1. Jason Costa
217 Spring View Drive
Douglassville, PA 19518
(484)-269-7208
JCosta@Cartech.com
Personal Statement:
I am a dedicated, hard worker that finds benefit in understanding all aspects of a business in
which to communicate and coordinate personnel towards a common goal.
OBJECTIVE: To obtain a job expanding my knowledge base of alloy processing and further my
involvement in the logistics of a corporation.
EDUCATION: University of Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh, Pa.
BS in Materials Science and Engineering
Graduated: 2007
Kutztown University – Kutztown, Pa.
Masters in Business Administration
Graduated: 2010
PERTINENT TRAINING:
24 hours in Cadence Project Management Training, PIC Group FMEA Training (Failure Mode and Effects
Analysis), Data Warehouse training
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Project Manager, Minitab, SharePoint, Lotus 1-2-3, Impromptu Data
Warehouse, Specialized systems (MES, CBOS, Mainframe)
WORK EXPERIENCE:
7/2013 – Present Carpenter Technology Area Manager – Maint. and Prod. Bridgeville, PA
 Safety
o Implement emergency reaction plan; incident investigation; injury reporting standards
o Implement local EHS representative (responsible for Rhode Island)
o 100% completion of CIP objectives
o Met TCIR goals for two years (4 total injuries)
o Capital Expenditure - Bed flipping device, Fall restraints, Furnace rebuild program
 Quality
o Participated in ISO, Aerospace customer audits
o Off Quality Reaction Plan - Scrapped/Off Chemistry heats
o Reduced claim rate from 0.90 to 0.59 claims per 100 shipments (35% improvement)
 Delivery
o Implement/Improve daily/weekly report out cadence
o Realign personnel to foster communications between customer service and production
o Improved melt lbs per hour for 3 gas atomization furnaces (15% on average)
 Cost
o Plan and execute Capital Expenditures related to yield gains
 Nisshin Classifier – 1-5% yield savings on various alloys, mesh (44,000 lbs
processed in FY15-Q4)

2.  Argon system – Improve reliability ($440,000 year on year lost revenue
opportunity, improve gas volume over full melt time of 30 min.)
 Nitrogen system (will complete in April) – Improve reliability (estimated
$600,000 year on year losses)
 Furnace maintenance program – cost avoidance
 Design of Experiments on CCM (ongoing)
o Exceeded AOP 2 consecutive years (Hadn’t met or exceeded AOP in 4+ years prior)
o Reduced inventory by ~$500,000 (Reading, Rhode Island, increased scrap utilization)
 People
o Restructure and train employee’s – Policy, Procedures, Expectations
o Implement new employee tier structure
o Implement Training Coordinator position
o Achieved goals during period of high personnel turnover rate
o Encouraged functional relationships and communication within the organization
o Improve key customer relationships – Timet, Eaton
8/2011 – 7/2013 Carpenter Technology Area Manager - Bar Finish Reading, PA
 Core Area – Bldg 97 – Bar Straightening, Turning, Saw Area
 Secondary Area – Dept. 15 – Hot Finish
 Safety
o Develop and implement hand safety program
o EINS – electronic record of cranes and mobile equipment
o Educate Dept. 15 on 6S
 Successfully cleaned, organized and painted the shop
 Kept costs down via operators performing the work
 Quality
o Lean manufacturing and 6S initiative – Forge Finish, Lab 73, Bar Finish
o Project groups with BCG and SBTI consulting
o Regularly report out quality occurrences; reduce quality non-conformities
 Delivery
o “On time delivery” at 95% and up
o Educate Dept. 15 on company needs
 Reduce UPO’s through line up analysis (Dept. 15)
 Operate to T-Day plan (Dept. 15)
 Cost
o Cost per ton reduced or held at net zero – For nearly all work centers
o Full rate table review for key cutting operations
 People
o Manage/Direct – 3 Supervisors, 2 Flow Coordinators, 1 Process Engineer, 60 P&M
o Work in coordination with 3 other Area Managers in a ~280 person department
5/2010 – 8/2011 Carpenter Technology Supervisor Bar Finish Reading, PA
 Safety
o Daily meetings, observations, problem resolution, BST (ergonomic studies)
o Front line response to injuries, injury reporting, incident investigation
o Bar Finish historical safety analysis, report and presentation
 Quality

3. o Achieve quality resolutions through input from production and metallurgy
o Coach employees (layered audits, behavioral audits, business principles)
o Implement lean manufacturing and 5S
 Delivery
o Manage and maintain inventories and product flow
o Maintain level III communication boards
 Cost
o Analyze production data to assure process and systems coincide
o Prepare performance data with root cause dissection for weekly report out
o Work with Process Engineer’s to focus on process improvement
 People
o Manage and facilitate employee success (address needs, issues, concerns)
o Supervise/Schedule ~35 people on day shift, ~60 on off shift; 16 workcenters
o Rotate 3 shifts
11/2010 – 1/2011 Carpenter Technology Interim RMS Supervisor Reading, PA
 Supervisor left the company, requested to fill in on an interim basis
 Heat Mix (15, 20, and 40 ton furnaces)
 Continuous improvement of material utilization (Heat mix analysis, sequencing analysis)
 Continuous improvement of scrap collection/sorting
 Direct and train heat mix specialists, Process Engineers
 Manage material flow plant wide (Responsiveness)
 Schedule and direct 25 person operation
 Similar responsibilities to Process Engineer (Physical Inventory, Quality, Safety)
6/2007 – 5/2010 Carpenter Technology Proc. Engr, Raw Mat. Srvs. Reading, PA
 Safety
o Organize daily meetings, problem resolution, incident investigation
o Facilitate creation of “Job Breakdown” sheets and “Train the Trainer” techniques
 Quality
o Implement quality protocol – Vendor check, off chemistry heat resolution
o SOP/SSWP – Write, maintain, revise
o 5S/Lean – Organized/Participated in completing 2 area projects (2010 – Material bundling,
Material ID areas)
 Delivery
o Support primary melting and procurement (materials forecasting)
o Data analysis for production, cost savings initiatives, and quality initiatives
 Cost
o Heat mix - Arc Shop (15, 20, and 40 ton furnaces)
o Quarterly scrap/alloy Physical Inventory (~30 people, 200+ man hours)
o Project lead for successful mixed scrap reduction (Reduced Mixed Scrap from 30% to under 1%)
ACTIVITIES:
• Eagle Scout – Order of the Arrow
• The Delta Phi Fraternity President, Secretary
• Assistant coach 6th
and 7th
grade football

4. • Animal Rescue League – Foster dogs
• Junior Achievement volunteer