Nickolas Wagner

Experience

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  Alto-Shaam, Inc.

  Aug 1999 - Mar 2018

  •Led company strategic project to develop, implement, and sustain a Quality Management System conforming to ISO 9001:2015.•Performed QMS related activities: quality objectives reporting, facilitating management reviews, monitoring procedure training gaps, educator of new hires on QMS, periodic report outs to executive management and board of directors.•Managed internal audit program with ten plus member cross-functional audit team.•Quality Assurance representative for many new product development projects ensuring new product meets internal and external requirements.•Direct oversight of several quality programs: deviations, corrective actions, non-conforming product, calibration, and incoming inspection.•Other involvement: warranty evaluation, defect resolution, supplier audits, end of line testing, and finished product audits. Show less •Managed ten direct reports consisting of mechanical engineers, designers, & detailers with responsibility for half of company’s product offerings. Monitored team’s engineering projects and prioritized workload of direct reports. Performed administrative details including resource scheduling, performance reviews, and recruitment of new personnel. Assisted in maintaining and streamlining of departmental procedures such as engineering change orders and new product development.•Led cross-functional engineering development projects. Supported sales team by traveling to customer locations to learn and understand customer’s application and specific needs for new or existing products.•Active in Lean (systematic waste elimination & continuous improvement) initiatives in both the office and shop environment. Participated in 5S, Value Stream Mapping, A3 Reporting, & Kaizen Events. Company Waste Walk trainer, teaching employees how to recognize waste and take action. Show less

  • Quality - QMS Manager

    Jan 2015 - Mar 2018

  • Design Engineering Manager

    Jul 2009 - Jan 2015

  • Engineering

    Apr 2000 - Jul 2009

  • Fabricator

    Aug 1999 - Apr 2000
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  Racine Metal-Fab Ltd

  Mar 2018 - Aug 2022

  •Manager of Engineering and Quality functions with direct reports.•Ownership of Engineering processes: new product implementation & engineering changes.•Duties as described below for Quality Systems Manager. •Member of Executive Leadership Team, participating in strategic planning.•Establish Quality business targets and specific initiatives for achieving targets.•Ownership of Quality processes: calibration & gauge management, audits, corrective actions, non-conforming product, & management review.•Responsible for fulfilling customer’s quality requirements: first articles, dimensional inspections, ppaps, cpk analysis, control plans, process failure modes and effects analysis, etc.

  • Director of Operations

    Jun 2021 - Aug 2022

  • Director of Quality Systems

    Mar 2019 - Jun 2021

  • Quality Systems Manager

    Mar 2018 - Mar 2019
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  Habitat for Humanity of Waukesha County

  Nov 2019 - now

  Member Board of Directors

  Our mission: Seeking to put God’s love into action, Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.

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  MPE-Inc

  Aug 2022 - now

  • Director of Engineering

    Feb 2023 - now

  • Director of Operations

    Aug 2022 - Mar 2023