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Miguel Lopez

Jackson,MI

Summary

Obtain a full-time position with a personal commitment to exceed the standards, goals, and the greater mission of the company. Highly dedicated individual with vast experience in the steel industry. Grown with the steel family and is dedicated to the values of compliance, inclusiveness, honesty and integrity. Excels at communicating effectively, working with others to resolve issues, and thinking logically. Certified overhead crane operator and instructor as well as mobile equipment operator and instructor which include Class 4 & 5 forklifts.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

COA/Caster Operations Assistant

Cleveland Cliffs
06.2021
  • Perform in all areas of the Casting department
  • Qualified in all jobs in the casting department, also qualified as a mobile equipment and overhead crane operator
  • During the shift, I fill in where needed, and give breaks to teammates when needed
  • I check inventory for the following shift and process orders for the following two weeks
  • Continuous communication with the maintenance department is very important for continuous casting and minimum downtime
  • Type up daily reports for each job in the department for the next turn COA.

Caster Utility

US Steel Great Lakes Works
06.2018 - 03.2020
  • Perform general duties at the caster run out line
  • Tagging slabs and cutting samples on a daily basis
  • Stocking the Caster with daily product
  • Cropping slabs to reheat furnace lengths
  • Operating an overhead crane to stack slabs, and to change the dummy bar
  • Find slabs in the yard to ship
  • Communicate with the Yardmaster to coordinate rail cars for transportation
  • Type up a daily report for the other operators in the Shipping Department
  • Hold daily conference calls on Prime and scrap slabs in the yard, and slabs ready for the Rolling Mill
  • Do a daily inventory on slabs in the yard
  • Oversee 8 employees in the Shipping department., Load proper recipe for the rolling schedule

Furnace Operator

Outokumpu Stainless Steel
06.2015 - 07.2016
  • Operated a 200 ton EAF
  • Communicated with scrap yard to ensure proper scrap and alloys were loaded
  • Utilized HMI screens and Level 2 tracking to ensure the melt process integrity
  • Coordinated contractors during furnace tear down and re-lines
  • Helped re-brick, apply ram, and build up banks of the furnace
  • Open communication with VAD and caster to prevent minimal downtime
  • Help maintenance with repairs.

Press Operator, Process Technician

Electrolux
12.2012 - 06.2015
  • Assisted with start up of the Press Department
  • Including the 1200 ton AIDA transfer press, and 400 ton Eagle progressive die press, two 400 ton progress, and a 200 ton short drive press
  • Worked on air lines, hydraulic lines, pumps, and HMI/PLC software
  • Kept presses running prime product while trying to maintain a 65% up time
  • Handled mechanical and basic electrical issues
  • Trouble shooting using HMI and PLC programs
  • Crane and forklift certified/instructor.

Rolling Mill Utility

Severstal Steel
07.2012 - 12.2012
  • Assisted the pulpit operators with change overs, taking samples, operating the over head cranes, and taking samples as needed
  • On down days, I assisted maintenance to clean scale from the pits, cut scrap, grease the roll lines, and replace water fittings in the roll stands

Finishing Operator

Nucor Steel
06.2008 - 07.2012
  • Assisted with the installation of the mill from the reheat furnace to the shipping bay
  • Assisted with the installation of the cooling bed, straightener, NDT testing area, stacker, tagger, and various roll lines and walking chains


  • Reviewed the schedule from the rolling mill to ensure proper cut lengths at the saws to send quality steel down stream
  • Set up and operated the straightener to straighten bars for customers
  • Qualified at every job in the finishing department, including the speed pulpit, BDM, and reheat furnace on the rolling mill side pf operations

Straightener Operator

MacSteel
07.2001 - 03.2008
  • Set up and maintained Danieli two roll vertical straightener to straighten bars in the diameters of 2.250” to 5.875” rounds.

Refractory, Bar Turner/Polisher Operator, Utility

MacSteel
  • Rolling Mill
  • Cold Finishing
  • Shipping
  • Melt Shop – Monitored schedule to measure alloys for different grades of steal being produced that day
  • Kept shelves stocked with temperature probes and sample tubes
  • Maintained tapping runner
  • Caster – Removed impurities from steal as it flowed into the mold
  • Tore down tundishes, rebuilt them and set them up for drying
  • Refractory – Tore down furnace, disconnected water lines, cutting off bolts/shims and removed the runner
  • Relined furnace with brick and ramming material, connected water lines and attached the runner
  • Rolling Mill – Worked on two lines, ensured the correct amount of bars in each bundle
  • Kept up with automatic banders and bundle weights
  • Cold Finishing/Shipping – Operated crane to load and unload bar turners and straighteners
  • Checked heats to make sure they matched the schedule
  • Then loaded trucks with materials ready to ship
  • Qualified for every position in the cold finish department including Floorman, Material Handler, Heat Treat Operator, Straightener Operator

Education

No Degree - Computer Aided Drafting

ITT Technical Institute
Fort Wayne, IN
06.2000

High School Diploma -

Napoleon High School
Napoleon, MI
05.1997

Skills

Safety conscious

Mechanical/Electrical aptitude

Multitasker

Quality driven

Team player

Timeline

COA/Caster Operations Assistant

Cleveland Cliffs
06.2021

Caster Utility

US Steel Great Lakes Works
06.2018 - 03.2020

Furnace Operator

Outokumpu Stainless Steel
06.2015 - 07.2016

Press Operator, Process Technician

Electrolux
12.2012 - 06.2015

Rolling Mill Utility

Severstal Steel
07.2012 - 12.2012

Finishing Operator

Nucor Steel
06.2008 - 07.2012

Straightener Operator

MacSteel
07.2001 - 03.2008

Refractory, Bar Turner/Polisher Operator, Utility

MacSteel

No Degree - Computer Aided Drafting

ITT Technical Institute

High School Diploma -

Napoleon High School

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