DALE J. HARVOTH

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INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT

An experienced maintenance manager with a number of years of steel industry experience. Managed a large staff of managers and unionized workforce, plans and executed complex assignments, and consistently exceeded performance metrics.

Possesses superior mechanical expertise in hot strip mills, casters, steel shops, cold rolled, pickling, overhead cranes and blast furnaces

Extensive knowledge of safety and industrial hygiene and OSHA regulations.

Strong experience in preparing and implementing departmental budgets. Reduced contractor spending by over $3,000,000 annually and was a member of the 2014 AIST award-winning team for Innovative Technology.

Core competencies include: Project Management * Strategic Planning * Budget Preparation * Man-hours Scheduling Oversight * Maintenance Analysis and Troubleshooting * Skilled Labor Relations Intermediary*Continuous Improvement*Preventive Maintenance

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Labor Studies (with Honors), Indiana University

US Steel Mechanical Repair Apprenticeship

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

US STEEL * Gary, IN 46402

One of the largest integrated steel producers, with major production operations in the United States, Canada and central Europe; an annual raw steelmaking capability of 27 million net tons.

Maintenance Area Manager 1999 – November 2014

Directs managers and workforce in the planning and execution of industrial maintenance, with experience in Crane Repair, Mechanical Services, and Construction Services departments.

Served as an Area Manager for Reliability Centered Maintenance.

Formulates departmental operating budget. Tracks workforce man-hours, both union and contractor

Responsible for maintaining plant equipment in the Hot Strip Mill, cold reduction mills, Tin lines, and 200 overhead cranes on the finishing side of the plant

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Member of Joint Union Management Committee, Corporate Safety Audit Team, Plant Committee on Contract Implementation, and Innovative Technology Development Team

Developed training program in conjunction with contract job description guidelines

Generated $3,000,000 annual savings as Area Manager of Mechanical Services

Reduced contractor costs by $1,000,000 by cross-working crafts, with a resultant reduction in overtime by plant forces; Reduced AP spending by $1,346,000 in Construction Services

Mechanical Services Coordinator 1997 – 1999

Directed workforce of 7 managers and 150 employees maintaining plant finishing facilities.

Increased efficiency with Hot Strip Mill PM program

Hot Strip mill repairs were over 95% planned

Hot Strip Mill mechanical and electrical delay rate was less than 2%

Managed and performed emergency repairs at the Hot Strip Mill and other finishing facilities.

Planned and coordinated repair turns and outages at the Hot Strip Mill and other finishing facilities.

Maintenance Planning Manager 1993 – 1997

Directed workforce of 10 managers and 120 employees

Maintenance over 600 pieces of plant mobile equipment.

Increased life of large mobile equipment by implementing predictive maintenance plan which reduced replacement costs $2,000,000 annually.

Equipment up time was increased to 94% for large mobile equipment.

Vicing Foreman 1990 – 1993

Directed mobile equipment repair workforce

Developed Preventive Maintenance Programs

Reduced the cost of repairs by 40%.

Mobile Equipment Repairman 1975 – 1990

Performed repairs and maintenance on mobile cranes, 60-ton dump trucks, 12-yard loaders, forklifts, and miscellaneous automotive

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite: Excel, Word, Power Point, Project, Outlook, Access and US Steel proprietary software

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