Nick W. Morgan

Developed and maintained engineering programs for pressurized water nuclear reactors to ensure operational safety and regulatory compliance.

Focus areas include material degradation management, reactor vessel internals, boric acid screening and evaluating, material compatibility and chemical use permits.

Collaborated with in-service inspection (ISI) group to ensure needed exams were performed on time and on budget.

Coordinated with industry groups to maintain needed guidance recommendations at Palo Verde generating station. (EPRI, PWROG etc.)

• Supervise chemical and physical laboratories
• Ensure equipment is in calibration and tests are performed per quality standards
• Maintain documentation and results
• Perform internal quality audits, report results and develop action plan on recommendations
• Review chemical analyses and physical test results to determine adequate metallic charge makeup and proper alloy additions as well as adherence to developed operational procedures
• Monitor all phases of annealing process including temperature control, oven variables and pipe handling
• Evaluate new alloys and materials, develop new processes & procedures for implementation. Attend industry committee meetings.
• Review microstructure of pipe utilizing optical microscopy & SEM

• Determined suitable crew requirements, scheduled employees and worked with human resources to meet changing production schedules
• Assessed manufacturing processes and recommended improvements to increase productivity
• Implemented quality improvement changes to minimize product defect rates
• Reviewed maintenance and repair problems to determine appropriate action for resolution

• Developed and maintained process scorecards to track operational health of each facility
• Led weekly meetings with all operations managers to track compliance with defined process improvement initiatives using DMAIC process
• Provided day to day operation assistance when needed, including but not exclusive to blast furnace wreck recovery and long term strategic planning
• Provided process engineer assistance when needed including training and mentoring new employees

• Direct supervisor to 8 Operations managers and 59 union employees
• Responsible for Stockhouse, Cokeworks, Unloading Station, Gas Cleaning, Coal Grinder, Coal Injection, Casthouse and Blast Furnace proper facilities
• Developed area specific safety program focusing on Gas Rescue and Molten Metal Hazards
• Completed several HIRA projects to eliminate highest risk job tasks
• Began a 5S housekeeping program in operating and maintenance areas
• Stringently followed all environmental regulations
• 0 water violations and 0 Air Deviations
• Championed cost savings projects totaling $17 M that led to the Fairfield #8 Blast Furnace having the lowest hot metal cost amongst the North American blast furnaces in the corporation
• Increased fuel injection to 300 lb/thm via pulverized coal injection and natural gas, which led the corporation
• This replaced higher priced fuel (coke) and reduced hot metal cost
• Achieved record production in August 2014 of 196,002 tons
• Achieved record low net coke rate in August 2014 of 747 lb/ton of hot metal.

• Developed blast furnace burdening and quality plan including rigorous raw material analysis
• Supervised and trained 3 process engineers
• Developed standard operating procedures for operations and ensured adherence
• Led team in startup and shutdown activities as well process reports
• Led daily process meetings with operations and maintenance managers
• Traveled to other blast furnaces in the corporation to assist with startup activities
• Maintained benchmarking statistics for AISI

• Worked through headquarters in the Blast Furnace Engineering & Technology group
• Developed corporate procedures and best practices for blast furnace operation
• Created PI process books to track pertinent operation data
• Maintained Excel spreadsheets through data acquisition from SQL databases
• Held operations accountable for adherence to corporate procedures
• Responsible for blast furnace burdening and overall mass & energy balance.