Joseph L. Granitto

**** ********** ****. ******** ******* Cleveland Ohio 903-***-****) ac0n7b@r.postjobfree.com

Career Focus:

To obtain a position in your company that will further enhance my career and provide an opportunity to use my tooling and management skills to improve the bottom line

Skill Summary:

Thermal Heat Process Control, Decarburization, Scaling Techniques, Annealing and Temper Quenching, Benchmarking in International Community, Continuous Improvement Teams

Work Experience:

Benteler Tube Louisiana (2016 4 months) Team Lead Hot Rolling Mill and finishing

Responsible for all aspects of pipe making and rolling in charge over 40 people on a crew.

United States Steel Lone star Texas (2012 to 2016)

Process MANAGEMENT ROLL SHOP

Responsible for all machining of rolls for production, maintenance of gearboxes, stretch mill stands Weld Rolls Planning and scheduling for production demand.

Operational Excellence/Reliability Maintenance

Worked on scrap optimization, Consumables Reduction, New installation Profiler and various maintenance projects to reduce costs and maximize productivity.

Process MANAGEMENT Responsible for all tooling and maintenance activities related to production of ERW Pipe Development of cost cutting ideas,work instructions, procedures

V&M Star, Youngstown, OH (1990 to 2012)

Senior Tooling Technician and Supervisor

Responsible for all tooling related to piercing and mandrel mill pipe making process.

Supported several continuous improvement teams, process engineers and cost saving projects.

Developed all necessary work instructions, Standard Operating Procedures and tracking files

Highly Valued contributor to a continuous improvement team that upgraded our piercing practices that saved $2MM annually and received the 2011 Corporate Innovation Award.

(2010) Maintenance Supervisor Caster in charge of 15 people repair of Roll Lines, auto

grease system, Gearboxes hydraulics,

Roll Shop Supervisor

Supervised all roll shop activities including CNC lathe operations, roll building, mill scheduling and inventory control INCLUDING MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES.

Training and Education:

Lean Concepts, DMAIC Principles, SMED and CIT Leader Training, V&M Star (2012)

Front Line Supervisor Training, Vallourec University, Houston, TX (2011)

Train the Trainer Certified in Overhead Crane Operations, Crane Institute of America (2010)

Certified in Blue Print Reading, Welding I and II, Hydraulic Repair, Heavy Industrial Electrical I, II

and CNC Programming, Mahoning Joint Vocational School (2004 – 2006)

MS Office and Excel Level I, II and III, New Horizons (2003)

Problem Solving, SPC, Team Building and Supervisor Training, V&M Star (2000)

Worked with SAP, QUAD, MP2

Outstanding Achievements:

Awarded 2015 Continuous Improvement Project USSTEEL

Awarded 2013 Continous Improvement Project USSTEEl

Achieved 2013 1.1 Million Dollar savings in reduction of consumables USSTEEL

Member of corporate research and development team

Awarded 2012 Cost Savings of 1.1 million dollars on automated oiling system HRM

Winner of 2011 Innovation Award from Vallourec Corporation

Member of Continuous Improvement Teams

Awarded 2011 Best OCTG North American CIT for Cost Savings

Awarded 2003 Best 5S Process for Roll Shop

Professional Affiliations / References:

Michael Phipps Field Engineer Phi Com 903-***-****

Dave Brown Plant Manager UsSteel Lorain Ohio 440-***-****

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