Pedram Mohrdar
Phone: 575-***-****
E-mail: *************@*****.***
** ******** ***, *** #** M, New Rochelle, NY (10801) Professional Experience
Metallurgical Engineer at Freeport-McMoRan, Silver City, NM. As a Process control and Quality Engineer for Solvent Extraction plant, Responsibilities included:
• Monitoring process health and investigating deviations, authoring and maintaining process documentation, and leading continuous improvement and optimization
initiatives.
• Responsible for designing more efficient process lines as well as monitoring their efficiencies. Accountable for supervising the installation process.
• In case of any process failure, investigating process failures and abnormalities, as well as determining root cause, building a corrective action plan and managing
accomplishment of that plan.
• Lead CAPA investigations including identification of root cause and corrective and preventative actions
• Operation lab supervisor.
Engineer in charge (EIC) for multiple projects, managed scheduling, cost estimation and implementation of these projects such as:
• Repairing Sulfuric Acid storage tanks.
• Equipment Installation for organic clay treatment.
• Settlers redesign for reducing the entrainments & reagent loss. External & Internal ISO-9001: 2015 Auditor, Also in charge of Risk Assessment Audits for solvent extraction plant. (2017 – 2018).
Project Engineer at En-Tech Engineering Company, NY, NY. As a Project Engineer & Metallurgical Inspector for NYSDOT (Bronx Parkway Bridge project). Responsibilities included:
• Monitor and track project schedule and budget.
• Interface with municipal client and contractors.
• Coordinate and track project plans and drawings.
• Inspection the steel repairs, joint repairs, welding inspection, paint removal and application of paint to structural steel. (2015 – 2016).
Education
PhD of Materials Science and Engineering, In
Progress, New Mexico Institute of Mining
and Technology, Socorro, NM.
Master of Chemical Engineering, 2015, New
Mexico State University, Las Crucess, NM.
Master of Materials Science and
Engineering, 2012,, New Mexico Institute of
Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM.
Bachelor of Metallurgical Engineering, 2009,
University of Tehran, Iran.
Certification/Training
ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor Course.
Lean Six Sigma.
MSHA 40.
OSHA 10.
Computer Skills
DFT Modeling, Microsoft Office, Cell Test
(Conductivity measurement Software), Excel
VBA, AutoCAD, Microsoft Project.
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Metallurgical Engineer at Freeport-McMoRan, Silver City, NM. Metallurgical Engineer & Quality Control for Copper Electrowinning plant (copper electro plating).
• Responsibilities included; Investigate and troubleshoot for technical and quality concerns, maintaining the equipment utility & validation, prepare the production & quality forecasting, training the operation personal and preparing SOP. Lead CAPA investigations including identification of root cause and corrective and preventative actions. Introduce major innovations that can result in lower cost product, supervising the operation labs and providing technical training for operations. Tracked and provided daily, quarterly & end of the year reports on production and site activity. Ran several projects to evaluate multiple methods and find the optimum method with the lowest production cost. Internal ISO-9001: 2008 Auditor. (2015-2016).
Research Assistant at Institute for Energy and the Environment (IEE). Design Reverse osmosis membranes for water and wastewater & Evaluation the performance of that membrane base on requirements of the US Department of Interior Bureau of Reclamation. Responsibility included; Develop state-of-the-art approaches to impact products, Introduce major innovations that can result in product features or new areas of business, Collaborate and work with the customers research team to make important product decisions, Develop state-of-the-art approaches to impact products, (2012- 2014).
Process Engineer at Sahand Co, Tehran, Iran.
Investigate the process failures and abnormalities of the customer’s plant, root cause analysis and build a plan and drive it to completion. Research Engineer for analyzing abrasion of balls in ball mills, Failure of Jaw Crusher at ESFORDI Mine, Yazd, Iran, (2009-2010).