Timothy J. Scott

Reviewing project applications, managing contract scope, and ensuring projects comply with program requirements.

Tracking project milestones to completion, including managing draw requests and payment disbursement.

Providing technical assistance to grant recipients.

Performs professional work in coordinating, promoting, facilitating, and preparing proposals and loans for industrial, commercial, housing, and real estate projects.

Coordinates development, real estate, or capital projects. Researches financial packages for projects, establishes and monitors project schedules, and develops budgets. 

Provides technical assistance and researches development, real estate, or capital project opportunities for the City and for commercial, industrial, or residential developers. 

Reviews development proposals and negotiates contracts. Performs other related duties and responsibilities as required

Responsible for the support of released product quality inclusive of ongoing continuous improvement, managing customer feedback, and resolving product non-conformances in manufacturing. Involves direct customer communication to resolve issues and complaints. Manages applicable standard operating procedures associated with released product quality. Lead cross-functional teams involving manufacturing, product engineering, supplier quality, logistics, supply chain, and additional teams as required.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

Manages a team of cross functional engineers to resolve customer complaints, resolve product non-conformances, and partner with internal  stakeholders to resolve customer inquiries.

Authors and maintains quality policies for complaints and non-conformances.

Functional supervision of technicians for processing of non-conformances and complaints.

Collaborates with the supplier quality engineering and tooling teams to resolve supplier-related issues.

Support of external audits including customer and ISO certification audits.

Develops and improves inspection plans/methods for new or existing processes.

Responsible for ECO review and follow-through for released products.

Manages internal failure-response systems such as RGAs and recalls.

Support efforts to evaluate, manage and improve measured Quality performance throughout CPC.

Works with customers and other CPC Engineers to ensure system-wide response to customer needs while serving as a resource for Continuous Improvement efforts throughout CPC.

Manages a team of cross functional engineers to resolve customer complaints, resolve product non-conformances, and partner with internal stakeholders to resolve customer inquiries.

Authors and maintains quality policies for complaints and non-conformances.

Functional supervision of technicians for processing of non-conformances and complaints.

Collaborates with the supplier quality engineering and tooling teams to resolve supplier-related issues.

Support of external audits including customer and ISO certification audits.

Develops and improves inspection plans/methods for new or existing processes.

Responsible for ECO review and follow-through for released products.

Manages internal failure-response systems such as RGAs and recalls.

Provide quality customer interface to assure requirements are understood and satisfied. Host and participate with customer audits, work collaboratively with customers to identify quality gaps, assure corrective action resolution, and oversee continual improvement activities to meet or exceed customer expectations.                 

Monitor quality control activities and processes at suppliers. Review and analyze corrective action and non-conformance data to eliminate non-conformances. Assists suppliers in dock to stock programs to reduce/eliminate the need for incoming inspection activities.

Manage supplier quality requirements including, certificates of conformance, sampling inspections, chemical and physical test reports, first articles inspections, process approval, material approval, inspection plans, test and inspection reports, record retention, statistical process control, SCAR, PFMEA, and control plans.             

Assist with leading the Inspector team including work direction and monitoring workflow.      

Develops reports and metrics on various aspects of product assurance function including cost of scrap and rework operations, accuracy of inspection, quality of outgoing product, etc. Monitor nonconforming parts through RMA and the rework process including timely disposition and closure.

Performs auditing and evaluation of inspections, test methods and processes to assure conformance to established standards, specifications and customer requirements. Prepares reports and makes recommendation to appropriate sections for corrective or preventative action to improvement in product quality and/or reliability. Implement action to be taken and follow up for effectiveness to eliminated or prevented nonconformance and their cause.

Manages with product realization process in establishing where sequence measurement and testing operations are to be performed, what records to be used to measure results, what specific measuring instruments and equipment is required, and specific instructions associated with operation. Records for evidence that realization process and resulting product meet requirements. May initiate or request a risk assessment identifying risks associated to a process.

Leads training production staff in the implementation of quality at the source inspection program.

Ensure monitoring and measurement equipment is subject to adequate calibration controls and audit. Audit to ensure current revision level of CNC and CMM programs are being used by production.

Leads in audits from regulatory bodies and accrediting organization. Responsible for monitoring and sustaining regulatory and accrediting certifications. Assist in proper execution of the internal and external audit program to measure the overall effectiveness of the quality management system.

Clarifies and secures approval of all customer requirements and specifications prior to tool build and facilitates the control plan/FMEA meetings. Assures all gaging requirements are identified and in place prior to first sample. 

Develops and provides planning necessary to perform effective product acceptance functions—includes PPAP packages, control plans, control plan work instructions, equipment and gage requirements, test requirements, configuration control requirements, flowcharts, first article criteria, and sampling plans as required. 

Participates technical development of all program test plans and provides product acceptance and customer input to qualification team meetings and schedules. Assures inclusion of statistically sound verification programs and a statistical analysis of initial and subsequent results.

Represents product assurance to engineering, manufacturing, and operations control. Assures that all necessary customer approvals and waivers are obtained for new and existing tools. 

Interprets customer specifications, specifications, design and define control plans and systems, including designed characteristics for SPC/SQC charting and interpretation, and assures they are understood and adhered to (purchased and manufactured product).  

Serves as resource on customer complaint investigations, corrective actions and follow-up. Provides customer liaison on major technical problems, response to customer complaints, and customer field failure reports as required. 

Establishes control plans, reliability and maintainability requirements for all subcontracts and coordinates with supplier quality assurance. Evaluates supplier’s reliability plan and performance. 

Participates in NPI review meetings to determine acceptability and contract review of incoming products and quotes.

Accountable for performing inspection of incoming parts, materials and components in the QA receiving and inspection department; checks color, finish, dimensions, hardness, chemical composition of parts and materials; performs detailed first article inspections as required in standard and clean room environments.

Participates in receiving and shipping inspection teams to verify reliability and condition of high value product, including verification and documentation of shock and tilt sensors and verification and photographic documentation of product.

Effectively communicates with quality, production floor, purchasing, and engineering in relation to areas of concern with dimensional accuracy, prohibited materials, counterfeit materials and product verification. 

Ensures inspection and filing compliance with all requirements such as the Company QMS (ISO 9001:2008) and compliance with all ITAR and governmental acquisition and sourcing requirements. 

Applies print reading knowledge, utilizing strong GD&T knowledge. 

Applies experience using inspection tools (i.e. micrometers, calipers, drop indicators, thread gauges, plug gauges, comparators etc.) and knowledge of how to apply measurement techniques to dimensions including GD&T call-outs. 

Utilizes microscope experience for workmanship evaluation on machined parts (burrs, edge breaks, surface/tool blends etc.)

Performs inspection of materials via radiographic equipment for verification of environmental and prohibited material requirements. 

Programs and operates CMM equipment (Mitutoyo) and reviews and interprets output data as needed per inspection.

35th Maintenance Squadron, Misawa AB, Japan – Performed on and off equipment maintenance on 40 F-16 C/D Block 50 and 147 F-110 engines saving over $553k. Served as test measurement and diagnostic equipment program monitor and vehicle crew chief.

1st Special Operations Equipment Maintenance Squadron, Hurlburt Field FL – Executed maintenance and fabrications actions in support AC-130H/U gunships, MC-130H Combat Talon II, MC-130P, MH-53M Pavelow Helicopters, and CV 22 Aircraft. Deployed multiple times in support of Air Force Special Operations Command and Operation Enduring Freedom.

Performed welding and cutting operations to include level II certified (6G) weld repair of aircraft parts/components as well as off aircraft components and support equipment.  

Applied MIG, TIG, SMAW, and GMAW welding procedures on all metal groups as mission and function demands.  

Programmed and operates metal working machines and computer numerical controlled (CNC) equipment to manufacture, rework, and repair aircraft and support equipment parts. Equipment includes machines such as manual mills, lathes, and drill presses as well as Fadal 4020 and 8020 machining centers, and CNC lathes. 

Performed major and minor structural repairs and modifications on a total of 125 aircraft of various models and over 438 aerospace ground equipment units.  

Ensured continuous compliance with all Air Force, OSHA and other regulatory and safety standards and procedures. 

Served as test measurement and diagnostic equipment program monitor and vehicle crew chief

University of Minnesota Crookston

August 2023 – May 2027

Concentration: Finance, Business Analytics

University of Central Arkansas

January 2010 – December 2013

Concentration: International Politics and Diplomacy; Minor in Economics

US Air Force Technical School

Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD

May 2004 – October 2004

Concentration: Metallurgy, Welding, Machining, Heat Treatment

Metropolitan Career Technical Center

Little Rock, Arkansas

August 2000 – May 2002

Concentration: Corporate Identity and Branding, Web and Logo Design