Metallurgical Engineer

Evan Zelkovich

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St. Louis, MO 63125 314-***-****

Profile:

Adaptable and dependable Engineer with diverse experiences in foundry operations, aluminum and steel mills, and powdered metals. Pursues challenges and cost effective methods to improve quality. Experienced in:

Project management Product development Statistical analysis

Lean Manufacturing Metallography Failure analysis

Quality improvement SAP Operation Quality Systems

Education:

B.S., Metallurgical Engineering, UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ROLLA, Rolla, MO

Experience:

American Steel Foundries, Granite City, IL 12/2006 – Present

Nations largest green sand supplier of steel castings for railroad truck systems

Metallurgical Engineer

· Evaluated returned castings for root cause analysis of failures

· Evaluated heat treat process conditions for castings

· Acted as metallurgical liaison for domestic supplier

· Ensured process requirements were achieved for all castings prior to shipment

· Managed scheduled testing of material from domestic and foreign suppliers

Intat Precision, Inc., Rushville, IN 02/2005 – 12/2006

Cast iron foundry with $168M in sales providing parts for Toyota and Nissan vehicles.

Process Engineer

· Worked with packaging suppliers to reduce the amount of scrap due to damaged cores

· Maximized packing of cores for Camry differential cases to reduce the number of truckloads by 50%

· Lead team to optimize sand conditions resulting in $120,000 in reduced raw materials costs

Kobelco Metal Powder of America, Seymour, IN 05/2004 – 02/2005

Steel powder producer of over 50,000 tons per year with 130 employees. Typical applications include connecting rods for Ford and Toyota vehicles.

Technical Services Metallurgist

· Identified the source of defects affecting customer applications and worked with operations personnel to eliminate those causes

· Worked with research professionals to develop new products for customer applications

AK Steel, Butler, PA 09/2002 – 12/2003

Steel facility with 1300 employees that produces electrical steel for transformers, generators, and small motors. Customers included General Electric and Siemens Westinghouse.

Associate Product Development Engineer

· Adjusted process conditions to maintain product quality of RGO(generators) and CRNO(small motors)

· Used statistical analysis to identify the source of defects and reduced magnetic properties.

· Improved productivity of anneal and pickle line by 10% as leader of team composed of process engineers and operations managers

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