
Summary
Driven professional with strong teamwork and problem-solving skills, ready to excel in a new role. Experienced in quality control, operational performance, and employee training, with a solid foundation in manufacturing and Lean principles. Seeking to leverage these skills in a new position to contribute effectively to organizational goals.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Assembler II
Trane Technologies
Noblesville, IN
11.2025 - Current
- Assembled HVAC components with precision to meet quality standards.
- Operated hand tools and machinery to facilitate production processes efficiently.
- Conducted routine inspections of assembled products for defects or inconsistencies.
- Collaborated with team members to streamline assembly workflows and reduce downtime.
Paint Team Leader
MTNA
Anderson, IN
06.2024 - Current
- Coordinate, monitor, and manage daily activities to achieve excellence in operational performance
- Supports budget preparation and monitor costs to adherence to budget and goals
- Identify trends and suggest action plans for improvement to support organization goals
- Manage, train, develop, and coach employees; ensuring systems for training employees are fully implemented and followed
- Ensure all employees are operating according to standards and requirements, including safety
- Coordinate and monitor material involved in production
- Effectively communicate with customer and support services such as IT, HR
- Perform all other tasks as needed and directed by management
Quality Control Inspector
MTNA
Anderson, IN
09.2023 - 06.2024
- Respond to customer quality concerns
- Support C/M activity - External/Internal
- Initiate the Internal Corrective Action Report
- Perform a good problem investigation and Root Cause analysis
- Complete required daily paperwork including but not limited to: Change point control sheets, quality index board, maintain all product line books
- Provide support for internal quality concerns for mass production: Perform process evaluations, Audit product in production, establish limit samples and sample parts, Investigate and control design changes, compliance of IPPAAR’s, IPP’s and change point control
- Provide support for containment activity internal/external, initiate containment activity with follow-up communication to other shifts, track and establish quality trends in containment, ensure containment includes dock to initial process as appropriate
- Understand and support New Model activities to ensure scheduled are met
- Carry out all first off, middle and end-run verifications
- Review questionable scrap and disposition as needed
- Communicate issues in a timely manner to production, customer and all affected associates
- Other duties as assigned by management
Quality Control Inspector
NTK Precision Axle
Anderson, IN
12.2018 - 03.2019
- Performs first piece, in-process, and final inspections on all products (including cutting samples)
- Audit departments to ensure quality assurance (line checks)
Inspector
Owens-Illinois
Lapel, IN
12.2014 - 12.2017
- Performed bottles test such as pressure and dimensional measurements per quality standards.
- Makes routine bottle inspection checks on set-outs of ware and reviews automatic inspection data.
- Observes line to ensure continual bottle flow and reports problem areas.
- Performed audits on pack ware when needed.
- Inspects ware on lehrs or light station for defects.
- Make regular quality cavity checks, consisting of gauging, checking physical and dimensional properties and inspecting of bottles on assigned lehrs to determine quality level of ware.
- Inspects ware rejected by automatic inspection equipment.
- Processes limit samples through electronic FP automatic inspection equipment.
Quality Laboratory Technician
Wurth Service Supply
Indianapolis, IN
07.2013 - 11.2014
- Use and maintain equipment (calibration, repair and record-keeping)
- Perform metallographic presentation of samples for inspection, PPAP, and analysis as needed
- Analyze samples for grain flow and micro structure
- Identify and control non-conforming product, ensuring that all non-conforming qualities are documented
- Complete inspections, PPAPs, ISIRs, and other customer specific inspections as directed by management
- Assist in maintaining calibration system
Test Technician
Altairnano
Anderson, IN
10.2012 - 06.2013
- Execute electrical performance tests on inbound supplier cells
- Use computer to select and run appropriate test programs
- Use computer to select and run appropriate data evaluation macros to determine pass/fail parts
- Execute electrical performance tests on manufactured battery modules
- Execute unique electrical or physical tests as specified by engineering or test manager
- Troubleshoot faulty equipment and use standard maintenance practices on equipment
- Execute and track annual calibration of test equipment
Assembly Line Worker
Nexus Valve
Fishers, IN
01.2012 - 10.2012
- Test products or sub-assemblies for functionality or quality.
- Provide production, progress, or changeover reports to shift supervisors.
- Troubleshoot problems with equipment, devices, or products.
- Build product sub-assemblies or final assemblies.
- Inspect finished products for quality and adherence to customer specifications.
Quality Laboratory Technician
Indiana Automotive Fasteners
Greenfield, IN
03.2003 - 11.2009
- Participate in internal assessments and audits as required.
- Conduct routine and non-routine analyses of in-process materials, raw materials, environmental samples, finished goods, or stability samples.
- Participate in out-of-specification and failure investigations and recommend corrective actions.
- Train other analysts to perform laboratory procedures and assays.
- Monitor testing procedures to ensure that all tests are performed according to established item specifications, standard test methods, or protocols.
- Complete documentation needed to support testing procedures including data capture forms, equipment logbooks, or inventory forms.
- Receive and inspect raw materials.
- Investigate or report questionable test results.
- Perform visual inspections of finished products.
- Calibrate, validate, or maintain laboratory equipment.
- Review data from contract laboratories to ensure accuracy and regulatory compliance.
- Used rockwell and vickers to test hardness of material.
- Used tensile machine to test tensile strength.
- Spark testing, fracture testing and fiber flow testing.
Education
Diploma - General Studies
Pendleton Heights High School
Pendleton, IN05-1998
Skills
- Caliper
- Warehouse
- Micrometer
- Manufacturing
- Quality Control
- PPAP
- Outlook
- MS Word
- Excel
- Calibration
- Word
- Quality Assurance
- Quality Inspector
- 5S
- Inspection
- Spark
- Lean Manufacturing
- Laboratory experience
- Testing
- Assembly
- Just in Time (JIT)
- Calibrations
Certification
Driver’s License
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Over 10 years’ experience in manufacturing with a focus in quality and assembly. Perfect record of safety helps maintain a safe and well organized work environment resulting in high production and quality. I have mechanical assembly experience also.
Timeline
Assembler II
Trane Technologies
11.2025 - Current
Paint Team Leader
MTNA
06.2024 - Current
Quality Control Inspector
MTNA
09.2023 - 06.2024
Quality Control Inspector
NTK Precision Axle
12.2018 - 03.2019
Inspector
Owens-Illinois
12.2014 - 12.2017
Quality Laboratory Technician
Wurth Service Supply
07.2013 - 11.2014
Test Technician
Altairnano
10.2012 - 06.2013
Assembly Line Worker
Nexus Valve
01.2012 - 10.2012
Quality Laboratory Technician
Indiana Automotive Fasteners
03.2003 - 11.2009
Diploma - General Studies
Pendleton Heights High School