ISRAEL GARCIA TORRES

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WEST VALLEY CITY, UT 84120

801-***-****

acql6z@r.postjobfree.com

BACKGROUND SUMMARY

B.S. in Chemical Engineering with experience in anodize systems, chemical films, metals, hazardous waste, chemical precipitation, water treatment units, research and development, calibration tools, ISO 9001, NADCAP, air emissions, title five permits, heat treatment, statistical process control (SPC), kaizen, advance composites and aerospace. Experience in methods development and quality assurance.

WORK EXPERIENCE

THERMAL PROCESSING, Salt Lake City, Utah

Quality and Chemical Engineer (April 2012 to present)

Establishes procedures and standards for chemical operations consistent with government and company specifications.

Prepare and evaluate estimates of chemical equipment and processes

Conducts chemical analysis to measure the impact of process changes (Anodize and chemical conversion coating)

Conducts corrosion and physical tests to comply with Boeing requirements and Military specifications.

Plans sequence of testing and calibration procedures for instruments and equipment

Resolved customer quality problems and reported corrective action to the customer

Generated certifications and test reports from process and testing data as required

Apply statistical process control (SPC) to evaluate manufacturing process and equipment

Develop and verify new methods / procedures as is appropriate for existing processes and for new processes.

Assist the production group with technical process support as required

Conducts investigations (failure analysis) throughout all chemical operations as a basis for logical and practical solutions to quality problems.

Coordinates treatment and disposal of hazardous waste.

Provide training and guidance to less experience supervisors and technicians to insure that production work is satisfactorily completed

Performs and coordinates NADCAP audits in the Laboratory and environmental permits with the State and the City

ZERO MANUFACTURING, Salt Lake City, Utah

Quality and Environmental Engineer (June 1997 to April 2012)

Perform all work in accordance with corporate quality system policies, procedures, and work instructions

Provide and support nonconformance analysis for product and processes

Performs and coordinates ISO audits in the plant

Troubleshoot chemistry and material handling problems and identifies solutions

Plans sequence of testing and calibration procedures for instruments and equipment

Conducts chemical tests to measure the impact of process changes (Anodize and chemical conversion Coating)

Apply statistical process control (SPC) to evaluate manufacturing process and equipment.

Coordinates the water treatment disposal of waste streams from the process

Analyzes environmental data for preparation of air emissions inventory.

Conducts title five permits audits with the State

Coordinates treatment and disposal of hazardous waste

Conduct internal audits of process and procedures and act as an escort for internal and external auditors

Resolved customer quality problems and reported corrective action to the customer.

Provide training and guidance to less experience supervisors and technicians to insure that production work is satisfactorily completed.

Assists Quality Manager to maintaining compliance with the ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System.

U.S.P.C.I.A LAIDLAW COMPANY, Salt Lake City, Utah

Quality Control Chemist (March 1995 to May 1997)

Operated and maintained laboratory instrumentation according to lab Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).

Performed analysis of hazardous waste samples received in the lab for heavy metals, including Inductive coupled plasma (ICP) spectroscopy, Ion chromatography (IC) spectroscopy, calorimetric methods, total cyanide (calorimetric automated UV), heat release, flash point, toxicity characteristic leaching procedures (TCLP) and ASTM methods, including determining moisture content

U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, Salt Lake City, Utah

Research Engineer (October 1991 to March 1995)__

Responsible for investigating arsenic removal from dilute waters.

Designed and operated a field demonstration unit for removing uranium and radium from contaminated water.

Evaluated mineral processing techniques to reduce the organic and inorganic contamination from the Great Lakes and Chicago River Sediments.

Developed a new analytical method for determination of acid-volatile sulfide

Designed a continuous sulfidization unit to investigate sulfide recovery of valuable materials from process waste streams, the system allows control of reaction conditions with extremely fine precision to selectively precipitate metals

EDUCATION

B.S.in Chemical Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Mexico City Introduction to Design of Experiments

Certified in SARA Title 1 OSHA CRF-29 1020.120 Hazardous Waste

REFERENCES

Noel Cruz

Zero Manufacturing

Maintenance Managerr

Phone: 801-***-****

Paul Chacon

Thermal Processing

President

Phone: 801-***-**** / 801 918 – 5082

Blair Little

Thermal Processing

Production Supervisor

Phone: 801-***-****

Armando Puente

Zero Manufacturing

Estimating Supervisor

Phone: 801-***-****

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