Manager Maintenance
Resume:
ANDREW C. HUBER
Wixom, MI *8393
*************@*****.***
Highly motivated professional with extensive experience in maintenance planning, reliability engineering, and project management is seeking a challenging leadership position. Exceptional skills include insightful talent for building, leading, and engaging cross-functional teams. Proficient in creating new procedures using statistical techniques and reliability tools that ensure optimal functionality of equipment and systems to reduce conversion costs and increase output. Excellent written and verbal communication skills and a collaborative leadership style serve to produce motivated colleagues, forge strong alliances with outside vendors, and exceed senior management’s organizational goals and expectations.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
United States Steel Corporation, Ecorse, Michigan (11/15 – Present)
Area Manager, Iron Producing (11/15 – Present)
Division leader of transformational management focusing on the maintenance planning and execution of work.
-Develop strategies to improve accountability and support implementation of company policies, procedures, and goals.
Accountable for the development and implementation of all maintenance activities for the division, consisting of two blast furnaces and raw material handling, with a focus on reliability and maintenance process improvement.
-Utilizes proven coaching techniques, such as KPI boards and performance dialogues, to develop department personnel and equip them with Lean and Six Sigma tools and methodologies.
Develop divisional maintenance strategies and capital planning to advance technology and improve reliability of the operating units.
Implement repeatable maintenance practices and create issue escalation procedures within the department.
Incorporate a proactive ideology within the department leadership team to enhance preventative maintenance performance as a key action in reducing unplanned maintenance delays.
Implement Root Cause Analysis as standard practice to reduce unplanned maintenance delays.
Developed and executed a twenty-one day blast furnace rebuild budgeted for $6M followed by a five day blast furnace repair budgeted for $1M.
Improved employee wrench time by 20% using a Six Sigma DMAIC analysis, planning tools, and mentoring skills to realize an increase in employee output.
United States Steel Corporation, Gary, Indiana (6/07 – 11/15)
Reliability Centered Maintenance Coordinator, Iron Producing (3/15 – 11/15)
Department leader of change management focusing on risk evaluation, preventative maintenance practices, maintenance planning, and long-term outage planning.
Planned and lead the execution of a 28 day blast furnace rebuild budgeted for $13M that was completed on time and 4% under budget.
-Utilized Oracle EBS and Viziya Scheduler to fully plan and evaluate the cost and progress of the project.
Responsible for implementation of corrective actions from Root Cause Failure Analysis performed on the blast furnace gas washing system to realize an $8 million annual savings.
Lead a cross functional team in a Failure Modes and Effects Analysis on a blast furnace charging system and implemented corrective actions to mitigate identified potential failures.
Responsible for the strategic and technical management of large, complex projects with knowledge of both design and construction phases.
Planned and led the repair of a blast furnace Large Bell to extend the operational campaign of the Blast Furnace. This had not been done in the corporation for 25 years due to the hazards and logistics involved with the repair.
Maintenance Coordinator, Iron Producing (11/12 – 3/15)
Developed and controlled an annual budget of $150M, oversaw 110 electrical/mechanical maintenance employees, and 11 managers to maintain three blast furnaces, the hot metal car fleet, and the high line.
Implemented continuous improvement methodologies sustainable under a Lean and Six Sigma approach resulting in an increase in safety performance and a reduction in maintenance delays.
Executed change management practices as the department lead, utilized reliability principles and operational excellence toolkits.
Provided high-level planning for the development, scheduling, and management of large scale projects that included:
-Labor and resource contracts and negotiations.
-Established and delivered budgets and logistics schedules for on-time delivery of materials.
-Coordinated a multi-divisional management communication system to effectively maximize operational outputs.
Planned and managed a 28-day blast furnace outage maintenance project which included replacing the blast furnace top, modernizing the charging system PLC drives, updating the hot blast system, and repairing over 800 structural deficiencies.
Supervised a project to repair a blast furnace stove system to increase temperature capabilities, increase production, and sustainably reduce conversion cost.
Planning Manager, Structural (6/12 - 11/12)
Directly managed the Structural Asset Management Program for the Iron Producing Division.
Identified, prioritized, planned, and repaired structural deficiencies of division assets.
Collaborated with Operations Department to ensure that all work was coordinated and properly staged.
-Revised the Structural Repair Program for the Iron Producing Division which reduced repair cost and down time while increased worker efficiency maintaining consistent production rates.
Project Manager, Raw Materials Services (8/11 - 6/12)
Directly accountable for departmental budgets, cost savings initiatives, departmental efficiency, and implementation of the structural program.
Oversaw the Maintenance Manager of the Ore Docks and the Operations/Maintenance Managers at Blast Furnace Recycle.
Created and implemented cost savings projects for the Sinter Plant, Ore Docks, and Blast Furnace Recycle.
-Converted the Sinter Plant ignition system from natural gas to coke oven gas providing a savings of more than $3 million annually.
Maintenance/Operations Manager, Raw Materials Services (8/08 - 8/11)
Managed 46 maintenance and operations employees at the Ore Docks and Blast Furnace Recycle, a water treatment facility.
Monitored short and long term budgets for both departments.
Ensured that production, quality, cost, environmental, and safety goals were achieved.
-Designed and implemented a 2 year rebuild plan of the Blast Furnace Recycle cooling water system. Updated drives, replaced water piping/sprays, replaced/installed new valving, and switched from steel to PVC piping.
Implemented Structural Repair Program for the Ore Docks and Blast Furnace Recycle.
Process Manager, Sinter Plant (6/07 - 8/08)
Promoted to Process Manager in first month of employment responsible for 6 operations and 2 maintenance employees.
Oversaw activities of two sinter production lines; made adjustments to the process to ensure that the final product met quality tolerances based on strict chemical standards.
EDUCATION
Indiana Wesleyan University
Master of Business Administration Specialization: Applied Management (1/10)
University of Minnesota, Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Materials Science and Engineering (5/07)
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