Joe West

Collaborating with internal Quality, engineering, and manufacturing functions and suppliers to meet quality standards and product requirements.

Supplier Quality Engineer - Lockheed Martin - Greenville, South Carolina

(2025-03)

Collaborating with internal Quality, engineering, and manufacturing functions and suppliers to meet quality standards and product requirements.

• Monitoring quality control activities and systems at supplier facilities and maintain feedback loops.
• Performing surveillance to ensure supplier's conformance to company and program requirements.
• Conducting source inspections, first articles, manufacturing process validations, source surveillance, and special process audits.
• Providing internal and supplier support for root cause and corrective/preventive actions related to supplier discrepancies
• Supporting supplier failure investigations as needed
• Ensuring control of supplier nonconforming items and conducting analyses to monitor efficiency of corrective actions at the supplier.
• Supporting creation and maintenance on specification audit checklists and conducting supplier audits to industry standards.

Quality Engineer - Autoneum - Duncan, South Carolina

(2023-09 - 2024-12)

• Monitors and continuously improve incoming SPC (Statistical Process Control)
• Review and request revision if (needed) incoming inspection standards.
• Conduct inspection and cause analysis regarding raw materials quality and non-Conforming issues
• Plan the corrective Acton for the Non-Conformity issue.
• Control Non-Conforming Product marks identifier (label, demand or right indemnity, and request rework).
• Review and verify supplier – suggested solutions and corrective action plans for the raw material quality non- conforming issues.
• Regularly check and monitor the inspection equipment and conduct a calibration based on the equipment management standards.
• Placed orders for the purchase of new inspection equipment
• Serve as Supplier Quality Engineer at BMW
• Manage the Supplier complaint system (B2B Portal), including execution and documentation of inbound inspections by Quality Technician issuance of supplier complaints.

Quality Engineer - Michelin North America - Columbia, South Carolina

(2022-11 - 2023-06)

• Ensure delivered products and assemblies are aligned with quality standards and are manufactured within specifications.
• Meet the quality and efficiency performance by following the "Right the first time" principles.
• Mentor and coach operators to ensure that manufacturing standards are followed.
• Follow up on process performance in terms of capability and productivity.
• Participate in quality planning for products, materials, processes, and methods.
• Provide feedback on compliance and standards to management.
• Develop guidelines and standards for operators.
• Anticipate obstacles, consider the next steps.
• Support the EMS, QMS and H&S systems including requirement of ISO 9001 and 14001.

Quality Engineer/Quality Control Coordinator - Autokiniton - Fountain Inn, South Carolina

(2021-01 - 2022-03)

• Performs internal Audits (Product, Process, System, and LPA)
• Steward for Rework Process
• Responsible for updating procedures, work instruction and forms
• Daily review of customer internet reports/ratings and initiate reply process if applicable
• Trains operations colleagues using measuring equipment, Quality Alerts, Process, containment of non-Conforming material.
• Interacts with management and other colleagues to ensure quality requirements are met and maintained during the production process. This will include shipping and receiving as needed.
• Conduct Gage Repeatability and Reproduce ability (GR&R) studies to ensure check fixtures follow customer requirements.

Production Quality Specialist / Materials Planning Execution Specialist - GE Aviation - Auburn, Alabama / Asheville, North Carolina / Greenville, South Carolina

(2014-08 - 2020-07)

• Create and submit MRB tickets for non-Conforming material
• Ensure operational alignment with production plan and KPI
• Optimizes inventory and process improvement.
• Communicates across direct organization.
• Coordinate and expedite the flow of material (from suppliers, also within product lines)
• Served as a team coach and mentor to 2nd shift production team members.
• Work on cross-functional projects/teams to deliver lean material planning solutions for the business.

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration - Troy University