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Brighton, Michigan, United States

Brighton, Michigan, United States

Brighton, Michigan, United States

Various

PCC AIRFOILS Mentor, OH Foundry Supervisor January 2018 - Present - Managing first shift furnace operators - Responsible for variable cost, throughput, and productivity in the foundry - Engineering new processes to reduce down time in the foundry - Managing qualification trials to increase foundry uptime Materials Specialist July 2017 - January 2018 - Utilized statistical analysis to determine the relationship between elements and defect levels in alloys - Increased tolerances for one alloy would generate a variable cost reduction of $340k - Reduced variable cost through trials to expand the types of scrap metal allowed into future heats - Reduced Variable cost approximately by $1.4 million for 2018 and $250k during the trials - Consolidated similar heat treat cycles to reduce lead time by 20% in Q4 2017 at outside vendor CARLTON FORGE WORKS Paramount, CA Forge Supervisor January 2017 - July 2017 - Managed 40 direct reports - Responsible for variable cost, throughput, and expediting due in quarter product - Reduced lead time through the forge shop by 20% - Increased forge shop productivity by 1.5% through Q1 and Q2 2017 - Achieved $100,000 (17.2%) per year cost savings by selecting an alternative supplier for forge tooling Forge Process Engineer July 2016 - January 2017 - Monitored the MRP system to ensure jobs were launched on time - Prevented $7.1 million of product from being released early - Collaborated with IT to find a permanent solution to ensure jobs were released on time - Reduced maintenance variable cost for furnace repairs by 42% per year by hiring an onsite crew - Variable cost reduction through integrating the hydraulic oil meter into the PLC

Ag-Cu-TiH2 Brazing of Diamond Layer Impregnated Grinding Wheels - Analyze and characterize metallic powders using SEM and Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy Age Hardening Response of 465 Stainless Steel - Polish, label, Rockwell C hardness measurements, and prepare for SEM - Collaborate with colleagues and post-doctoral researcher Anisothermal/Isothermal Differential Scanning Calorimetry of Titanium and Nickel Super Alloys - Perform and analyze differential scanning calorimetry for an alloy in development

New Hartford, New York

New alloy for production - Examined and photographed samples on an optical microscope - Collaborated with other process engineers - Tracked samples through the testing labs for qualification Process change to reduce a particular casting defect - Analyzed data and created presentation for management and customers - Collaborated with other engineers to make decisions about the process change - Statistically analyzed defect data to help make process decision Updated best practice for a specific family of items for an alloy - Tested a process change to relieve production backlog at a point in the process - Analyzed data and created presentation for management to qualify a process change - Tested a forging change to improve forging and save approximately $12,000/year New de-sulfurization technique for an alloy - Statistically analyzed trial data - Wrote a report summarizing the results for a new addition technique

Fountain Inn, Sc

Qualification of new screen stretching machine - Trouble shoot to determine how to obtain optimum results - Wrote and performed the qualification experiment - Collaborated with process engineer, vendor, and floor personnel New method for labeling kiln furniture - Researched different methods to mark the kiln furniture - Tested methods to determine if label is still visible after going through the kiln - Wrote an experiment to qualify the method Coolant Flow Experiment - Performed experiment to track defect rate for different coolant flow rates - Analyzed experimental data to determine ideal coolant flow rate - Implemented ideal flow rate and updated process documents Qualification of Re-worked coating - Wrote, performed, and summarized experiment and results Kiln Furniture Deformation Trial - Measured kiln furniture at set intervals - Analyzed data to track deformation trends - Measured and flatness of glass panels coming off of the furniture Process change optimization - Tracked set-up times using spaghetti diagrams to map the process - Analyzed and summarized the results to present suggested changes to managers