Kyle Adams

Lafayette, LA ***** 508-***-****

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyleadams2 acqbfe@r.postjobfree.com

Metallurgist

Hard working, problem solving Metallurgist with outstanding integrity and ethics. Significant experience in oil and gas industry and proficient knowledge of wide variety of materials. High level of expertise in metallurgical lab testing, corrosion applications, heat treating, welding, coating applications, pipe manufacturing, and completion tool manufacturing. Positive and supportive attitude and excellent at working with others in a team and getting along with people at all levels of a company.

Technical Skills

Operation of tensile test equipment, charpy test equipment, microhardness test equipment, sample preparation such as polishing and etching of samples.

Experience and knowledge of materials including API 5L grades X42-X80, API 5CT casing and tubing, austenitic and martensitic stainless steels, duplex stainless steels, nickel alloys, 13 Cr, Modified 13 Cr, and Super 13 Cr.

Specification reviews, both customer and internal, and creating shop work orders to ensure all customer and industry specifications are met.

Writing of weld procedures (WPS), testing and writing of weld procedure qualification records (PQRs), and welder qualifications (WPQs).

Industry specifications such as API 5L, API 5CT, NACE MR0175, ASTM A370, ASME IX.

Microsoft office, SAP

Professional Experience

HALLIBURTON, Lafayette, LA 2012 2015

Materials Science, Metallics & Welding

Supported all departments on metallurgical / materials related issues.

Salvaged approximately 25 30 Screen components through Metallurgical testing, saving estimated $500K worth of product customer was not originally willing to accept due to documentation traceability of product.

Ensured on time delivery of 150 Screen shunt tubes under limited time restraints through creating new weld procedure, solving welding problems with outside vendor, and qualifying 2 3 additional outside vendors to weld on project, resulting in estimated $1 2M contribution for December of 2014, and also gaining customer’s business for early months of 2015.

Contributed to successful start-up of Lafayette facility by qualifying 8 10 welders to all industry standards and weld procedures used in production and qualifying heat treat shop for production so both welding and heat treat operations could be properly certified and documented for both industry and customer audits.

Developed welding procedures to NACE MR0175, meeting customer’s request leading to at least 2 new production orders, resulting in 3 6 months of work and approximately $5M of business growth.

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STUPP CORPORATION, Baton Rouge, LA 2007 2012

Metallurgist

Supported both Electrical Resistance (ERW) and Spiral Mill (DSAW) pipe mills on all metallurgical issues.

Contributed to successful start-up of Stupp’s spiral pipe mill by providing plant manager daily reports, leading to reduction of scrap loss and efficiency in operation.

Provided weekly and monthly data analysis on top reasons for scrap loss and problem solved with team members on how to reduce scrap on week-to-week and month-to-month basis, resulting in cost savings.

Provided steel vendors with data on defective product and problem solved with steel vendor personnel, allowing for providing higher quality steel product, resulting in reduced scrap loss.

Analyzed ERW weld samples and provided metallurgical discussion to manufacturing personnel, resulting in lower scrap loss on job-to-job basis, allowing for highest possible prime yield pipe on each job.

STARBUCKS, Worcester, MA 2006 2007

NORTH AMERICAN MISSIONS BOARD, Worcester, MA 2004 2005

Collegiate Missionary

Supported college students across various campuses by providing counseling, leadership training, community building, and religious studies

SELEE CORPORATION, Hendersonville, NC 2001 2002

Applications Engineer

Supported aluminum manufacturing companies with use of filters and filtration units on aluminum casting products.

Resolved customer complaint of defective filters by working on-site at customer for 2 3 weeks, providing problem solving and customer support, allowing customer to produce quality product.

Provided aluminum cleanliness testing on-site with 3 4 customers (including international travel to Canada and Greece), showing customer’s level of metal cleanliness and demonstrating effectiveness of filtration on creating highest quality product.

Education

MS, Materials Science, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, 21 Credit Hours Completed

BS, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Missouri Rolla, Rolla, MO

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