Samuel E. Tlustos

Quality Manager at Northern Iron & Machine
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(386) 825-5501
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St Paul, Minnesota, United States, US
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Credentials

  • ISO 9001 Lead Auditor - Quality Certification
    SAE International
    Oct, 2022
    - Nov, 2024
  • Process Failure Mode Effect Analysis (PFMEA)
    ASQ - World Headquarters
    Aug, 2022
    - Nov, 2024
  • ISO 9001-2015
    CALISO Corporation
    Dec, 2016
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

  • Northern Iron & Machine
    • United States
    • Machinery Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Quality Manager
      • Jul 2020 - Present

      -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

  • Gerdau
    • Brazil
    • Mining
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Product Metallurgist
      • Mar 2016 - Jun 2020

      -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)

    • QC Metallurgist
      • Dec 2013 - Mar 2016

      -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

  • Comstock Inc.
    • United States
    • Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Metallurgical Process Manager
      • May 2013 - Nov 2013

      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 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

  • Barrick Gold Corporation
    • Canada
    • Mining
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Metallurgist, Project Engineer
      • Jan 2012 - May 2013

      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

    • Metallurgist, Shift Supervisor, Project Manager
      • Jun 2008 - Jan 2012

      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

Education

  • South Dakota Mines
    Bachelors of Science, Metallurgical Engineering
    2003 - 2008

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