Mohamed Zokari

Lead day-to-day production and quality activities within railcar blasting and coating operations, providing direct front-line supervision of unionized coating applicators, equipment technicians, and supervisors. Manage daily manpower requirements, employee scheduling, work assignments, production priorities, and workflow to meet manufacturing schedules and quality requirements. Perform full shop-floor supervisory responsibilities, including employee performance management, disciplinary write-ups, attendance issues, union grievances, and application of company policies and the collective agreement.

Finishing Quality Manager (Production & Quality) - National Steel Car Ltd. - Hamilton, ON

(2021-04)

• Lead day-to-day production and quality activities within railcar blasting and coating operations, providing direct front-line supervision of unionized coating applicators, equipment technicians, and supervisors.
• Manage daily manpower requirements, employee scheduling, work assignments, production priorities, and workflow to meet manufacturing schedules and quality requirements.
• Perform full shop-floor supervisory responsibilities, including employee performance management, disciplinary write-ups, attendance issues, union grievances, and application of company policies and the collective agreement.
• Lead safety meetings, address shop-floor safety concerns, investigate issues, and work with employees and management to maintain safe working conditions and compliance with established safety requirements.
• Direct coating production activities and oversee the operation and troubleshooting of spray equipment, pumps, and related finishing equipment.
• Maintain responsibility for coating quality and process control, ensuring blasted and coated railcars conform to customer specifications, internal standards, and coating manufacturer requirements.
• Investigate and resolve customer and internal quality concerns through Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs), Internal Corrective Action Reports (ICARs), root-cause investigations, field service evaluations, and corrective actions.
• Perform regular audits of robotic blasting and coating application processes to verify process control and specification compliance.
• Plan and conduct blasting and coating trials, evaluate new products and application methods, and implement process improvements in collaboration with production personnel and coating suppliers.
• Serve as a technical liaison with coating manufacturers and suppliers, managing product selection, technical issues, specifications, inventory, storage requirements, and new coating evaluations.
• Develop and maintain coating specifications, quality standards, work instructions, and application procedures for production personnel.
• Monitor coating consumption and inventory and provide usage and cost recommendations to Marketing to support estimating and forecasting.
• Maintain departmental documentation in accordance with ISO 9001:2015 and conduct compliance audits in coordination with Quality Assurance.
• Manage procurement, inventory, maintenance, and calibration of coating inspection gauges, testing equipment, and departmental tools.

Defect Reduction Auditor, Statistical Engineering - National Steel Car - Hamilton, ON

(2018-07 - 2021-04)

• Perform audits on the production process to determine root cause of welding defects and poor fit-up to provide defect reduction solutions to Manufacturing
• Provide Uniform Quality Standard training to welders to ensure understanding of weld requirements for different products
• Train welders on use of measuring tools to verify acceptance criteria of welds and fit-up
• Track production quality performance through defect metrics to assist in continuous improvement initiatives
• Create and present weekly reports to Manufacturing and Quality Assurance and identify key areas to reduce cost

Quality Assurance Inspector - National Steel Car - Hamilton, ON

(2014-12 - 2018-06)

• Perform visual inspections of railroad car welds and ensuring adherence to DWS 15.1 specifications
• Ensure welds meet NACE Standard SP 0386 and SP0178 prior to application of interior paint lining
• Set-up, calibrate and use X-ray, Ultrasonic and Magnetic Particle equipment to perform non-destructive examination (NDE) on tank cars to The Association of American Railroads Appendix W and T standards
• Determine the cause and follow resolution of Non-Conformance Reports (NCR) on products that do not meet quality standards
• Read and interpret engineering blue prints, and verify drawing dimensions and fit-up are adhered to during production
• When required, travel to customer sites in the U.S and Canada to perform field weld inspections

Waste Water Treatment Plant Operator - Quantex Technologies - Toronto, ON

(2013-11 - 2014-12)

• Perform full laboratory analytical testing including gas chromatography, Karl Fischer titration and atomic absorption on waste water, oil, and hazardous materials
• Chemically treat waste oily water and prepare it for shipment to be discharged according to municipal requirements for pH, metals, and organic content
• Store and mix waste oil to create different blends according to customer specifications, based on water content, viscosity, and flash point
• Perform soil sample analysis for metal content and designate as hazardous or non-hazardous
• Prepare accurate government manifests, shipping documentation, and certificates of analysis of all outgoing loads in U.S and Canada
• Perform daily plant inspections, maintenance logs, and equipment repairs on pumps, boilers, tanks, and heat exchangers

Chemical Operator - Hotz Environmental - Hamilton, ON

(2012-02 - 2013-11)

• Operate a counter balance forklift safely to load and unload household hazardous waste (HHW) and non-hazardous material for chemical processing
• Perform chemical analysis on incoming loads, and create different blends for shipment
• Update and maintain chemical inventory and prepare shipments for delivery with all necessary Transportation of Dangerous Goods documentation
• Interact with the public, chemical plants, and school boards at HHW depots for waste drop off, pick up and recycling

Bachelor of Chemical Engineering, B. Eng - Chemical Engineering - McMaster University (2011)

Engineering Materials and Components - Engineering Materials and Components - Mohawk College (2016 - 2017)

Welding Inspector Certification, CWB - Weld Inspection - Canadian Welding Bureau (CWB) (2018)

Coatings (Certified Coatings Inspector / CIP Level 3 Certification) - Coatings - Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP)

Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) (Level 1 Ultrasonic Inspector) - Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) - Canadian Institute For Non-Destructive Evaluation (2017)

Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) (Level 2 Magnetic Particle Inspector) - Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) - Canadian Institute For Non-Destructive Evaluation (2016)

Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) (Radiation Safety) - Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) - Canadian Institute For Non-Destructive Evaluation (2016)