Metallurgist

MICHAEL L HOLT

**** **** ****, ********, ** *****-1036

(C) 985-***-**** E-MAIL: *********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

Senior level technical position in foundry metallurgy or quality control where practical application of prior work experience can benefit the organization and whereby personal growth and development can continue.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Advanced degree Metallurgical Engineer with comprehensive experience in foundry metallurgy, quality control, research and development, and technical service.

WORK EXPERIENCE

2010 – 2015 BRADKEN – AMITE FOUNDRY

QA MANAGER – 3/2010 to 12/2010

TECHNICAL MANAGER – 1/2011 to 3/2015

Responsible initially for the management of the Quality Assurance function and the ISO quality system for the plant. As Technical Manager took on the responsibility for management and technical control over: melting, heat treatment and welding operations along with the metallurgical, sand and spectrographic laboratories; Corporate and customer technical support; technical review of specifications of the RFQ process; develop and maintain technical manufacturing and process instructions for all products produced; failure analysis and scrap reduction and control.

2001 - 2009 FROG, SWITCH AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Carlisle, PA

CHIEF METALLURGIST – 5/2001 to 6/2006

DIRECTOR – QA AND TECHNOLOGY – 6/2006 to 4/2009

Responsible for the technical control and management of all metallurgical processes and the overall quality assurance of final products. Encompassed all phases of metallurgical engineering in the following areas of foundry production and manufacturing:

Developed commercial production process controls for Frog, Switch’s patented WearWolf® alloys; specify analysis, heat treatment and production processes required for both general and specific wear applications; maintain company manufacturing and process instructions; alloy development; failure analysis and customer technical support; work with vendors to implement new materials/processes for cost reduction and/or product improvements; scrap reduction and control; full responsibility for metallurgical and spectrochemical laboratories.

1999 - 2001 ABC-NACO Richmond Foundry, Richmond, Texas

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

Responsibilities included, but were not limited to, the technical control and management of all metallurgical and foundry processes, encompassing all phases of metallurgical engineering in the following areas of foundry production and manufacturing:

Member of key corporate transition team to transfer the manufacture and control of the production of the specialty trackwork product line from the Anderson, IN foundry to the Richmond, TX facility following the merger of ABC Rail and NACO International in early 1999; specify analysis, heat treatment and production processes required for service application; maintain written process instructions for plant ISO initiative; metallurgical failure analysis and customer technical support (both within and outside the Corporation); oversee all melting and pouring practices; foundry process SPC; foundry process control and cost reduction projects; foundry scrap control (both internal and external)/Cost of Quality; full responsibility for metallurgical and spectrochemical laboratories; Chairman of the Industrial Monitoring Committee for AFS Division 9 Steel Committee research project for the Improved Heat Treatment of Hadfield Manganese Steel for 2-1/2 years; manage and perform the order entry, production scheduling and customer service contact duties for all specialty trackwork castings produced and shipped from the Richmond plant.

1990 - 1999 ABC RAIL PRODUCTS, Anderson, Indiana

PROCESS CONTROL MANAGER

Responsible for the control of all metallurgical and foundry processes, encompassing all phases of metallurgical engineering in the following areas of foundry production and manufacturing:

Specify analysis, heat treatment and production processes required for service application; maintain manufacturing process instructions; alloy development for improved track service; metallurgical failure analysis and customer technical support; oversee melting and pouring practices; foundry process SPC; foundry process control and cost reduction initiatives; full responsibility for metallurgical laboratory and spectrochemical analysis; Corporate reengineering team member to reengineer division response to improve customer delivery, quality and response to customer needs; JIT cell mentor for rapid improvement initiative; Corporate ERP implementation team member and Anderson plant super-user for MM/PP portion of the SAP resource management initiative; member of Anderson plant Total Quality System (TQS) steering team; member of six-person joint Management/Union team that designed and implemented successful Gainsharing program at the Anderson facility.

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI - ROLLA, Rolla, Missouri

MS – Metallurgical Engineering

BS – Metallurgical Engineering

REFERENCES

Personal and Professional References Furnished Upon Request

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