Paul Young

Experience

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  Federal-Mogul Bradford Ltd

  Jan 1994 - Sept 1998

  Responsibilities included being one of several internal auditors interviewing and writing up reports for corrective actions and recommendations as per company's ISO/TS 16949 Quality System programme.A Team Leader for a problem-solving project. Utilized 5-Why's and 8-D's methods. Reduced scrap from £530 to £100 in six months.An important member of a team who prepared the company for a successful accreditation of the ISO/TS 16949 standard from old QS9000 standard. Placement in Marketing Department and Quality Department.Modified scrap reports from a dot-matrix print type to spreadsheet type, reducing paper content by 60%.

  • Quality Engineer

    Jan 1996 - Sept 1998

  • Graduate Trainee

    Jan 1994 - Jan 1996
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  Federal Mogul Bradford Ltd

  Sept 1994 - Jan 1996

  Graduate Trainee

  Started in Marketing Department for 9 months and then moved to Quality Department.

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  Federal Mogul Bradford Ltd

  Sept 1998 - Aug 2012

  Managed and assessed prototype orders for introducing piston pins for automotive customers.Built strong relations with customer to ensure on-time delivery of company’s products while responding to all manufacturing and technical enquiries. Defined quality, grinding and tooling parameters in association with Product Launch Manager and Process Engineer.Streamlined a feasibility process of pin's geometric tolerance and datum structures among engineers of Sales, Production, and Engineering, utilising a hub on a server.Merged key project objectives, co-ordinating with Production Engineers, Metallurgists and Quality Inspectors across Laboratory and Metrology functions.Decreased lead-time of receiving orders to finishing products from 15 to 5 days. Show less Conducted shopfloor inspection on piston pins by heat treatment, extrusion and grinding processes.Formulated measurement reports for corrective actions and recommendations. Managed both busy Metrology and Metallurgy Laboratories, ensuring suitability of measurement instruments such as dial gauges, digital calipers and GO/NOGO gauges.Provided expert advice to Inspectors and Machine Operators for visual and dimensional checks.Implemented a change from reactive end-of-line to a proactive during-production inspection by creating a MS Access database that led to a 30% reduction on scrap.Decreased cost by 66% through elimination of surplus-to-requirement gauges as well as developed and executed a MS Access database for a calibration system.Led a team on a problem-solving project and utilised 5-Why’s method, reducing scrap from £530 to £100 in six months. Show less

  • Planning Engineer (Prototype Co-ordinator)

    May 2007 - Aug 2012

  • Quality Engineer / Product Auditor

    Sept 1998 - May 2007
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  Teconnex Limited

  Aug 2012 - Jul 2018

  Quality Engineer (PPAP/ISIR)

  Worked in a fast-paced business, manufacturing clamps for turbo-charged customers. Created and translated all PPAP requirements to key departments in new product programmes.Co-ordinated PFMEAs documents, control plans, and process flowcharts for line production as well as communicated with engineering production to improve quality standards.Evaluated customer portals, and processed and purchased orders according to customer’s needs. Managed two Quality Inspectors with their workload on ISIR’s, CMM reports and calibration system.Resolved issues successfully at end of APQP (Advanced Production Quality Process) with Engineering and customers.Regularly achieved PPAP approvals from customers. Show less

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  VTL Group

  Jul 2018 - Mar 2019

  Project Quality Engineer

  Prepared and co-ordinated quality documentation on precision components and sub-assemblies for engines, tranmissions and turbochargers in new CNC manufacturing cells.Created and co-ordinated FMEA’s, control plans, visual inspection standards and inspection reports as per PPAP requirements (Production Product Approval Process). Proactively understood customer requirements for successful PSW submissions (Part Submission Warrant). Supported Quality Engineers in improving shop-floor production quality and daily meetings.Improved internal processes on key project quality milestones.Liaised successfully with two Manufacturing Engineers and Quality Technician to translate customer drawings and requirements to full functional CNC cells in preparation for full production runs.Achieved PSW submissions in timely manner for customers including Wm Lee, Jaguar Land Rover, Mercedes Benz, and Winkelmann Group. Show less

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  Debar Bifold-Hardware

  Sept 2019 - now

  Assisting Quality Department with introduction of PPAP methodology into a non-automotive business to bring it to the next level and current ISO 9001 standard.Introducing new and standardizing current working procedures and inspection criteria to Goods Inward section.Liaising with suppliers on non-conformance products and assisting with feedback details and improvement opportunities.Recently achieved a marked improvement in quality of delivered products with an international supplier, using AQL (Acceptable Quality Level) and visual manufacturing methodology.Introduced a new reject / scrap system to monitor product's quality (internal and external), reducing base cost and time. Show less

  • Assistant Quality Manager

    Nov 2023 - now

  • Quality Manager

    Nov 2021 - Nov 2023

  • Quality Continuous Improvement Technician

    Sept 2019 - Nov 2021