Machine Operations Technician

Posted on: 2011-03-23

Production Technician Gregory F. Comerzan Great Lakes Steel Works, Ecorse, MI From: 5/2000 To: 3/2009 While employed there, I worked under 3 different ownerships of that facility as follows: DTE EES Coke Operations LLC From: 10-2004 To: 3-2009 Position: Operations Technician / Turn Safety Leader Duties: Operate machinery on the coke battery of the coke plant at Zug Island. Interactively, these machines charged empty ovens with a blended coal mixture, pushed the finished coke product from the oven after the coking cycle, and staged it for loading. Updated S.O.P.s and implemented J.H.A.s, while keeping with the sensitive pushing schedule. Maintained a clean and safe work area. Trained new associates and exemplified the importance of the company\'s Core Values. Attended and participated in safety meetings, leadership and team building seminars. US Steel Corporation From: 3-2003 To: 10-2004 Position: Operations Technician Duties: Operate machinery on the coke battery of the coke plant at Zug Island as above; but under the operations and employment of US Steel. Followed S.O.P.s while completing the optimum pushing time schedule. Maintained a clean and safe working area; as well as recognizing and reporting potential hazards. Trained new employees and participated in the safety and improvement programs. National Steel Corporation From: 5-2000 To: 3-2003 Position: Utility Technician Duties: Assist operators, melters, and vesselmen in setting-up and pouring heats in the B.O.P. plant of the steel-making division of Great Lakes Works. Staged and added flux in the vessels, ran belt lines, desulfurized ladles of hot metal, took hot metal samples, staged scrap cars / boxes and did general housekeeping to maintain a hazard-free work environment. Attended safety and hazard awareness programs. Kasle Steel Corporation, Dearborn, MI From: 3-1985 To: 5-2000 Position: Production Associate Duties: Operated and assisted operators in running slitters and presses in the steel service center. These machines produced slit mults, flat sheets, or blanks from steel coils; in accordance with customer specifications. Ran skidding / packaging lines and labor for flat / bar stock processing. Mechanical trainee for 6 months. Active member in the Associate Involvement Program. Trained new slitter operators and helpers. Maintained a clean and safe workplace. Manpower Temporary Services, Taylor, MI From: 06-1984 To:12-1984 Position: Coil Receiving Clerk Duties: Worked in the coiling pit of the 80\'\' Hot Strip mill of Great Lakes Steel. Made reports on and inspected steel coils produced from slabs. Training Lock-out / Try-out / Tag-out, Standard Operating Procedures, Job Hazard Analysis, Personal Protection Equipment applications, OSHA Personal Exposure Limits, respirator, Scot-Air Pac and SCBA use, Confined Space Entry, leadership and team-building seminars, ISO 9000/14000, Nematron, Vectran communication, and Cross-Battery Interlock systems, Gamma-Ray, Rockwell and Olsen testing equipment, micrometer and Vernier caliper. Statistical Quality Process, forklift, front-end loader, boom crane, some mechanical and over-head crane. Education Our Lady of Mount Carmel H.S. Wyandotte, MI 48192 College course / diploma 6-1981 Wayne County Community College Downriver Campus, Taylor, MI 48195 Automotive Technology course