Alex Bruner

• Prepared forms for tundush ladles and other iron holding vessels varying in sizes ranging from 600lbs holding capacity to 22,000lbs capacity
• Assembly and repair of Georg Fisher converters
• Experience with mixing water and silica based castable refractories
• Heating and Curing refractory
• Experience with plastic refractories, sand-clay based refractory and ladle coatings
• Assembled stopping rod assemblies
• Cleaning and chipping away iron, slag, old refractory at production temperature and while cold
• Slagging furnaces and Rodding loops of channel type induction furnaces
• Familiar with overhead powered cranes and hoists as well as rigging
• Operated various sizes of diesel forktrucks and demolition robots (Brokk and Kt-Grant equipment) skidsteers, and aerial lifts
• Maintenance of pneumatic air tools, chipping hammers, rivet busters and rammers
• Basic stick welding and fabrication
• Use of Oxygen lances
• Knowledge of ductile and gray cast iron melting process
• Worked with team to identify areas of improvement and devised solutions based on findings
• Managed smalls crew size 4-6
• Delegate jobs for smooth and efficient operations
• Keep stock and inventory in area maintained
• Familiar with SAP picking program
• Tracked and recorded trial runs of different materials
• Understand 6s

Summer employee. Assisted with various projects in the construction of several new homes –including roofing, flooring, installing doors and windows, setting and pouring ICF, rebar bending and cutting, cleaning, insulation work, and various other indoor and outdoor projects.