Education
Missouri University of Science and Technology
B.S. Mining Engineering - Health and Safety, May 2023
Minor: Global Sustainable Economics
Experience
Midwest Industrial Chemical Company, St. Louis, Missouri
Technical Director
January 10, 2024 – Present
Laboratory Duties
- Maintain the company ISO 9001:2015 certified Quality Management System, as well as assisting customers with their compliance needs for RoHS, REACH, and FDA regulations regarding our products.
- Perform lab tests on all produced product to meet customer specifications.
- Maintain and verify integrity and accuracy of lab testing equipment, including Brookfield viscometers, thermometers, and Scott Model J pull tester.
- Improve sampling accuracy with the introduction of digital lab equipment.
- Digitize lab sampling data with excel.
- Introduce digital file management of closed batch sheets.
- Solve sampling and testing challenges with certain products.
- Develop new product formulas as required by existing and potential customers.
- Assist company owners with special projects.
- Assist plant manager with management of temporary labor.
Information Technology Duties
- Upgraded label printing software and hardware to replace aging infrastructure.
- Simplify hosting and access of the main Enterprise Resource Planning software, SNAP.
- Upgrade server to a model that allows containerization and virtual machines to reduce impact of software maintenance.
- General IT assistance as required by coworkers.
Midwest Industrial Chemical Company, St. Louis, Missouri
Manufacturing Assistant (Temporary Position)
September 2023 – January 9, 2024
- Mixed, packaged, and arranged pallets of adhesive products.
- Improved process efficiency through re-organization and cleaning of neglected work areas.
CEMEX USA, Inc., New Braunfels, Texas
TDP – QC, Blasting
June 2023 – July 2023
- Collected and processed aggregate samples for company and Texas DOT use.
- Assisted blasting crew in laying out, loading, and firing shots.
- Operated the newly constructed primary crusher during a test run.
Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri
Student Operations Assistant – Event Services
May 2022 – May 2023
- Staffed the information desk, managed rental equipment inventory.
- Assisted in room layout changes to customer specifications.
Pine Bluff Sand and Gravel Co., Salem, Kentucky
Mining Intern – Production, Maintenance, QC
June 2021 – August 2021
- Performed preventative equipment maintenance alongside the maintenance crew.
- Operated and performed pre-shift inspections on stationary and mobile equipment.
- Assisted quality control in stockpile measurement, sampling, and gradation.
- Worked as a deckhand loading barges and assembling barge fleets.
Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri
Lead Student Technical Assistant – CTS
June 2019 – May 2021
- Updated out-of-date computers, completing the campus-wide Windows 10 deployment.
- Evaluated, diagnosed, and corrected a wide range of customer computer issues.
- Educated customers and fellow employees on available campus resources and IT processes.
- Documented all work performed in Cherwell ticketing software.
- Assisted other departments with work as needed.