Darrell Avans
Danville,AL
Summary
Hardworking and reliable teammate with strong ability in developing teams and performance improvement. Highly organized, proactive and punctual with a team-oriented mentality. Committed to creating workplace culture consistent with enterprises mission and values. Continuously evaluated operations for safety concerns and implements strategies to reach target goals.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Production Shift Supervisor
Nucor Tubular Products
2021.11 - Current
- Ensure teammates understand expectations, divisions expectations, and enterprises expectations.
- Look for ways to improve the process and safety of the mill to ensure team can safely and effectively run the mill with maximum percentage of uptime and be profitable.
- Give the teams the tools and training they need to do their job safely and effectively.
- Coaching TMs in a constructive way that encourages them to continue doing well, improve on areas needing improvement, and hold them accountable for breaking policies and procedures.
- Creating individualized development plans to help TMs achieve their career goals and develop talent within enterprise.
- Communicate with team policy or procedural changes.
- Earn the trust of the team by taking extreme ownership and accountability for mistakes and failed production.
- Investigate incidents, document findings, implement corrective actions, and report incidents.
- Communicate new quality procedures.
Warehouse Shift Supervisor
Nucor Tubular Products
2021.12 - 2022.11
- Ensure TMs understand expectations, divisions expectations, and enterprise expectations.
- Look for ways to improve the process and safety of the warehouse to ensure team can safely and effectively load and ship trucks and railcars.
- Give the team the tools and training to be safe and effective.
- Coach the team in a way that encourages TMs to continue doing the things they do well, improve in the areas they need to improve, and hold accountable if not adhering to policies or procedures.
- Creating individualized development plans to help TMs achieve their career goals and develop talent within enterprise.
- Communicate with the team policy or procedural changes.
- Earn trust of the team by taking extreme ownership of incidents or failed production goals.
- Investigate incidents, document findings, work on corrective actions, and report incidents.
Slitter Lead
Nucor Tubular Products
2021.05 - 2021.11
- Safely and effectively operate the slitter in a way that ensures team stays safe and profitable.
- Troubleshoot problems and develop successful solutions.
- Provide the team with the tools and training needed to do the job safely and effectively.
- Ensure quality material is produced with no quality defects.
- Communicate with outside vendors to ensure raw materials arrived on time.
- Challenge the team to look for process and safety improvements to be better tomorrow than we were yesterday.
- Identifying areas the team could improve upon to develop the team and help them grow within their career within enterprise.
- Communicate expectations, divisions expectations, and enterprises expectations.
Slitter Operator
Nucor Tubular Products
2015.06 - 2021.05
- Safely and effectively operate the slitter in a way that ensured team went home safe and met production goals.
- Troubleshoot problems and develop successful solutions.
- Ensure quality steel was being produced with no quality defects.
- Set up and operated slitter to cut material into specified widths.
- Worked closely with other departments such as quality, maintenance, and mill team.
- Measured completed workpieces to verify conformance to specifications with micrometers, gauges, calipers, and templates.
- Maintained accurate records of production data including downtime, quality measurements, and chemistries of steel.
- Training new operators on proper use of the slitter according to company safety and procedural policies.
- Maintaining good housekeeping practices.
Slitter Helper
Monarch Steel
2010.01 - 2015.06
- Safely and effectively operate the slitter in a way that ensured team went home safe and met production goals.
- Troubleshoot problems and develop successful solutions.
- Ensure quality steel was being produced with no quality defects.
- Set up and operated slitter to cut material into specified widths.
- Worked closely with other departments such as quality, maintenance, and mill team.
- Measured completed workpieces to verify conformance to specifications with micrometers, gauges, calipers, and templates.
- Maintained accurate records of production data including downtime, quality measurements, and chemistries of steel.
- Training new operators on proper use of the slitter according to company safety and procedural policies.
- Maintaining good housekeeping practices.
Combat Engineer (12B)
U.S. Army
2001.10 - 2009.10
- Worked successfully with diverse group of coworkers to accomplish goals and address issues related to our products and services.
- Reviewed mission tasking, intelligence and weather information.
- Targeted, fired, and maintained weapons.
- Utilized heavy machinery to dig trenches for water drainage systems or irrigation canals.
- Maintained records of all equipment used during missions including serial numbers and maintenance logs.
- Built fortifications including bunkers and foxholes to provide protection.
- Performed demolition tasks using explosives to clear obstacles or demolish structures.
- Participated in joint training exercises with foreign military forces, fostering international relationships and collaboration.
- Collaborated with other military branches for large-scale operations, promoting teamwork and cohesion across units.
Education
High School Diploma -
Virgil Grissom High School
Huntsville, ALSkills
- Job Safety Analysis
- Process Improvement Strategies
- Team Building
- Conflict Resolution Techniques
- Problem-solving abilities
- Organizational skills
- Decision-Making Capabilities
- Continuous Improvement
- Inventory Oversight
- Data Analytics
- Key Performance Indicators
- Incident Investigation
- Strategic Planning
Certification
Dale Carnegie Develop Your Leadership Potential
Dale Carnegie High Impact Presenter
Finance IQ
Business Acumen
Timeline
Warehouse Shift Supervisor
Nucor Tubular Products
2021.12 - 2022.11
Production Shift Supervisor
Nucor Tubular Products
2021.11 - Current
Slitter Lead
Nucor Tubular Products
2021.05 - 2021.11
Slitter Operator
Nucor Tubular Products
2015.06 - 2021.05
Slitter Helper
Monarch Steel
2010.01 - 2015.06
Combat Engineer (12B)
U.S. Army
2001.10 - 2009.10
High School Diploma -
Virgil Grissom High School
Dale Carnegie Develop Your Leadership Potential
Dale Carnegie High Impact Presenter
Finance IQ
Business Acumen
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