Nick Sears Email & Phone Number

Manager of quality and metallurgist at the Porter location of the Worthington Steel Company.Championed many continuous improvement and corrective action deep dive projects for the quality and operation groups. - Improved overall plant rework totals from 25,000ppm to 12,000ppm and customer reject totals from 5,000ppm to 1,800ppm.- Areas of focus included.

Pittsburgh, PA, US

• Achieved investment casting knowledge by designing and overseeing nickel superalloy castings for aerospace applications in a manufacturing environment
• Designed fixtures and cooling skids to lower defects and reduce scrap by 8%

Auburn Hills, Michigan, US

• Became proficient in many failure analysis techniques including the use of electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS)
• Prepared and evaluated metallurgical samples using automated and semi-automated equipment and digital imaging equipment
• Conducted non-destructive testing and evaluation as well as exposure testing
• Increased overall efficiency and lowered lab expenses by designing and building test fixtures for compression and tensile load testing
• Gained GD&T knowledge through Metrology laboratory experienceoInspected prototype and production parts using both automated and hand held inspection equipment
• Became efficient working in a lab environment evaluating new friction technologies in a Tribology laboratory