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Shelby, Nc, Us

Forest City, North Carolina, United States

United States

United States

Atlantic, Iowa, United States

Support plating and production processes through involvement in day to day activities of plating lines: troubleshooting, scheduling maintenance, preventative maintenance, standardizing work activities and instructions.Identify, plan, and implement changes to support plating line/wastewater process efficiency. Including: waste stream segregation, plating machine/recipe alterations, filter press optimization, and sand filter replacement.Optimized resin ion exchange metal salt recovery system (Nickel) through the implementation of modern controls and specialized preventative maintenance. Implemented routine monitoring in order to decrease response time to deviations from standardPerform root cause and failure analysis in order to prevent future scrap and reduce production downtime. Led department scrap reduction efforts resulting in a 20% decrease in scrap from 2015 to 2016Project manager of a 3-year $1,000,000 wastewater treatment system replacement/building renovation. Responsible for complete control of all project aspects. Perform bench scale wastewater treatment testing in order to evaluate new treatment techniques with the end goal of reducing cost/gallon treated. New treatment protocol resulted in a 50% decrease in overall treatment cost ($250,000/yr.).Supervise one chemist and one quality technician in the plating/metallurgical laboratory. Work closely with the plating supervisor to manage back-end operations for four plating coordinators.Serve as a back up to the chemist and quality technician in the event of an absence. Including experience with: metallurgical sample preparation and analysis, AAS (flame and graphite furnace), cleanliness testing, titrations, gravimetric analysis, hull cell analysis, laboratory housekeeping, and record keeping.

Roselle Park, Nj

Responsible for complete control of all plating operations (Iron, Nickel, Chromium, and Electroless Nickel plating) to maintain high quality of plated surfacesResponsible for the immediate identification of all equipment problems, probable causes, and potential solutions including but not limited to: Heaters, pumps, filters, probes, gear motors, rollers, valves, rectifiers, ventilation systems, dust collectors etc.Implement and perform in-house bath analysis operations for Fe, Ni, Cr, and EN plating and pre-treatment baths in order to establish routine bath maintenance practices.Determine, document, and delegate all bath additions, actions taken, outcomes obtained, and all problems and conditions when scrap is generated.Linearize workflow to reduce drag-out dripping. Improve pre-treatment practice via dip tray installation and counter-current rinse operation introduction in Ni-Cr plating line, resulting in overall improvement of good housekeeping.Responsible for all contact with local DPW to insure permit acceptance and compliance with all regulations set forth. Including: Maintaining minimal concentrations of regulated metal contamination in waste stream. Maintain meters and probes to manage waste flow records. Perform batch hazardous waste treatment operations through the removal of DPW regulated metals from wastewater via pH adjustment, precipitation, agglomeration, and filter press separation. Implement and enforce up-to-date employee safety and training policies. Including RTK training, HMIS, safe handling of all chemicals, enforcement of PPE requirements for all plating and machining operationsExpedite requests and adjust workflow accordingly

Newark, Nj

Determined optimal conditions for extrusion of dye-coated polycarbonate pelletsNear-Infrared and Ultra-Violet dye blending for sale and pellet extrusionPerformed spectroscopic quality control analysis of raw materials and products

Njit

Performed Stirred-Media Mill and Fluid-Energized Mill Experiments Conducted Particle Sizing Analysis and Morphology Analysis of milled suspensionsAnalyzed Rheometric properties of milled suspensionsAnalyzed suspension stability via Zeta-Potential Analysis

Newark, Nj

Analyzed river samples for enterococcus faelcalis/fecal coliform bacteriaPerformed daily alkalinity analysis of decant overflow samplesPerformed daily pH analysis of solid waste Prepared apparatus for BOD/COD/TSS analysisPrepared industrial waste samples for metals analysis

Master Of Science - Ms, Engineering Management

Bachelor'S Degree, Chemical Engineering, 3.13

Activities and Societies: AIChEAIChE- Student Chapter President (2012) 2012-2013 AIChE Outstanding Student Chapter Award 2012 NCE.

High School Diploma, General Education