Supervisor Manager
Resume:
Michael Potter
Alabaster Alabama 35007
***********@*****.***
Personal Summary
Very good working relations with employees, other supervisors, contractors and suppliers. During my 20 years in the foundry business I have only missed 2 days of work. Improved lining life and have found new and improved ways of doing most melt department jobs.Willing to work long shifts and do whatever is needed to make my employer profitable and move into the future with new and improved ways of doing things.
Experience
Melt Supervisor, Grede Foundry Bessemer Alabama 06/2011 - present Supervise and train employees. Do relines and run day to day production. Manage furnace operators,iron pourers, bull pushers and lab employees.
Melt Supervisor/Lab Manager, Frazier and Frazier: Coolidge, Texas 11/2010 – 02/2011-Supervised and trained employees.Worked with lab on chemistries.Worked on culture change and lean manufacturing to improve production and profitability. Provided mechanical and chemical certs. To customers, performed sand tests and did pearlite and ferrite natal etch
Plant Superintendent/Melt Supervisor, Donsco, Mount Joy, Pennsylvania 02/2009 – 11/2010 -Managed employees and production on all three shifts. Supervised and trained employees. Ran chemistries on spectrometer and do final additions. Did training on Sinto mold machines.
Melt Supervisor TRW Automotive Inc: Warrenton, Georgia 10/2007 – 02/2009 - Supervised and trained employees.Did relines and ran sinter heats.Worked with lab techs on chemistries and alloy additions.Did repairs to pressure pours and ladles. Led weekly safety and job improvement meetings.
Melt Supervisor, Delray Steel Casting: Melvindale, Michigan 01/2003 – 10/2007Supervised and trained employees.Ran samples and determined alloy additions on spectrometer and Leco carbon and sulfur determinator.Used Argon drip in furnaces and Argon purge in ladles. Diagnosed and repaired furnace power supplies, set up new suppliers and ordered supplies for foundry.
Melt Supervisor, Metaltec Steel Abrasives: Canton, Michigan 04/2000 – 01/2003Supervised and trained employees.Ran samples and determined alloy additions, furnace and ladle repair.Trained crane operators and ran overhead cranes, cut with lance rod and cutting torch.
Melt Supervisor, Delray Steel Casting: Melvindale, Michigan – 02/1988 – 04/2000 - Supervised and trained employees.Ran samples and determined alloy additions on spectrometer and Leco carbon and sulfur determinator.Made heat sheets for furnace heats, diagnosed and repaired power supplies, ran overhead crane set up and ordered supplies for foundry.
Education
Graduated Fordson High school 1984
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