Manager Plant

Location:

London, KY, 40741

Posted:

January 20, 2013

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Resume:

Gary Howard

*** *********

Rd. London KY *****

Phone : 606 224-

**** / 606-***-****

Email :

abn0t8@r.postjobfree.com

RE : :Assistant Superintendent

Dear : Hiring Executive

My Professional background has equipped me with solid practical skills

combined with strong managerial skills. The attached resume details my

extensive experience and training. If you choose to interview and hire me,

you will not be disappointed.

With my background in coal mining, I feel I would be a good fit with your

company. For the past 5 years I have worked at IKERD Mining as a Night

shift Foreman. My skills are current and I am up to date on the latest in

the Industry. My priority guarantees that any job I do is done efficiently.

My background in the Industry includes 1 year at Cardinal Resources

Operating a Preparation Plant. I also was a General Manager of a Portable

Concrete Plant as which we poured 3500yds of concrete per day. In my resume

you will see all the expertise i have acquired over the past 27 years in

the industry. Once you have reviewed my qualifications, I'd love to tell

you more about my background.

I am confident that my skills and experience can be of direct benefit to

your company. I look forward to meeting with you.

Thanks for taking the time to review my qualification,

Regards,

Gary Howard

606-***-****

abn0t8@r.postjobfree.com

CURICULLUM VITAE

Gary L Howard

606-***-**** (Home)

606-***-**** (Work)

abn0t8@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

I have 26 years of experience, including as a Surface Mine Foreman, as an

Owner Operator and as a Plant Manager in industries including Wholesale

Trade-Durable Goods and Stone, Clay, Glass, and Concrete Product Most

recently, I have been working as a Surface Mine Foreman at Ikerd Mines from

June 2006 to October 2011.

Objective

Mine Supervisor

CDR Operations, KY USA

Nov. 05, 2011- Feb2012

foreman, equipment operator Supervised workers. Set work schedules,

assignments and production sequences. Enforced safety and health rules.

Demonstrated equipment use to employees. Observed work of operators.

Modified production and inventory to maintain profitability. Resolved

worker problems and complaints. Interpreted specifications, job orders and

company policies and procedures. Set goals and deadlines. Responsible for

interviewing, hiring, training, terminating, disciplining, promoting and

evaluating. Coordinated with other departments. Assigned duties to

employees

June 2006 to Oct.

2011

IKERD Mining

Surface Mine Foreman

foreman, equipment operator Supervised workers. Set work schedules,

assignments and production sequences. Enforced safety and health rules.

Demonstrated equipment use to employees. Observed work of operators.

Modified production and inventory to maintain profitability. Resolved

worker problems and complaints. Interpreted specifications, job orders

and company policies and procedures. Set goals and deadlines.

Responsible for interviewing, hiring, training, terminating,

disciplining, promoting and evaluating. Coordinated with other

departments. Assigned duties to employees.

Apr. 1999 to July

Howard enterprises, London, KY 2006

Owner Operater

graded house sites,set moble homes,built buildings Owned a small

business. Directed operations of a company. Directed pricing and sales

activities. Measured productivity and cost efficiency. Maintained smooth

daily operations. Managed staff schedules and work assignments.

Conducted

staff performance evaluations. Planned the use of materials and goods.

Engaged in staff recruitment, interviewing, hiring, training, evaluation

and discipline. Planned for future customer demand. Interacted directly

and productively with customers. Selected and procured goods for resale.

Vanceburg ready mix, Vanceburg, KY

June 1994 to Apr.

1999

Plant Manager

controlled operations of the plant.ordering of materials, and

maintenance of plant and other equipment. Supervised workers. Set work

schedules, assignments and production sequences. Enforced safety and

health rules. Inspected materials and products. Demonstrated equipment

use to employees. Observed work of operators. Managed budgets. Reviewed

production costs. Modified production and inventory to maintain

profitability. Resolved worker problems and complaints. Interpreted

specifications, blueprints, job orders and company policies and

procedures. Oversaw manufacturing operations including Product,

Planning, Quality Assurance, Maintenance, Purchasing, Safety, Shipping

and Receiving.

Whitaker coal co, Hazard, KY Aug. 1986 to Mar.

1994

Equipment Operator, Materials Handling Equipment

Position jacks, timbers, or roof supports, and install casings, in order

to prevent cave-ins. Reposition machines and move controls in order to

make additional holes or cuts. Cut entries between rooms and

haulage-ways. Observe indicator lights and gauges, and listen to machine

operation in order to detect binding or stoppage of tools or other

equipment problems. Replace worn or broken tools and machine bits and

parts, using wrenches, pry bars, and other hand tools, and lubricate

machines, using grease guns. Press buttons to activate conveyor belts,

and push or pull chain handles to regulate conveyor movement so that

material can be moved or loaded into rail cars or dump trucks. Move

planer levers to control and adjust the movement of equipment, the

speed, height, and depth of cuts, and to rotate swivel cutting booms.

Cut slots along working faces of coal, salt, or other non-metal deposits

in order to facilitate blasting, by moving levers to start the machine

and to control the vertical reciprocating drills. Signal crewmembers to

adjust the speed of equipment to the rate of installation of roof

supports, and to adjust the speed of conveyors to the volume of coal.

Monitor movement of shale along conveyors from hoppers to trucks or

railcars. Guide and assist crews in laying track for machines and

resetting planer rails, supports, and blocking, using jacks, shovels,

sledges, picks, and pinch bars. Free jams in planer hoppers, using metal

pinch bars.

Cardinal resources, London, KY Aug. 1985 to Aug.

1986

Coal Crusher Operator