Sumith De Silva

• Producing & Maintaining work/manufacturing instructions.
• Monitoring, inspecting, reporting product and process compliance to requirements.
• Raise Non Conformances Reports ( NCR's) and Corrective Action Reports (CAR's) for the manufacturing products and supplier products as required.
• Participate and contribute to corrective action process and follow up of effectivity.
• Create and maintain Quality Records (Quality System and Project specific).
• Undertake and perform product/process testing and analysis of test results.
• Review and report technical data/records related to quality performance.
• Participate in external and internal audits.
• Contribute to the implementation and maintenance of continuous improvement initiatives.
• Assist in quality system and process training of team members.

• Provided technical support to manufacturing functions, view and interrogate customer models and specifications to gather requirements for creation of detailed procedures and processes.
• Used of ERP system to construct work orders and Bill of Materials (BOMs) from information contained in customer specifications and requirements.
• Supported manufacturing operations to identify and implement process improvements.
• Root cause analysis of production problems and implementation of robust corrective actions.
• Provided operational support to company assets e.g. Lectra/ Gerber cutting machine, laser projectors, ovens, autoclaves etc.
• Maintained configuration of planning documents and their release to operations.
• Communicated with other team members to enhance process and performance.

Achievements:

• Created all C130, Boeing F15/F18 composite work instructions; Data Pack, SOP, MMP, VMI
• Created Jetcam /Cross Track Ply Cut Files for all C130 parts
• Involved variety of CI (continues improvement) projects in C130 Lay-up and assembly area and archived over $100,000.00 material savings and over $10,000 .00 labour saving per year.
• Provided production engineering support for start-up of Swoop Aero (KITE) providing manufacturing input and onsite support (Warn Ponds-Victoria) enabling program start up per agreed schedule.
• Involved Bid process for new projects, providing technical guidance and engineering input to agreed project milestones.
• Nominated three times for “Purple Cow award” and winner of the purple cow award - November 2021 (Each month Engineering Team Leads will present the Engineering Team Purple Cow award to the team member who had the best idea that made the biggest impact to the business in terms of Quality-Cost-Safety).

• Maintained overall control of the Quality Management System documentation, Carry out Internal Audits, Incoming goods, Raw material, Detail Part, Assembly , Process and Final product inspection.
• Identified and helped resolve non-conforming product issues.
• Worked with specific production team members to rectify production issues and maintain high-quality final products.
• Monitored production operations for compliance with specifications and promptly reported defects.
• Supervised production workers to identify areas in need of improvement for high-quality production.
• Identified and helped resolve production problems, increasing output while reducing errors.

• Created production planning documents, Create and maintain a detailed step by step instruction sheet, Create and release MRB planning sheets for NCR dispositions.

• Reviewed the day’s work order and prepare all of the tools required for production, Utilized hand tools, power and pneumatic tools to undertake assembly, Check quality of the completed parts to customer specification & to company standards

• Major Structural Repairs ('C' checks) & modifications - B747-200 & A300 series.