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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Overseeing six direct reports for outside processing, spec review, work instructions changes, quality auditing and other system-related quality functions.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Responsible for a team of nine Quality Engineers and three Quality Technicians, supporting over 10 different aerospace customers and over two dozen machine shopsEvaluate products for release compliant with customer requirements (AS9100, NADCAP)Lead and mentor development of Supplier Corrective Action Requests into permanent corrective action.

St Paul, Minnesota, United States

-Supervision of Machine Shop Metrology Lab, Quality Lab & Final Inspection (three direct reports, five total employees)-Responsible for NI&M Quality System, consisting of various Quality Certifications & Approved Supplier statuses-Accountable for new product approvals process (PPAP)-Responsible & Accountable for Corrective and Preventative Action Requests, both received and issued-Responsible for tracking of all Return Material Authorizations (RMA) and tracking of rejected… Show more -Supervision of Machine Shop Metrology Lab, Quality Lab & Final Inspection (three direct reports, five total employees)-Responsible for NI&M Quality System, consisting of various Quality Certifications & Approved Supplier statuses-Accountable for new product approvals process (PPAP)-Responsible & Accountable for Corrective and Preventative Action Requests, both received and issued-Responsible for tracking of all Return Material Authorizations (RMA) and tracking of rejected material for root cause analysis Show less

St. Paul, Mn

-Assist the Sales Department in the use and application of steel products produced at Gerdau - St. Paul.-Reply directly to customer inquiries-Accompany Sales Representatives on customer visits as needed-Manage Product Specifications, Technical Protocols, and Process Guarantee Tables for Gerdau - St. Paul-Coordinate and participate in product improvement and development initiatives for Gerdau - St. Paul-Backup to Quality Assurance Manager-University Ambassador to South… Show more -Assist the Sales Department in the use and application of steel products produced at Gerdau - St. Paul.-Reply directly to customer inquiries-Accompany Sales Representatives on customer visits as needed-Manage Product Specifications, Technical Protocols, and Process Guarantee Tables for Gerdau - St. Paul-Coordinate and participate in product improvement and development initiatives for Gerdau - St. Paul-Backup to Quality Assurance Manager-University Ambassador to South Dakota School of Mines & Technology-Developed a new mechanical property model for use in steel chemistry optimization and implemented it into Level 2 Software for Operations use-Completed a Six Sigma project to reduce long sample turn around times in the Chemistry Lab of the St. Paul Melt Shop, reducing the percentage of long sample times by 33% and reducing the mean processing time by 7.8 seconds-Coordinated Technical Data for Caterpillar Audit for Gerdau - St. Paul to be approved as a Class 1A Approved Supplier per 1E1861-Project Coordinator/System Developer for Gerdau - St. Paul's implementation of SAP-GPE for automated SKU creation.-Technical support for Gerdau - Duluth Grinding Ball facility-Supervision of the Metallurgical Lab (three technicians) Show less

St. Paul, Mn

-Supervisor of the Chemistry Lab and Metallurgical Lab totaling 6 employees-Responsible for disposition of off-spec material-Responsible for operation and maintenance of two Optical Emission Spectrometers (OES), two Combustion Analyzers and one portable Optical Emission Spectrometer-Responsible for metallurgical investigations of claim material-Metallurgical support of Gerdau - Duluth Grinding Ball facility

Gold Hill, Nv

Supervision of the Assay Lab, Metallurgical Lab and Merrill Crowe totaling 28 employeesMetallurgical support of the Merrill Crowe, Crusher and Heap Leach Process areasResponsible and accountable for metal accounting and generation of budgets & forecasts

United States - Eureka, Nv - Ruby Hill Mine

Supervised and operated an assay and metallurgical laboratoryMonitored plant operation and diagnosed recovery issuesResponsible for month end metallurgical accountingProvided technical support for the site on projects, operations and environmental concernsHead project engineer on a $477M mine expansionLead process engineer on a $1.02B mine expansion

United States - Elko, Nv - Goldstrike Mine

Monitored and diagnosed recovery in a 17,500 ton per day Wet Mill/Autoclave plant and a 19,000 ton per day Roaster facilitySupervised a 15-person rotating operations crew in charge of a 17,500 ton per day wet mill and autoclaving facility. Managed a $52M project to build a 2-phase expansion onto existing processing plants through Scoping and Feasibility