Thomas B. Powell
Qualifications
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Thomas B. Powell
Quality Manager/Engineer/Consultant
ISO 9000 Quality Management Systems - Lead Auditor
OSHAS 18001 Heath & Safety Management Systems - Lead Auditor
ISO 14000 Environmental Management Systems - Lead Auditor
Address: 3244 Devault Rd Phone: 865-556-8625
Louisville, TN 37777 865-984-0803(home office)
Email:
Summary of Experience:
Mr. Powell has over 40 years of progressive industrial experience in the areas of agriculture, construction, electrical, electromechanical products, nuclear power generation, and project management. Mr. Powell's expertise is in the areas of regulatory compliance, technical auditing and inspection (i.e. Environmental, Health, Safety, and Quality), quality management, quality engineering, conduct of operations/maintenance, and project management.
Education:
University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering, May 1975
University of Alabama in Huntsville, Master of Science in Engineering (major: Management; minor: statistics), December 1995
Certifications:
Registrar Accreditation Board (RAB) Quality System Lead Auditor (i.e. ISO 9001) certificate # Q03333
Registrar Accreditation Board (RAB) Environmental System Lead Auditor (i.e. ISO 14001) certificate # E051587
Registrar Accreditation Board (RAB) Occupational Health and Safety System Principal Auditor (i.e. OSHAS 18001) certificate # 51587
American Society of Quality (ASQ) Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) #28286
ASQ Certified Quality Auditor (CQA) #9002
Engineer-in-Training (EIT), Idaho E-1161 7/16/75
Certified as a Quality Lead Auditor per ASME/NQA-1
ASME NQA-1 Level III Test Engineer/Inspector
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Work History:
8/97 to present Senior Consultant and Auditor dba ISO Assessor, performing certification audits of ISO 9000 Quality Management Systems and ISO 14000 Environmental Management Systems and OSHAS 18001 Health & Safety Management Systems. Consultant for ASME NQA-1, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and OSHAS 18001 programs and performing quality inspections. Conducted over 500 - ISO 9001, ISO14001, and OSHAS 18001 certification audits since 1997. Also performed ASME NQA-1 nuclear audits. Clients include:
· Curtiss Wright Flow Control, EES Engineering and Services - Quality Consultant
· PAI, Oak Ridge, TN – Quality Consultant
· TUV America, Peabody, MA - certification audits
· Excalibur Registrations, Sterling Heights, MI - certification audits
· Spectratech, Oak Ridge, TN - consultant
· Transport USA, Knoxville, TN - consultant
· Brandon Enterprises, Knoxville, TN - consultant
· Eastern Plating, Newport, TN – consultant
· Argo Turbo Serve, Knoxville, TN – internal audit
· East TN Scales Work, Lenoir City, TN - consultant
· Research and Diagnostic Laboratories, Louisville, TN - consultant TN
· Bechtel Jacobs, LLC Oak Ridge, TN - Quality Support contract.
1/95 to
7/97 Adjunct instructor - quality science, Pellissippi State Technical Community College, Knoxville, TN; participated in lesson plan preparation and classroom presentations for Quality Engineering and Quality Technician courses.
6/88 to 7/97 Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc. (formerly Martin Marietta Energy Systems), Department of Energy Facilities in Oak Ridge, TN
Quality Manager/Engineer/Auditor; Safety Engineer/Inspector; participated in technical auditing, quality engineering, compliance management, project management, professional presentations, subcontract management, environment, safety, & Health and quality (ESH&Q) inspection as well as electrical, mechanical, instrumentation, radiological, safety, and environmental inspections, procedure writing, and nuclear operations using ASME NQA-1, DOE Order 5700.6C and 10 CFR 830.120.
9/86 to 6/88 Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Resident inspector at TVA's Watts Bar facility; participated in compliance/ESH & Q (i.e. environmental, safety and health, and quality) Assessments and electrical, mechanical, instrumentation, radiological, safety, and environmental inspections.
9/81 to 9/86 Bechtel Power Corporation, San Francisco, CA
Start-up/Test Engineer; participated in systems engineering (electromechanical), acceptance testing, system inspections including supervising electrical, mechanical and instrumentation technicians, resolutions of nonconformities, procedure writing, and nuclear operations. Ensuring compliance to quality and ESH requirements.
5/81 to 9/81 Union Oil Co. of California
San Francisco Refinery Maintenance Engineer
6/69 to 5/81 US Navy
Engineering Watch Officer supervising the operation, maintenance, and performing electrical, mechanical, instrumentation, radiological, safety, and environmental inspections naval nuclear power plants on nuclear submarines (77 to 81). Watch Officer on an amphibious docking ship (75 to 77). Engineering student at the University of Idaho (72 to 75). Electrician-Trained to operate, maintain, and inspect naval nuclear power plants (69 to 72).
6/81 to 12/93 U. S. Navy Reserve
Retired U. S. Navy Reserve on 12/1/93 as a Lieutenant Commander.
6/62 to 6/69 Powell Orchards, Winton, CA; experience in agricultural equipment, peach and almond production, and peach and almond processing equipment.
Publications Authored:
“Computer Calculations of the Thermodynamic Properties of Steam,” University of Idaho, 1975
“Quality Assurance Requirements Grading Guidelines for Research and Development at Department of Energy Facilities,” Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)/M-2359, 1992
“A Statistical Process Control-Based Metric for Management Systems,” ORNL-6891, 1995