Total Years of Experience: 2 Years, 5 Months
May 2014
To December 2015
Junior Metallurgist
at Clarson&Company Foundry
Location :
Zimbabwe
Supervising quality checks and performing laboratory tests (chemical analysis, hardness tests, and micro-structural analysis) on metal alloys.
Supervising plant inspections and cleanings on regular basis.
Monitoring and updating processes with current equipment and technologies and process protocols.
Failure and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations on castings.
Preparing of weekly and monthly production reports, investigation reports and project reports.
Managing and resolving customer complaints.
Reviewing of budgets and recommending cost reduction strategies.
Implementing of R&D projects onto production floor.
Technical support to sales, marketing and machine shop departments.
Leading Quality Control and Quality Assurance towards attaining ISO certification.
Conducting product support visits to customers and assessing ways to further improve quality of product on a minimal budget.
Charge make-up calculations, melting, casting and heat treatment monitoring and evaluation for various steel grades including Manganese Steel, Moly-Chrome Steel, Cast Steel, Stainless Steel, SG Iron and Cast Irons.
Overview of sample preparation, chemical composition analysis (using Sprectromaxx Spark Emission Spectrometer), hardness tests (using EPX5500 Hardness Tester), impact tests, tensile strength and evaluation and review of microstructures (using a Metallurgical Microscope).
Performing raw material inspections to ensure adherence to project or system specifications.
Designing and implementing process control on raw materials
Conducting process inspections with integrated statistical methods.
Conducting research to develop and improve methods of sand moulding, melting, forging, alloying and pouring of various metal grades.
Evaluating and updating of current processes and procedures as necessary, (Standard Operating Procedures)
Conducting market research on customer specifications and ways to meet customer requirements.
Supervising plant inspections and cleanings on regular basis.
Monitoring and updating processes with current equipment and technologies and process protocols.
Failure and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations on castings.
Preparing of weekly and monthly production reports, investigation reports and project reports.
Managing and resolving customer complaints.
Reviewing of budgets and recommending cost reduction strategies.
Implementing of R&D projects onto production floor.
Technical support to sales, marketing and machine shop departments.
Leading Quality Control and Quality Assurance towards attaining ISO certification.
Conducting product support visits to customers and assessing ways to further improve quality of product on a minimal budget.
Charge make-up calculations, melting, casting and heat treatment monitoring and evaluation for various steel grades including Manganese Steel, Moly-Chrome Steel, Cast Steel, Stainless Steel, SG Iron and Cast Irons.
Overview of sample preparation, chemical composition analysis (using Sprectromaxx Spark Emission Spectrometer), hardness tests (using EPX5500 Hardness Tester), impact tests, tensile strength and evaluation and review of microstructures (using a Metallurgical Microscope).
Performing raw material inspections to ensure adherence to project or system specifications.
Designing and implementing process control on raw materials
Conducting process inspections with integrated statistical methods.
Conducting research to develop and improve methods of sand moulding, melting, forging, alloying and pouring of various metal grades.
Evaluating and updating of current processes and procedures as necessary, (Standard Operating Procedures)
Conducting market research on customer specifications and ways to meet customer requirements.
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