Experience

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  Blue Phoenix Group

  • Process Engineer

    • Jul 2015 - Present

    - Responsible for overseeing three facilities which process up to 1,200 tons of incinerator ash each day per site; recovering iron, aluminum, copper, zinc, and precious metals. - Ensure maximum recovery for each piece of equipment by creating testing procedures, coordinating maintenance, troubleshooting, and training employees. - Responded to five requests for proposal to expand business into new regions by modeling process data to estimate outputs at the proposal site.- Oversaw data collection and metrics of production and quality reporting at each site. - Researched techniques to utilize residual waste material.- Worked with suppliers and subcontractors to install, test, and optimize new equipment.- Performed other multi-tasking responsibilities including office IT support, logistics and shipping, control systems support, and financial modeling.

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  Simpson Strong-Tie

  • Baltimore, Maryland

  • Engineering Technician

    • Nov 2014 - May 2015
    • Baltimore, Maryland

    - Oversaw the development of new concrete adhesive products during pre-production.- Created and developed test procedures to ensure products satisfied requirements.- Executed experiments on various materials to establish baseline for final production.

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  Ansell

  • Havre de Grace, MD

  • Chemist

    • Mar 2013 - Aug 2014
    • Havre de Grace, MD

    - Maintained laboratory standards outlined by accrediting agencies: SEI, NFPA, CSA, ISO.- Investigated upgrading PVC compounding system to increase capacity and efficiency.- Lead internal auditor for ISO 9001; ensured company ISO and ASTM laboratory standards and procedures were updated and followed.- Researched new PVC formulations to improve current product offerings.- Tested new product offerings in order to create internal standards.- Member of NFPA technical committee to update existing product certification standards.- Responsible for the regulatory compliance of the product offerings, and reformulation in order to be in compliance with California Proposition 65.

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  Georgia-Pacific LLC

  • Decatur, Georgia

  • Research Technician

    • Oct 2010 - Oct 2011
    • Decatur, Georgia

    - Developed & designed laboratory procedures to correlate findings and optimize production results utilizing current laboratory equipment in novel setup.- Optimized testing layout and configuration that allowed simultaneous testing while improving ergonomics and reducing downtime by 30%.

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  Imerys

  • Marietta, GA

  • Polymer Engineer

    • Jan 2007 - Jul 2010
    • Marietta, GA

    - Lead operation and maintenance of plastic processing and test equipment including creation of laboratory procedures and upgrade of four major control systems.- Created excel programs to generate statistical results from non-numerical data sets; programs had ability to handle thousands of data points.- Conducted root cause and failure analysis based on customer input to ensure feedback was incorporated into future production.- Lead the ‘Green Team’ to pursue ISO 14001 (Environmental Management) certification for workplace energy conservation and waste optimization.