Summary of Qualifications
Eleven years of experience in engineering and manufacturing with ten years at the supervisory and management level. Extensive knowledge of steelmaking and foundry operations. Graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University. Strong abilities in mechanical drawing and 3D perspectives. Other noteworthy experience includes research and development, process control and customer relations.
Key Skills
Microsoft Office Suite WordPerfect Polymath FoxPro Program CC IMC Tune MINITAB ChemCad III
Professional Experience
2007-2009 PCC Airfoils, LLC Mentor, OH
Process Engineer
Managed and implemented process improvement projects to improve quality. Utilized Six Sigma tools and strategies while implementing and defining process improvement projects. Collaborated with other process engineers to ensure that project solutions were for the good of the plant. Implemented safety and good housekeeping standards by incorporating 5S methodologies.
Reduced scrap percentage by 50% within the department while increasing uptime percentage by 10%. Demonstrated problem solving, analytical and organizational skills by improving Single Crystal yield percentages.
2004-2007 Republic Engineered Products Lorain/Canton, OH
Manager-Process Engineering
Managed refining and casting teams with introduction of new OFS operating system. Developed and managed key continuous improvement projects. Introduced process alert reports to reduce number of CPARs issued. Lead core team to resolve any potential failure modes with high RPN values. Created quality documentation system, including: SOPs, JSAs, Process Maps, FMEAs, Control Plans, Process Measurables and 5S audits for TS16949:2002 certification of the Canton FlexCast Facility. Optimized process parameters, maximizing quality production for 797 grades of SBQ steel.
2002-2003 AK Steel Company Ashland, KY
Shift Manager--Process Melting
Supervised 25-30 production personnel, ensuring maximum yields. Maintained refractory of BOF furnace for extended vessel life. Calculated optimal hot metal scrap, fluxes and oxygen figures as required by customer steel grades. Interfaced with customers and recommended methods and procedures according to their needs. Implemented new procedures in answer to changing and unusual circumstances: optimized scrap blending and loading procedures for specialty grades and incorporated a new time management proposal to use during single vessel operations. Reduced the amount of material used in maintaining refractory of BOF furnace to extend lining life.
1999-2001 LTV Steel Company Inc. Cleveland, OH
Area Supervisor-BOF/LMF
Enhanced instrumentation and operational equipment to continue and improve pr...
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