David Way resume

*. SSAB Americas (*+ years, March 2011 – May 2014)

2. Norandal USA Inc. & Noranda Aluminum (17+ years, Nov 1994 – March 2010)

3. Goodyear Tire General Products (7+ years, Spring 1988 – October 1994)

Education:

1. Master Business Administration, William Woods University

2. Master Electrical Engineering (course work no thesis), University of Nebraska

3. Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering, University of Nebraska

Contact Information:

Email: acgbqu@r.postjobfree.com

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/pub/david-way/1b/b26/584/

Phone: Cell 251-***-****); Home 731-***-****)

Address: 7010 Medinah Ct; Mobile, AL 36618

Background

A proven leader with broad experience in multiple industrial business units who leverages strong

interpersonal skills, flexibility and teamwork to achieve business objectives.

Known for defining and implementing a shared vision which encourages creativity, productivity,

results, and excellence.

Specialties:Expertise in the following areas:

Certified Six Sigma Black Belt; Leadership and team building; Budgeting and Planning; Managing

People, Production and Equipment; Process design and implementation; Negotiating, Procurement &

Vendor Management; Control of Capital Expenditures; Energy & Supply Chain management

Work Experience

Plant Electrical Engineer at SSAB Americas

Location: Mobile AL, (March 2011 – May 2014) Industry: Mining & Metals (Steel)

Lead Electrical Project Construction Manager for a new Heat Treat facility at SSAB Mobile plant.

Scope included 35kv to 12vdc electrical installation. Equipment installed includes 2 MV rooms with 15

ea 35kv Siemens GIS circuits breakers, 20+ 35kv to 480v transformers, MV switches, distribution

gear, MCC’s, VFD drives, lighting, etc as required to hand off to Automation and Operations

employees. Managed electrical contract firms with up to 150 electricians. Work required maintaining

schedules, review of construction drawings, bid documents, review of work in progress, approval of

capital equipment delivered to site, procurement of machinery not included in original bids, approving

invoices and providing management daily updates.

Installed and commissioned 2 Cat generator sets in Heat Treat area. Scope of work included: All

electrical equipment as required make a complete automated system. Upon the loss of main Utility

and backup power, the generator set and transfer switches automatically start and transfer power to

supply minimal interruption to critical plant systems as well as IT servers and network equipment.

Installed WinCC on 15 power monitors which allows detailed power usage and power quality

information from the 480v distribution system.

Procurement & Supply Chain Manager, NORANDAL USA INC.

Location: Franklin & Huntingdon, TN (2006-2010) Industry: Mining & Metals (AL).

Supervised Procurement, Stores, Traffic & Energy Team. Championed corporate-wide business unit

supply chain and energy efficiency projects, analyzing procurement spends and trends, targeting

opportunities for expense reductions and cost savings. Supervised 7 Exempt and 19 Nonexempt

employees.

Negotiated & implemented over 150 Supply Chain and on-site contractor agreements.

Led Noranda corporate wide Supply Chain team in securing and implementing multiple national

account contracts for Raw Materials, Energy, MRO and logistics, resulting in savings in excess of

$8.7M in 2008/2009.

Worked with Department of Energy to perform multiple energy audits at the Huntingdon site over a 4

year period. Originated and completed 20 energy efficiency projects which reduced BTU/Lb shipped

by an annual value of $2.7M.

Negotiated & executed procurement & supply energy contracts, implemented Electrical demand

response with EnerNOC (TVA partner) with an annual value of $240k.

Wrote, submitted and received approval for an economic stimulus application (TVA Valley Investment

Initiative) valued at $3.8M over five years. Overhauled processes to measure Supplier performance in

order to evaluate OTD, conformance to specification, billing issues and others as determined by

Supplier Quality site Audits.

Led Reliability group. Completed 40+ projects which reduced cost by more than $400k annually.

Implemented Ultrasonic nondestructive testing as well as supporting Oil Analysis, Vibration Analysis,

IR Thermography, Ultrasonic leak testing, Motor circuit analysis, Balance & Alignment and

RCM/RCFA. Attended SMRP seminars in 2006 and 2007.

Six Sigma Project Champion & Black Belt, NORANDA AL & NORANDAL USA

Location: Franklin & Huntingdon, TN and New Madrid, MO (2000 – January 2006)

Led regional team of management staff, process owners, engineers and Six Sigma belts to drive

process improvement at four plants. Worked with team to develop a list of potential projects, provided

business cases, project charters and managed belts as required to achieve and sustain the gain.

Direct reports were a revolving staff of 30 Black and Brown Belts. Achievements:

• Completed 119 projects through the implementation of Six Sigma methodology and reduced cost by

a total of $28M over the 5 year period.

• Led the corporation Enterprise Risk Management process. Developed strategies for remediation of

risk and championed installation of the required modifications.

• Led teams working on the following: DMAIC, RCFA, Kaizen, Lean Manufacturing. Utilized root

cause failure analysis to maximize shareholder value.

NORANDA ALUMINUM

Location: New Madrid, MO (1994 – 2000)

Superintendant Metal Products 1997 – 2000

Supervised the Metal Products Department with a staff of 14 exempt and 130 nonexempt

employees in a union organized plant which is QS9000 accredited.

Staff Electrical Engineer 1994 – 1997

Plant Electrical project engineer controlling Capex exceeding $10,000,000 annually.

Responsible for all electrical engineering projects in the value added and Carbon areas of a

1,100 employee aluminum smelter.

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