Metallurgist Engineer (221284) PhD, Masters / Hot – Cold Rolling Mills, Investment Casting, Die Casting, Permanent Mold Casting, Continuous Casting / Automotive, Defense, Aerospace, Industrial / Will Relo
Metallurgical Engineer and Manager with 20+ years of experience in success with supporting multiple industries and metals. He has a PhD in Metallurgical Engineering and 2 Masters’s Degrees in the same. He is skilled in all the best melting, casting, heat treating and rolling practices in steel, aluminum, bronze, brass, copper. and powdered metal along with multiple other alloys. He has strong knowledge of ISO 9001, IATF / TS 16949 and quality core tools (APQP-PPAP-MSA-SPC) and uses them to maintain high quality products and respond to all internal and external audits. His metallurgical skills have supported hot and cold rolling mills, investment casting, die casting, permanent mold casting and continuous casting.
It is rare to find this exceptional combination of industry, metal and educational expertise success across multiple industries. He is currently employed as a Metallurgical Manager in the Southeast US but is confidentially interested in exploring new opportunities. He brings a lot to the table and won’t be on the market for long. He is renting and willing to relocate with his family. Here is your chance to bring him on board before your competitors do
• Strong background of physical metallurgy of steel, aluminum, copper, super alloys and composites materials.
• Hands-on heat treatment processes (annealing – tempering- aging- solution treatment).
• Expert in performing structured problem-solving tools (8D, fault tree analysis) and recommending corrective and preventive actions
• Hands-on experience in powder metallurgy and mechanical alloying of tungsten heavy alloys (Milling- compaction-sintering-characterization).
• Professional in performing mechanical testing of aluminum, steel, copper, and magnesium alloys (tensile – fatigue – creep – notched and Charpy impact – Macro, Micro-hardness).
• Hands-on Direct chill continuous casting and melt treatments processes of aluminum, copper alloy, steel, and composite materials.
• Expert in the failure analysis of aluminum, steel, and copper products.
• Metallography, fracture analysis, and microstructural characterization using optical, scanning electron microscopy (SEM/EDS), and X-ray diffraction (XRD).
• Champion scrap reduction plans and respond to customer complaints.
• Read and understand the engineering drawing (GD&T) and CMM reports
• Strong knowledge of ISO 9001, and quality core tools (APQP-PPAP PFMEA-SPC
• Lead and implement all the best metallurgical melting, cleaning, and charging practices.
• Improve and implement the best hot and cold aluminum rolling practices.
• Oversee and troubleshoot the hot-press furnace, and the quality of quenched steel parts.
• Ensure tensile, hardness, bending and microstructure meet customer specifications.
• Lead failure analysis and root cause investigations of cold and hot stamped steel defects.
• Oversee and troubleshoot the Striko stack melting furnaces (8 tons) and degassing holding furnaces (15 tons) to ensure enough metal produced for continuous die casting machines.
• Lead and develop a prominent level of training for furnace technicians and production operators.
• Lead failure analysis and root cause investigations of aluminum casting defects.
• Plan the different melting charges based on the alloy type and customer specification.
• Participate in the continuous improvement meeting of the aluminum casting performance by controlling the alloy type, the investment casting, and the heat treatment parameters.
• Lead and develop training for all furnaces and foundry technicians.
• Failure analysis of continuous castings products for internal and external issues.
• Metal chemistry, mechanical properties and microstructure characterization.
• Expert in performing structured problem-solving tools (8D, fault tree analysis) and recommending corrective and preventive actions.
• Development and production of novel tungsten-base heavy alloys by mechanical alloying technique for kinetic energy penetrators – project with Army Research Laboratory (ARL) United States of America
• Troubleshooting Metallurgical Processes
• Statistical Analysis Of Processes
• Problem-Solving
• Analyzing Metallurgical Quality Issues
• Finding Cost-Effective Solutions
• Lab Management
• Analyzing Defects
• Quality Testing
• Steel Making
• Aluminum Manufacturing
• Investment Casting
• Die Casting
• Permanent Mold Casting
• Hot Rolling Mill
• Cold Rolling Mill
• Melting Operations
• Heat Treatment
• Continuous Casting
• Manufacturing Operations
• Melting, Casting and Rolling Processes
• Foundry Operations
• Ensure Quality of Quenched Steel Parts
• Project Management
• Materials Science
• Failure Analysis
• Team Leadership (24)
• Root Cause Analysis
• Data Analysis
• Troubleshoot the Hot-Press Furnace
• Stack Melting Furnaces
• Degassing Holding Furnaces
• Continuous Improvement
• Metallurgical Engineering
• Process Metallurgy
• Matlab
• ThermoCalc
• Lean Manufacturing
• FMEA
• APQP
• Material Selection
• KPI data for Melting and Casting
• Metallography
• Quality Control
• R&D
• GD&T
• Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
• Fluorescence Microscopy
• Optical Microscopy
• Powder X-ray Diffraction
• X-Ray
• SPC, PPAP, Control Plan and PFMEA
• ISO9001
• IATF / TS 16949
EDUCATION
• Ph.D. – Metallurgical Engineering
• Master of Engineering (MEng)
• MSc- Metallurgical Engineering
• BSc – Metallurgical Engineering