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Becky Bricken

Campbellsville

Summary

Dynamic Quality Assurance professional with extensive experience in developing inspection standards and documentation. Known for dependability and attention to detail, consistently contributing to successful product launches and customer satisfaction through collaborative quality initiatives.

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience

Work History

Quality Engineer

TGKY
Lebanon, KY
11.2024 - Current
  • Developed comprehensive documentation for new program implementations.
  • Established and refined inspection standards aligned with customer specifications to guarantee product quality.
  • Facilitated intercompany meetings with supporting departments to enhance product quality.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define quality metrics and benchmarks.
  • Supported successful product launches by conducting extensive pre-release testing and validation activities.
  • Established effective communication channels between QA, development, and project management teams to foster a collaborative working environment focused on delivering high-quality products.
  • Participated in agile development practices such as sprint planning meetings and daily stand-ups, contributing valuable input from a QA perspective throughout the project life cycle.
  • Met tight deadlines to satisfy client demands and project timelines.
  • Ensured timely delivery of high-quality products through effective coordination with cross-functional teams.
  • Enhanced customer satisfaction by promptly addressing issues identified during user acceptance testing.
  • Maximized team productivity through continuous improvement initiatives and implementation of best practices in QA methodologies.
  • Participated in available trainings to improve software knowledge.
  • Produced and maintained quality documentation for project reference.
  • Trained and guided onsite and offshore team members in quality assurance standards, policies and procedures.
  • Fixed identified issues to increase productivity and boost workflows.

QA Technician

TGKY
Lebanon, KY
08.2017 - 11.2024
  • Collaborated with production teams to identify areas for process improvement and efficiency gains.
  • Developed and maintained detailed documentation of quality assurance processes and findings.
  • Trained production team members and quality team members on inspection of new product.
  • Created quality documents to ensure team members were identifying quality products
  • Completed data collection for the quality engineer
  • Traveled to various departments/customers to enhance product quality and maintain customer satisfaction.
  • Facilitated meetings to enhance collaboration among quality and production followed up with meeting notes and PFU.
  • Assisted quality engineers in creating documentation for new programs
  • Created training Dojos to assist team members on how to better ensure quality products

Lead Operator

TGKY
Lebanon, KY
05.2012 - 08.2017
  • Oversaw daily operations, ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards.
  • Trained operators in equipment handling and process optimization.
  • Filled in for absent team members
  • Filled in for absent team leaders
  • Daily kaizen
  • Created documents
  • Last 2 years in lead operator position, filled in as team leader in Fuel Valve. Assisted in running trials on new programs. Set up the first Filler Pipe program at TGKY. Created documents such as PIS, FML and Inspection Methods.
  • Trained new team members on various assembly jobs
  • Inventory daily to calculate daily production need.
  • Assured area was IATF ready by doing weekly audits of processes

Team Member

TGKY
Lebanon, KY
05.1999 - 05.2012

Oversaw daily production operations to ensure efficiency and quality standards were being met on machine I was responsible for.

Executed daily paperwork completion and maintained defect tracking for ongoing product production.

Daily kaizen

Daily 1S2F

Education

High School Diploma -

Adair County High School
Columbia, KY
06-1995

Skills

  • Control plan development
  • Quality processes
  • Quality improvement plans
  • Data collection
  • Proficient at Excel
  • Multitasking
  • Detailed oriented
  • Dependable

Timeline

Quality Engineer

TGKY
11.2024 - Current

QA Technician

TGKY
08.2017 - 11.2024

Lead Operator

TGKY
05.2012 - 08.2017

Team Member

TGKY
05.1999 - 05.2012

High School Diploma -

Adair County High School
Becky Bricken