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Kansas City, Missouri, United States

R&D laboratory operations focused on materials. Perform failure analysis on warranty claims and other field failures. Run material testing for PPAP of new suppliers and tools.

Kingsville, Missouri, United States

Plant Metallurgist - In charge of all metallurgical needs for both manufacturing plants. Manager of all laboratory personnel. In charge of setting up heat treatment recipes for all new products. Process improvement for all products. Process development for all new products. Launch new products, which includes establishing capital investment, cell layout, new equipment procurement and set up, process development, PPAP, and turning the product over to production. Daily interaction with customers. All engineering titles include: launch engineering manager, process engineering manager, metallurgical engineering manager.Production Management - Foundry manager of the Warrensburg plant. In charge of the day to day operation of the the foundry, sandcore, and heat treatment department. Machining manager of the Warrensburg plant. In charge of the day to day operation of the machining and shipping departments. Shipping and Scheduling Manager of the Warrensburg plant. In charge of the production schedule for all departments. In charge of setting monthly financial targets for the plant. In charge of the shipping and receiving department. Daily interaction with customers.

Peoria, Illinois, United States

Arc shop metallurgist andObserver supervisor. Managed the laboratory operations and was in charge of the QMS from incoming scrap through billet casting. Responsible for expanding the ISO 9001 certificate into the arc shop operations. Also established A2LA accreditation for the laboratory operations.