Experience

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  Primetals Technologies

  • United Kingdom
  • Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Principal Business Development Manager

    • Jan 2021 - Present

    Business Development Manager for Hot Strip Mills - North America

  • Principal Project Manager

    • May 2018 - Jan 2021

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  AK Steel Corporation

  • United States
  • Mining
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Corporate Manager of Engineering

    • Nov 2015 - May 2018

    Responsible for the development, engineering, and execution of capital projects for Carbon Operations that includes Ashland Works, Dearborn Works, Middletown Works, and Rockport Works. Led a team of Project Managers and Engineers in the development and execution of the 2016 Advanced High Strength Steel upgrade at the Hot Dip Galvanizing Line at Dearborn Works. Led a team of Project Managers and Engineers in the development and execution of the 2017 Hot End Outage including the Blast Furnace Top Equipment Replacement, Blast Furnace Raw Gas Main Replacement, BOF Vessel Replacement, and other projects with a total investment in excess of $50 million. These projects were safely completed on schedule and under budget.

  • Engineering Manager

    • Apr 2014 - Nov 2015

    Responsible for the development, engineering, and execution of capital projects in the Cokemaking, Ironmaking, Steelmaking, Energy, and Transportation departments within an integrated steel plant. Key member of the project team for the partial reline of the Amanda Blast Furnace located in Ashland, Kentucky.

  • Production Section Manager

    • Apr 2013 - Apr 2014

    Responsible for all aspects of steel production in the Melting Section including scrap yard, stock house, cranes, one low power EAF and one ultra high power EAF. This facility produces a variety of products including Stainless, Chrome, Chrome-Nickel, Grain Oriented Electrical, and Carbon Steels.

  • Maintenance Section Manager

    • May 2011 - Apr 2013

    Responsible for all aspects of maintenance in the Hot Strip Mill including mechanical, electrical, and automation. Direct management of 8 salaried personnel with responsibility for over 65 employees. Improvement of overall quarterly availability from 68% to 82.5% with a record monthly availability of 84.3%. Improvement of quarterly quality reject rate from 7% to 4.3% with a record monthly reject rate of 1.2%.

  • Senior Maintenance Engineer

    • Aug 2000 - May 2011

    Assist management with the scheduling, planning, and execution of maintenance on and operation of equipment; including boilers, multi-stage condensing steam turbines, non-condensing steam turbines, motors, centrifugal gas compressors, pumps, pressure vessels, and balance of plant equipment. Completed the design, specification, installation, and commissioning of projects including equipment foundations, pumps, steam turbines, motors, compressed air systems, and various piping systems.Generation of documentation for both operations and maintenance including operating procedures, process flow diagrams, process and instrumentation diagrams, equipment location plans, and piping arrangement drawings.

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  US Navy

  • Nuclear Machinist Mate

    • Sep 1990 - Oct 1995

    Nuclear qualified Engineering Laboratory Technician and Machinist Mate serving on Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarines. (SSBN-641B & SSBN-633G)