Experience

North American Hoganas

• United States
• Mining
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Production Coordinator, Glidcop

  • Feb 2022 - Present

  Coordinates and supervises the daily floor production of Glidcop powder.• Responsible for planning Glidcop finishing operations including drying, screening, heat-treat furnaces, blending, and packing. Schedules melting needs with melt tower management. •Supervises union workforce over all three shifts of daily operations. Provides workforce with daily work instructions, manufacturing orders, equipment troubleshooting, union schedule planning, and coordination with other departments.•Coordinates all necessary interdepartmental interactions including quality, maintenance, health and safety, shipping, accounting, customer service, and sales.•Works alongside process engineers to trouble quality issues and process improvements through the use of process deviations.•Responsible for daily reporting of yields, raw material consumption, and packing. Show less

• Senior Laboratory Technician

  • Jul 2021 - Feb 2022

• Laboratory Technician

  • Aug 2015 - Jun 2021

  Quality testing in the powder metal industry. Physical and chemical analysis performed on in process and finished product including stainless steel alloys, copper, surface coating, and electrolytic iron powder.• Extensive knowledge of stainless-steel alloys metallurgy.• Experience in writing and revising laboratory analytical methods to fit the needs of ISO 9000 standards.• Planning and implementing standardization of quality practices.• Designer of laboratory experiments imperative to the continuous improvement of production and quality• Performed physical testing on powder and solid metals including green and sintered properties, apparent density, particle size distribution, and contamination checks.• Performed chemical testing on powder and solid metals including carbon/sulfur testing, nitrogen/oxygen testing, atomic adsorption spectroscopy, and energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy.• Trained in surface coating applications. Experienced in operating thermal spray guns and oxygen/acetylene torches to bond hardfacing to base metal. Show less



PPG

• United States
• Paint, Coating, and Adhesive Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Laboratory Technician

  • Sep 2014 - May 2015

  • Quality and research testing in the electrocoating paint industry. Performed analysis to improve or develop products for new and existing customers. •Preparation of samples using a DC rectifier and paint bath to create voltage potential between conductive part and counter-charged electrodes. • Performed testing to check quality of corrosion protection, color, gloss, and pH. • Prepared reports on data collected to summarize and highlight critical information. • Quality and research testing in the electrocoating paint industry. Performed analysis to improve or develop products for new and existing customers. •Preparation of samples using a DC rectifier and paint bath to create voltage potential between conductive part and counter-charged electrodes. • Performed testing to check quality of corrosion protection, color, gloss, and pH. • Prepared reports on data collected to summarize and highlight critical information.