R&D Chemist @ Mohawk Resilient Dalton, GA June 2020 - October 2024
- Controlled the individual formulations for the PVC layers in sheet vinyl
- Evaluate numerous raw materials for cost savings or improved performance in the different formulations
- Worked with vendors on developing new additives specifically for the site
- Quality and process support for sheet vinyl, LVT, and SPC lines
- Worked with vendors on Non-conformance issues with raw materials brought to site
Process Technician @ Lamberti Synthesis Chattanooga, TN August 2018 - June 2020
- Implement, monitor, and control processes along with the equipment
- Monitor process for improvement and correction of deviations in quality
- QA/QC with R&D implementation and analysis of process samples
- Evaluated, improved, documented, and trained employees on numerous lab methods to better analyze products for major industrial customer
Field Service Engineer @ Metrohm USA Chattanooga, TN April 2018 - July 2018
- Install, certification, perform preventative maintenance, or repair Metrohm instruments at different customer sites
Chemist @ Wacker Chemical Charleston, TN August 2011 - April 2018
- Installation, Start-up, Method Development, Calibration, and Validation for analyzing particle size, metals, anions, cations, silicates, TCLP, and numerous wet bench procedures in wastewater samples Ion Chromatography, Mettler Toledo T70, Metrohm autotitrator, Mercury Analyzer, Graphite Furnace & Flame AAS, ICP-OES, GC, FTIR, TOC, and Camsizer
- Wrote SOPs for process samples including procedures for TDEC analyses based on NPDES Permit, Mercury Analyzer, sample digestion, IC, autotitrators, GFAAS, FAAS, ICP-OES and TCLP
- Evaluation and analysis of sample data including data obtained from experiments to optimized systems
