Manager Mechanical Engineer

About me: A proven leader who uses safety, quality, and customer

satisfaction to get the job done

Education: Bachelor of Science: Mechanical Engineering

The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

December 2004 Graduate

Work Experience: 7+ years supervisory/4 additional non-supervisory years in

metal producing/fabrication industries

United States Steel Corporation - Fairfield Works, Fairfield, AL

Pickle/Cold Rolling Operations Area Manager, July 2012 - present

. Manage the 1.2M Ton/year Pickling/Cold Rolling Mills by leading,

safety, quality, and continuous improvement programs

. Safety - Led the hazard identification and elimination project teams

in my areas to achieve eight months since September 2012 under my

direction with zero recordable injuries

. Quality - Managed and exceeded my goals for yield, diversions, and

retreats through problem solving team sessions to meet the increasing

demands of the customers

. Continuous Improvement - Project champion to improve cracked edges off

the Cold Mill by improvements in side trimming at the Pickle Line,

enhancements to the Cold Mill rolling model, and installation of new

solution spray headers

. Spending - Administered all spending control for the department to

meet budget needs of the Rolling Division

. Customer Focus - Managed customer focus promise performance through

extensive production planning, outage planning, and communication

directly with customers to meet their demands of on time delivery and

quality

. Teambuilding - Managed 8 direct reports, 6 indirect reports, and 110

hourly personnel to pass knowledge and prior experience down to my

team to achieve sustained success

. Lean Six Sigma - Obtained Yellow belt in early 2013

Sheet Finishing Operations Area Manager, February 2011 - June 2012

. Manage all phases of Box Annealing, Temper Rolling, Stretch Leveling,

and Cold Roll Shipping departments

. Safety - Led the Sheet Mill team of 5 direct reports, 4 indirect, and

98 hourly personnel through the safety conversation process to achieve

historical record consecutive days without a recordable injury.

Headed the hazard identification and elimination teams at the Sheet

Mill by improving Safe Job Procedures and increasing the awareness of

each job task

. Spending - Managed all spending control for the department to meet

budget needs of the Sheet Finishing Division

. Continuous Improvement - Worked with USS Research and Fairfield

Quality Assurance to successfully trial a new Temper Mill Rolling

Solution to reduce the AP spending per ton while not jeopardizing any

product to the end use customer. Performed thermocouple trials in Box

Annealing to install a 3D firing model to reduce energy cost per ton

. Customer Focus and Teambuilding - Direct on-site customer visits with

my management team and hourly to ensure expectations of the customers

are clear and understood

Blast Furnace Maintenance Manager, June 2008 - January 2011

. Supervised the day maintenance of the fifth largest Blast Furnace in

North America

. Cast House Floor - Complete installation of two new remote control

Woodings hydraulic tap hole drills and mud guns. Directed iron

trough repairs, installation of furnace refractories, and ladle

maintenance

. Major Outages - Oversaw $ 5M in projects each year during the major

outages, including new Paul Wurth furnace top, complete structural

replacement of the top 500 ft of the main furnace conveyor, and three

new hot blast valves

. Tuyere Platform - Installed new design co-injection lances (first

furnace for USS) for efficiency and cost improvements

. Stoves and Gas Cleaning - Water cooled valving installation to improve

life and reduce maintenance downtime on furnace

. Stockhouse - Manage raw material inventories, supply, and spending of

the 28 conveyor stock house

Pickle/Cold Rolling Mill Operations Shift Manager, May 2006 - May 2008

. Responsible for the operation of mill scheduling, product mixes,

safety, quality, and hourly personnel of a 1.2 M Ton/year facility

. Continuous Improvement - Project champion of mill unscheduled work

roll changes to reduce delay time. Also worked as team member for the

Pickle Line entry end coil saddle improvements to decrease Cold Mill

strip break issues

. US Steel 2008 Cold Rolling Technical Exchange - Cold Mill Efficiency

Improvements to Key Corporate Managers

. Production Records - Exceeded the historical production records for

Tons in a month and Tons per turn for a month

Wise Alloys, LLC, Muscle Shoals, AL

Mechanical Engineer, January 2005 - May 2006

. 2 Stand Aluminum Cold Mill - New side guide and carryover table

designs to enhance production and quality

. 5 stand Aluminum Cold Mill - Reverse Osmosis Unit installation for

mill coolant water injection

- Mechanical and Electrical

installation of Hot Edge Sprays installation for strip edge quality

improvement

. 4 Stand Aluminum Hot Line - Designed and installed in-line armature

turning device for drive motors on 120" mill

. Cast House/WRB N2 plant - Designed system to combine both Nitrogen

plants to reduce plant capital lease costs

. Energy Conservation - Plant natural gas flowmeter network installation

and boiler maintenance improvements

. High Speed Coating Line - Line runtime issues and maintenance

improvements for one of the world's fastest coating lines

. LTMC Machine Shop - Coal mine personnel car carrier 3D design tem

(prospective new business)

Hardwear, Inc., Northport, AL

Engineering Intern, May 2004 - August 2004

. Designed frame and conveyor chutes for coal mining industry

. Quoted carbide overlay plate jobs and created schematics for proper

fitment of shapes to optimize burning table

. Worked directly with coal mining companies to improve longevity of

drag line buckets

G&G Steel/Franklin Manufacturing, Russellville, AL

Planning/Scheduling Assistant, February 2001-January 2002

. Review of project design drawings and detail of them for machine and

fabrication shop

. Worked with Professional Engineers to successfully design miter gates

for the Army Corps of Engineers

Assembly Technician, May 1998-August 1999

. Assembly of angle line conveyors, hydraulic presses, horizontal

welders, bus bar lines, and horizontal drills

. Participated in trade shows to present the capabilities of the company

to potential customers

School Experience:

University of Alabama Mechanical Engineering Department

2004 Senior Design Project II - Rolling Chassis Team

University of Alabama Formula SAE Car Team

. Design and fabrication of the semi-stressed rear frame, seat mold, and

rear spindles of the 2005 race car

. Competed and finished 60th out of 140 universities at the National

FSAE competition in Detroit, Mi in May 2005

. AutCAD and ANSYS were used for design and analysis and to tune them if

needed for optimum performance

2003-2004 Chassis Team Leader

University of Alabama Formula SAE Car Team

. Design and fabrication of the frame structure for the 2004 car

. Competed and finished 128th out of 140 universities at the National

FSAE competition in Detroit, Mi in May 2004

2004 1st Place ASME National Competition

ASME East Coast Human Powered Vehicle Competition

. Won 1st Place in design and overall performance in the utility

division

. Designed and fabricated the frame, steering system, braking system,

and seat

Skills: Microsoft Office, Project, AutoCAD, AS400, Matlab, Adams, RSLogix,

PI Software, UNIX, ANSYS, Rhino, and LabVIEW

Societies: Association for Iron & Steel Technology 5 years, American

Society of Mechanical Engineers member 7 years, Society of

Automotive Engineers member 7 years, Formula SAE team member 2

years

References: Available upon request

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