Kenya Van Arsdale
Vallejo
Summary
Dynamic Quality Inspector with a proven track record at Arris Composites, enhancing product quality through effective inspection strategies and leadership. Skilled in ISO 9001 standards and defect analysis, I foster collaboration and drive continuous improvement, significantly reducing defects and elevating team performance in high-pressure environments.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Quality Inspector
Palecek Imports
Richmond
02.2026 - 02.2026
- Final Quality Assurance: Inspected finished luxury furniture for structural integrity, aesthetic flaws, and finish quality before retail or export packaging, ensuring customer satisfaction.
- In-Process Quality Control: Monitored workshop assembly lines, enforcing and certifying handcrafted standards for weaving, staining, and joinery to maintain product quality.
- Raw Material Inspection: Verified consistency in color, texture, and moisture content for incoming natural fibers, woods, and metals, ensuring only high-quality materials proceeded to production.
- Compliance & Standards: Ensured all products met U.S. safety standards, import regulations, and company quality benchmarks.
- Defect Analysis & Documentation: Documented and tracked defects, reporting findings to suppliers and management to drive collaboration and resolve recurring production issues.
Lead Quality Inspector (FQC)
Arris Composites
12.2024 - 04.2025
- Improved product quality by conducting thorough inspections and identifying areas for improvement.
- Streamlined inspection processes, resulting in increased productivity and reduced turnaround times for customers.
- Developed and implemented training programs for new inspectors, enhancing skill acquisition and inspector performance.
- Maintained accurate documentation of all inspections, ensuring traceability and accountability throughout the organization.
- Developed detailed inspection reports to inform management about product quality and compliance status.
- Reduced the number of defects by implementing effective inspection strategies and techniques.
- Conducted root cause analyses on non-conforming products, formulating action plans to prevent issue recurrence.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to resolve quality issues in a timely manner.
- Coordinated calibration activities for measurement tools used within the department, ensuring accurate readings during inspections.
- Implemented corrective actions to address identified issues, preventing future non-conformances and improving product performance.
- Championed quality awareness culture among employees through targeted training programs and workshops.
- Led a team of inspectors to ensure consistent implementation of quality standards across production lines.
- Assisted engineering teams with failure analysis investigations, providing insights into potential causes of observed defects or failures.
- Inspected incoming and outgoing materials for accuracy and quality.
- Performed visual inspections and non-destructive tests to ensure product integrity.
- Reported repeated issues to supervisors and other departments, collaborating to identify issue roots and rectify problems.
- Evaluated components and final products against quality standards and manufacturing specifications.
- Participated in team meetings to discuss progress and results, providing ideas and suggestions for improvement.
- Collaborated with production staff to establish and meet quality standards
- Identified and documented quality discrepancies for management to develop resolutions.
- Completed precise measurements using special tools.
- Performed root cause analysis to identify and resolve defects, improving quality standards.
- Informed management about quality issues, facilitating timely resolutions.
- Inspected items and compared against standards to meet regulatory requirements.
- Collected and analyzed data to measure effectiveness of quality control processes.
- Inspected raw materials and finished products to verify quality and disposed items that did not meet safety requirements.
- Performed tests and inspections to conform to established standards.
- Reviewed production processes and identified potential quality issues.
- Conducted data review and followed standard practices to find solutions.
Quality Assurance/Control Inspector
Mare Island Dry Dock, LLC.
02.2023 - 03.2024
- Implemented, maintained, and enforced QMS, environmental, and safety programs, recommending improvements to worker environment and health conditions to meet regulatory compliance and enhance safety awareness among workers.
- Isolated energy sources by locking and tagging equipment, ensuring safety compliance during maintenance activities.
- Maintained accurate log of Work Authorization files (WAF), ensuring completion and effectiveness of corrective actions from inspections, CARs, dock inspections, and incident investigations.
- Perform and document daily, weekly, monthly, and annual inspections and provide written evaluation of conditions in a concise report.
- Represent Mare Island Dry Dock to governmental entities like Navy, Coast Guard US Department of Commerce and Research outside Maritime vendors, and within the company.
- Knowledge of Military standards using specs. Ex: spec (specifications) NABC as well military sea life command
- Participated in emergency planning activities, led incident investigations, integrated QA and ESH programs into production, and trained employees and subcontractors on lockout, tag out, and WAF procedures.
- Communicated with affected departments to isolate all source energy through lockout/tagout procedures. Updated the procedure daily.
- Work Authorization Files are provided, logged, and maintained in a complete and accurate log
Education
AA - Photovoltaics and Business Law
Laney College
Oakland, CA06.2011
Skills
- Team collaboration
- Leadership
- Document Updates
- Quality Grading
- Problem Solving
- Damaged Merchandise Processing
- Communication
- Computer Skills
- Operate Forklifts
- Final inspection
- Inspection techniques
- Critical thinking
- In-process checks
- Effective communication
- Precision measurement
- Geometric tolerancing
- Data analysis
- ISO 9001
- Quality software
- Quality documentation
- Safety procedures
- Gage R&R
- Calibration maintenance
- Visual inspections
- Inspection procedures
- Quality processes
- Inspection records
- Reporting analysis
- Blueprint reading
- Quality control
- OSHA compliance
- ISO standards
- Recordkeeping
- QC planning
- Error reduction
- Teamwork
- Problem solving
- Detail orientation
- Defect analysis
- Compliance
Timeline
Quality Inspector
Palecek Imports
02.2026 - 02.2026
Lead Quality Inspector (FQC)
Arris Composites
12.2024 - 04.2025
Quality Assurance/Control Inspector
Mare Island Dry Dock, LLC.
02.2023 - 03.2024
AA - Photovoltaics and Business Law
Laney College