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Engineering, Process and Quality-H.S.E Manager
SNECMA XINYI AIRFOIL CASTINGS (SAFRAN Group)
April 2008
to September 2012
Full-time
GUIYANG
China
- In charge of the Engineering, Process and Quality-HSE department of SXAC (team of 27 persons) : Joint venture between SNECMA and XINYI specialized in the process of lost wax casting of turbine airfoils (Ni and Co based alloys)
- Industrialization of 8 products (NPI) : review of the specifications, coordinate the industrialization planning internally and with the customer, perform the trials of validation, organize the FAI package, implement the mass production conditions
- Implement actions of product and process improvement on quality and cost aspects, extensive use of lean-six sigma methods and problem solving tools: process capability studies, Ishikawa, 5 whys, DMAIC, FMEA...
- Pilot investments project and qualification of new equipments for the development of the activities of the company : high vacuum heat-treatment furnace, finishing line, NDT installation (X-ray, FPI, Macro-etching), budget around 2M$
- Manage the EN9001/ OHSAS18001 / ISO14001 certifications, built and update the Quality System of the company
- Implement and manage the Quality Assurance (QA), Quality Control (QC) and Quality Management System (QMS)
- In charge of the tooling activities of the company : design, manufacturing (subcontracted) and validation of the tooling
- In charge of the delivery workshop : team of 11 inspectors, final inspection, delivery to the final customer
- Perform supplier audits, manage the quality of all incoming materials
- In charge of the H.S.E policy and its deployment into the company
- Key actor in the production start and growth of this joint-venture. Has joined the project before the start of the manufacturing
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Chief of Turbine Airfoils design department
SNECMA (SAFRAN Group)
January 2006
to April 2008
Full-time
Gennevilliers
France
- In charge of a design department for mature aeronautic turbines airfoils (direct manager of 18 persons)
- Scope of the department : Conception of new products (turbine blades and vanes), improvement of the current products, certification of the new designs, participate to the industrialisations of the news products with the suppliers, provide technical support in case of quality issues, answer manufacturing concessions, validation of the manufacturing process (FAI), analysis of the fleet events (accident or unusual damage) during exploitation of commercial and military aircrafts
- Focal point of the turbine airfoils business unit of SNECMA for the purchase of intellectual services : development of the subcontracting activities for engineering departments, 2 M€ of intellectual services subcontracted in 2007
- This department has been created when I took this position and after an important organizational change in SNECMA, a significant part of the job consisted also to define the new interfaces and processes of this department
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Design engineer (Low pressure turbine)
SNECMA (SAFRAN Group)
February 2004
to January 2006
Villaroche
France
- In charge of the conception of a new turbine vane for the commercial engine CFM56-7B Tech Insertion
- Manage a multidisciplinary team for the part design, mechanical analysis and the industrialisation of the product
- Conduct the detailed conception of the product by implementation of technical reviews (manufacturing, design, specification...) and with a full integration of the concept of “design to cost”
- Project finalized on time and award received by the SAFRAN Group for the best innovative project of the year 2006
- Six patents published
- Active participation in technology intelligence analysis and strategy surveys for the company
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