Robert C. Howard
Hartford,USA
Summary
Dynamic Air Control Manager at Century Aluminum with a proven track record in enhancing plant efficiency and implementing quality systems. Expert in personnel management and conflict resolution, I successfully raised operational efficiency from 75% to 95%, fostering a culture of safety and continuous improvement.
Overview
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Work History
Air Control Manager
Century Aluminum
- Directly responsible for all plant operations regarding the cast house and all environmental systems; only supervisor in the plant who led production, maintenance, and environmental operations.
- Oversaw all aspects of employment, training, plant efficiency, payroll, union negotiations, customer complaints, and planning.
- Plant Leadership Instructor
- Supervised Plant Fire Brigade
- Set 30, 60, 90, 180-day, 1-5-year Maintenance Plans and Budget
- Assigned Plant Equipment: Retained the Highest Plant Efficiency Rate
- Read Blueprints and Composed Plans/ Blueprints to Improve Equipment and Facilities
- Extensive knowledge of mitigating job site hazards due to hot work and confined spaces
- Worked hand in hand with outside contractors in the addition and maintenance of assigned projects and areas
Maintenance Technician
Alcoa/ Kaiser Aluminum
- Maintained all department equipment, participated in planned and emergency outages; consistently rigged, removed, and set equipment in excess of eight tons by crane.
- Fabricated new parts and equipment, troubleshooted production lines, participated in preventative maintenance, failure analysis, reliability, problem solving, and lean manufacturing maintenance practices.
- Department Union Steward
- Department Safety Coordinator
- Department Crane Inspector
Local 40 and 374 Boilermaker
- Involved in extensive rigging, welding, fabrication, blueprints, and all aspects of safety in a variety of facilities and positions.
- Have been involved in numerous tasks from entry level to total organizational management, both in safety and production.
- Have served as a general foreman, foreman, jobsite steward, and on several safety committees in power plants, refineries, steel mills, chemical plants, hydroelectric dams, and paper mills.
- Graduated in the top 5% of Apprenticeship
- MOST Rigging certified
- TVA Rigging Certified
- Kiewit Forman Trained
- Participated in numerous critical lifts
- Extensive knowledge of mitigating job site hazards due to hot work and confined spaces
Senior Non-Commissioned Officer
US Army
- Assisted in maintaining enhanced computer simulation equipment, tracking maintenance data, developing, coordinating, and implementing action plans for all departments, resulting in increased proficiency levels.
- Planned, set up, and managed special support operations for training concentrations and exercises.
- Applied knowledge and skills that allowed forecasting of support materials for different computer and logistics systems, resulting in a 95% readiness rate.
- Ensured all aspects of training were focused on developing competent teams to acquire the ability to maintain all equipment, react as one entity, and meet the standards of the US Military.
- Responsible for the training, health, and well-being of 2,000 people and accountable for over $200 million in equipment, with no loss by utilizing comprehensive inventory procedures.
- Created a training package that allowed soldiers to maximize the use of available resources, resulting in an increase in productivity during fast-paced periods of operations.
- Sought out by team leaders for mentorship and guidance, resulting in three junior managers achieving exceptional recognition during team and department evaluations.
- Educated senior management on personnel, equipment, and individual task selections.
- Maintained 100% accountability of all vehicles and computer equipment with a value in excess of $50 million.
- Ensured all personnel were held to 100% accountability and raised efficiency standards to a higher level.
- Training was conducted and enhanced to further prepare soldiers for rapid deployment both to their units and to combat operations.
- Obtained Drill Sergeant of the cycle once, and honor platoon three times.
- Trained over 10,000 soldiers for units throughout the US Army during the entire tenure.
Plant Production Supervisor
National Linen
- Directly responsible for all plant operations, including raw materials, employment, training, plant efficiency, payroll, union negotiations, customer complaints, and ensuring that all customer orders were met.
- Introduced a new customer-driven quality system, resulting in a reduction of customer complaints.
- Consistently worked with service, sales, and maintenance to ensure an efficient and safe environment for all employees.
- Achieved no lost-time accidents throughout the entire tenure.
- Raised plant efficiency from 75% to 95%.
- Worked with plant engineering to implement a new preventative maintenance schedule for equipment.
- Developed a new training program to reduce employee turnover by 15%.
Quality Manager
American Nonwovens
- Built a quality team and documented policies and procedures to ensure overall plant compliance to include the development of an ISO 9000 compliant quality system.
- Responsible for the overall MIS system, which stored all product test results, statistical programs used for equipment adjustments, raw material input into both plant inventory and the product, and customer ordering and specifications.
- Directly worked with customers to ensure that customer order packets and specifications were in order.
- Instituted a training program to achieve a greater understanding of safety and quality.
- Constantly monitored payroll to ensure maximum profits and efficiency.
- Conducted formal and informal counseling of 45 to 60 potential employees on job proficiency, career advancement, and organizational goals and standards.
- Provided management with a detailed analysis of each organization’s implementation and use of established operational doctrine, special operations, and procedures.
- Trained, evaluated, counseled, and improved processes; built a workforce that believes in and practices total quality management principles.
- Sustained no lost time accidents for the department throughout tenure.
- Increased overall efficiency by 35%.
- Achieved ISO 9000-compliant and certified system.
Education
BS - Business Management
TUI University
MSW -
Campbellsville State University
PsyD -
Breyer State University
PhD - Psychology
CPU
E-commerce Engineering
Daymar College
OSHA 500, 510, 30, and 10
Eastern Kentucky University
Senior Cadre Training Course, Equal Opportunity Course, Advanced Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Drill Sergeant Senior Leaders Course, Total Army Instructors Course, Computer Simulations and Training Management Course, Hazardous Communications (HAZCOM) Course, Basic Leadership and Training Management Course, Range Safety Course, Life Saving and CPR Course
United States Army
MOST Rigging Certification
Boilermaker Apprenticeship Local 40
Kiewit Management Training Course
Skills
- Self-Starter
- Microsoft’s Windows Systems
- Research / Analytical Skills
- Personnel Management
- Attention-to-Detail
- Conflict Resolution
- Performance Improvement
- Total Quality Management
- Work / Task Scheduling
- Administrative Management
- Human Resource Management
- Personnel Evaluation
- Leadership Development
- Complaint Processing
- Inventory / Supply Control
- Resource Management
- Training Development
- Production and Efficiency Enhancements
- Team Building
- OSHA 500 and 510
- Plant operations
- Equipment maintenance
- Safety management
- Quality assurance
- Blueprint reading
- Customer relationship management
- Employee training
- Union negotiations
- Project management
- Effective communication
- Problem solving
- Team building
- Performance monitoring
- Inventory control
- Cross-functional team management
- Product management
- Customer relationship management (CRM)
- Business development
- Time management
- Verbal and written communication
- Project planning
- Expectation setting
- Team leadership
- Employee onboarding
- Data analysis
- Expense tracking
- Shift scheduling
- Regulatory compliance
- Disciplinary techniques
- Schedule preparation
- Trend analysis
- Resource allocation
- Business planning
- Brand management
- Financial records oversight
- Marketing
- Policy implementation
- Negotiation
- Performance management
- Goal setting
- Safety procedures
- Decision-making
- Coaching and mentoring
- Customer service
- Documentation and reporting
- Cross-functional teamwork
- Staff development
- Risk management
- Workforce management
- Relationship building
- Sales techniques
- Policy and procedure development
- Networking strategies
- Vendor management
- Staff management
- Contract management
- Inventory management
- Conflict resolution
- Work prioritization
- Clear communication
- Business administration
- Financial management
- Task delegation
- Strategic planning
- Revenue management
- Performance evaluations
- Complex Problem-solving
- Staff training and development
- Change management
Certification
- MOST Rigging Certification
- Boilermaker Apprenticeship Local 40
- Kiewit Management Training Course
Career Summary
30, Self-Starter, Microsoft’s Windows Systems, Research / Analytical Skills, Personnel Management, Attention-to-Detail, Conflict Resolution, Performance Improvement, Total Quality Management, Work / Task Scheduling, Administrative Management, Human Resource Management, Personnel Evaluation, Leadership Development, Complaint Processing, Inventory / Supply Control, Resource Management, Training Development, Production and Efficiency Enhancements, Team Building, OSHA 500 and 510
Timeline
Air Control Manager
Century Aluminum
Maintenance Technician
Alcoa/ Kaiser Aluminum
Local 40 and 374 Boilermaker
Senior Non-Commissioned Officer
US Army
Plant Production Supervisor
National Linen
Quality Manager
American Nonwovens
BS - Business Management
TUI University
MSW -
Campbellsville State University
PsyD -
Breyer State University
PhD - Psychology
CPU
E-commerce Engineering
Daymar College
OSHA 500, 510, 30, and 10
Eastern Kentucky University
Senior Cadre Training Course, Equal Opportunity Course, Advanced Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Drill Sergeant Senior Leaders Course, Total Army Instructors Course, Computer Simulations and Training Management Course, Hazardous Communications (HAZCOM) Course, Basic Leadership and Training Management Course, Range Safety Course, Life Saving and CPR Course
United States Army
MOST Rigging Certification
Boilermaker Apprenticeship Local 40