matthew owen

head of quality engineering

About

A dedicated, proactive and results driven Engineer with experience in Quality, and proficiency in problem solving within a manufacturing industry. Experienced in working with customers and suppliers, with a primary focus on high quality products and service. Always available to travel and very flexible and possess excellent communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills. Experience in working with a leading manufacturing organisation thriving on a highly pressurised and challenging environment, whilst having high organisational and team working abilities. Possess excellent lean and efficiency skills that benefit the competitive focus of the business.

Country

united kingdom

City

plymouth

Industry

textiles

Skill

continuous improvement, lean manufacturing, manufacturing, six sigma, engineering, value stream mapping, ppap, kaizen, fmea, spc, dmaic, apqp

Experience

head of quality engineering

rittal_csm

2019-1 - Present · 7 yrs 9 mos

head of quality engineering

quality engineer

princess yachts international plc

2018-8 - 2019-1 · 6 mos

quality engineer

rittal_csm

2012-5 - 2014-3 · 1 yr 11 mos

supervisor

mccoll's retail group

2006-5 - 2008-9 · 2 yrs 5 mos

deputy production manager

heathcoat fabrics limited

2017-9 - 2018-8 · 1 yr

quality performance engineer

heathcoat fabrics limited

2014-3 - 2017-9 · 3 yrs 7 mos

Duties include -Everyday quality checks and improvement for products throughout whole manufacturing process. -Specification reviews and implementation of new specifications. -Asses and aid in quality control of supplied products. -Audit internally (layered process audits). -Supplier auditing. -Process improvements throughout the site. -Six Sigma tools to aid in efficiency and quality improvement projects. -Customer relations (complaint control and development control). -Certificate of Conformity sign off for products. -New Product Introduction, APQP, PPAP. -Use of core tools, PFMEA, DFMEA. -Fault analysis to improve DPPM.