About this Candidate
DAVRON CV: Candidate 1904125
MANUFACTURING & QUALITY ENGINEER | WELDING & FABRICATION | SOPs, FAI, NPI
Core Expertise
- First Article Inspection (AS9102) planning and reporting for production readiness and compliance.
- Supplier quality management including nonconformance resolution, corrective actions, and performance monitoring.
- Production validation: PLV, Test Readiness Reviews, facilities tooling acceptance, and post-award reviews.
- Welding engineering and metal fabrication expertise across MIG, TIG, stick, and flux-core processes.
- SOP development, technical writing, and operator training for consistent, repeatable production processes.
Project Background
- Reduced aging nonconformances from 150 to 44 within 30 days after assuming program lead.
- Closed approximately 100 backlog supplier quality notes, preventing production interruptions and schedule risk.
- Led Kaizen continuous improvement projects improving fabrication throughput and tool and fixture utilization.
- Served as manufacturing engineering lead for new product introductions, coordinating design and shop-floor validation.
- Authored and updated standard operating procedures and work instructions from design input and operations.
Key Skills
- AutoCAD | SolidWorks | Creo
- First Article Inspection (AS9102) | FAI planning & reporting
- GD&T | Technical drawings | CMM quality inspection
- Root cause analysis | Corrective action implementation
- Welding: MIG, TIG, Stick, Flux Core | Metal fabrication
- SAP/P2P | DISCUS | Microsoft Office
- Production validation | PLV | TRR | FETA | PAR
Education
- B.S., Welding Engineering Technology — Southern Arkansas University
- Welding Academy Graduate — Southern Arkansas University Tech
Awards & Recognition
- President’s List (multiple terms)
- OSHA 10-hour General Industry Safety and Health
- NCCER training credentials
Why Interview this Candidate?
They combine a Welding Engineering degree with hands-on welding and fabrication experience and strong supplier-quality leadership. Demonstrated outcomes include major reductions in nonconformances and closure of backlog supplier issues, plus extensive SOP development, NPI leadership, and operator training. Proficient in CAD tools and CMM inspection, they can immediately strengthen manufacturing quality and continuous improvement efforts.
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