Nikolai Michaelson
Esko,MN
Summary
Mechanically inclined manager with hands on experience in the mining and paper industry. Effective organizer with experience scheduling day to day operations & maintenance as well as annual shutdowns. Driven troubleshooter of mechanical equipment and PLC controlled automation. Able to see and schedule priority based workloads with production targets, seasonality and the availability of parts/manpower.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Maintenance Shift Manager
US Steel
Mountain Iron, MN
02.2021 - Current
- Supervise, coordinate, and organize union millwrights while working closely with contractors and vendors in the Concentrator Department of MINNTAC's open pit mine.
- Planned scheduled maintenance outages as part of Reliability Centered Maintenance.
- Interpret blueprints, specifications, work orders and assign work accordingly.
- Administer US STEEL safety program to ensure safe work environment.
- Procured pricing information from various vendors to support cost-effective purchasing.
- Perform administrative activities such as scheduling crews, completing reports, conducting safety conversations, and complying other reporting as necessary.
Production Supervisor
SAPPI
Cloquet, MN - Minnesota
12.2018 - 02.2021
- Supervise shift operations at SAPPI Paper Mill in the following departments based on work load/staffing; Power Boilers, Utilities, Waste Treatment, Pulp Mill, Bleach Plant, Wood Room, Pulp Dryer, and Recovery Boiler.
- Established clear priorities and production quality standards.
- Prepared in advance for and addressed production problems, material deficits, equipment failures and unavoidable delays.
- Accomplished targets and met demand by assessing equipment performance, reviewing materials supplies and organizing manpower.
Operator
Verso Paper Mill
Duluth, MN - Minnesota
05.2014 - 12.2018
- Updated daily logs and discussed activities such as output, materials usage, and equipment concerns to address and resolve problems affecting production.
- Operate the Pulp Mill hot loop consisting of six 4000 horsepower pressurized grinders, screening equipment, heat exchangers, steam heaters, vacuum drums, high volume water pumps.
- Backup operate heavy equipment in wood yard and wood room depending on season and workload.
Education
BBA - Business Administration And Management
University of Minnesota - Duluth
Duluth, MN05.2013
Skills
CMMS ex SAP, ORACLE
Outage/ Shutdown/ Rebuild Scheduling
Using KPI's to direct priority
Materials and Labor Costing
Work Estimation
Timeline
Maintenance Shift Manager
US Steel
02.2021 - Current
Production Supervisor
SAPPI
12.2018 - 02.2021
Operator
Verso Paper Mill
05.2014 - 12.2018
BBA - Business Administration And Management
University of Minnesota - Duluth
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