Terry Bradford
Cullman,Alabama
Summary
Experienced with team leadership and operational management. Utilizes strong organizational skills to optimize workflow and improve team efficiency. Track record of fostering collaborative work environment to achieve collective goals.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Meltshop Supervisor
CMC
10.2025 - Current
- Supervised daily operations, ensuring adherence to safety protocols and quality standards.
- Mentored team members, fostering skill development and enhancing workplace efficiency.
- Implemented process improvements, reducing operational bottlenecks and increasing productivity.
- Coordinated scheduling, optimizing resource allocation for maximum output.
- Conducted performance evaluations, providing constructive feedback to drive employee growth.
- Developed training programs, improving onboarding processes and employee retention rates.
- Oversaw daily operations of the department, ensuring smooth workflow and timely completion of tasks.
- Applied strong leadership talents and problem-solving skills to maintain team efficiency and organize workflows.
- Increased team productivity by implementing efficient workflows and setting clear expectations for staff members.
- Resolved conflicts among team members promptly, maintaining a harmonious working environment conducive to productivity.
- Demonstrated commitment to the organization''s core values, leading by example and fostering a culture of excellence.
- Collaborated with other departments to achieve organizational goals, fostering teamwork across various functions.
- Enhanced communication within the team by holding regular meetings and encouraging open dialogue among all members.
- Mentored junior staff members in their career development, sharing knowledge from years of experience in the field.
- Conducted performance evaluations for staff members, identifying areas of improvement and guiding professional development plans.
- Implemented safety protocols to minimize workplace accidents and maintain compliance with industry standards.
- Reduced employee turnover by fostering a positive work environment and providing ongoing feedback to staff members.
- Identified operational inefficiencies and implemented corrective measures to increase effectiveness.
- Implemented cost-saving measures, significantly reducing operational expenses.
- Reduced conflict incidents significantly, fostering cohesive team environment through effective conflict resolution strategies.
- Maintained high safety standards to ensure secure workplace for all employees and visitors.
- Implemented rewards and recognition program that significantly increased employee engagement and satisfaction.
- Boosted team morale and performance, organizing regular training sessions and motivational meetings.
- Managed diverse team, promoting inclusive work environment that leveraged individual strengths.
- Facilitated seamless communication between departments, ensuring that all teams were aligned with company goals.
- Conducted thorough employee evaluations to identify areas for growth and development, leading to more skilled workforce.
- Fostered culture of continuous improvement, encouraging team to suggest and implement process enhancements.
- Established team priorities, maintained schedules and monitored performance.
- Evaluated employee performance and conveyed constructive feedback to improve skills.
- Recruited, interviewed and hired employees and implemented mentoring program to promote positive feedback and engagement.
- Cultivated positive rapport with fellow employees to boost company morale and promote employee retention.
- Successfully managed budgets and allocated resources to maximize productivity and profitability.
Mechanical Supervisor
Stone Bridge Farms
11.2024 - 10.2025
- Supervised mechanical maintenance schedules to ensure operational efficiency and equipment reliability.
- Trained and mentored junior mechanics on troubleshooting techniques and safety protocols.
- Implemented process improvements that enhanced workflow and reduced downtime across production lines.
- Coordinated cross-functional teams to address mechanical issues, fostering collaboration and rapid problem resolution.
- Conducted regular inspections of machinery to identify potential malfunctions, ensuring compliance with safety standards.
- Managed inventory of spare parts, optimizing stock levels to support uninterrupted production activities.
- Ensured quality control with meticulous inspection of completed work, addressing any discrepancies promptly.
Plant Production Supervisor
Monarch Steel
02.2025 - 07.2025
- Supervise a crew of 20 hourly employees and 3 Maintenance employees.
- Maintain production schedules, work schedules and employee time sheets daily.
- Schedule maintenance outages and maintenance PM schedules.
- Started with the company when there were no Safety guidelines or personal accountability.
- Since being employed at Monarch Steel, I have made a Safety Culture, in which has made a safer place to work, increased productivity and increased employee accountability.
- Implemented Lean Manufacturing principles throughout the facility including 5S methodology, Kaizen events.
- After scheduling maintenance equipment PM’s our downtime went from 25% down to 5% plant wide.
- Decreased quality claims by 20% by making employees accountable for their mistakes. By training each operator on quality defects at each machine.
- Trained and worked with maintenance employees on rebuilding hydraulic valves and cylinders.
- Oversaw daily production operations to ensure efficiency and adherence to safety protocols.
- Trained and mentored team members on machinery operation and best practices.
Area Manager
Hyosung USA
11.2024 - 02.2025
- Managed a department that had 25 hourly employees and 6 Maintenance employees.
- Maintain production schedules, work schedules and employee time sheets daily.
- Schedule maintenance outages and maintenance PM schedules.
- After being employed a month I had made a Safety Culture, in which has made a safer place to work, increased productivity and increased employee accountability.
- After scheduling maintenance equipment PM’s and retraining operators our downtime went from 40% down to 5% department wide. Production increased 65%.
- Implemented Lean Manufacturing principles throughout the facility including 5S methodology, Kaizen events.
- Decreased quality rejects by 15% by making employees accountable for their mistakes and by training each operator on quality defects at each piece of equipment.
- My department made production bonus for the first time in 2 years during my second month there.
Melting and Refining Shift Manager/ Project Manager
Arcelormittal/Nippon Steel
10.2021 - 11.2024
- Start up greenfield project for new meltshop.
- Managed setting up safety guideline training for meltshop and maintenance employees.
- Communicating and managed vendors, OEMs, and engineers on equipment installation.
- Wrote SOP’s, JSA’s and WI’s on the specific meltshop equipment.
- Managed hourly and maintenance employees inspecting and servicing equipment that had been delivered to the site months prior to installation to prevent any issues with installation and start up of the meltshop equipment. This included hydraulic and electrical systems.
- Managed the construction of the Meltshop Baghouse from the ground up.
- Was given a timeline of 14 months to complete the Baghouse project. The project was completed and operational 4 months ahead of schedule and under the allotted budget.
- Trained Maintenance employees on servicing air compressor units, water cooling units and Baghouse that we installed for plant air, water cooling and Baghouse systems for the New Meltshop.
- Implemented Lean Manufacturing principles throughout the facility including 5S methodology, Kaizen events.
Melting and Refining Shift Manager/ Project Manager
US Steel
11.2020 - 10.2021
- Managed personnel bringing up US Steel Fairfield EAF project.
- Including OEM’s, maintenance, engineers and hourly production employees.
- Trained production and maintenance employees that did not have any Meltshop experience on Safety, Steelmaking process and equipment maintenance.
- Lead daily safety meetings with production employees.
- Maintained all Safety training documents for production and maintenance employees.
- Managed overtime, time sheets and personal performance with each employee on a daily basis.
- Issued corrective actions when they were needed.
- Maintained production and Safety KPI’s then reported them directly to plant manager.
- Implemented Lean Manufacturing principles throughout the facility including 5S methodology, Kaizen events.
Process Technician / Welder Remelt
Carpenter Technology Corp.
10.2016 - 11.2020
- Loaded and unloaded VAR and ESR furnaces with ingots of special alloy metals, maintained VAR and ESR furnaces daily.
- Lead safety team area audits also trained new hires on all SOPs and JSA’s, crane operations.
- Welded adapters to ingots that was to be remelted in furnaces.
- Maintained proper housekeeping in remelt area.
- Performed troubleshooting on automated systems to identify root causes of process issues and implement corrective actions.
- Maintained accurate records of process parameters, test results, and other relevant data in accordance with company policies.
- Provided technical support to production personnel regarding equipment operation and maintenance procedures.
- Collaborated with engineering staff with development of new processes or modify existing ones as needed.
- Conducted regular inspections of machinery components to ensure they were functioning properly.
- Implemented Lean Manufacturing principles throughout the facility including 5S methodology, Kaizen events.
- Actively took part in training classes and workshops, met one-on-one with vendors and delivered employee training on process equipment.
- Safeguarded areas from possible equipment fires and notified safety manager regarding job hazards.
- Maintained accurate records of process parameters and production volumes.
- Engaged in continuous improvement projects to enhance process efficiency and product quality.
- Analyzed production data to identify trends and areas for improvement.
- Report process performance metrics during team meetings.
- Operated, monitored and maintained advanced manufacturing equipment.
- Coordinated with supply chain to ensure timely availability of materials and critical spares for all equipment in Remelt Department.
- Recommended and implemented corrective and preventive actions to boost production and equipment reliability.
- Gathered and evaluated data for validity, accuracy and completeness.
- Maintained safety by verifying compliance and assuring proper factory testing.
Chemical Operator
BASF Corp.
09.2014 - 10.2016
- Conducted chemical tests ensuring precise application and quality control.
- Enhanced lab analysis efficiency through improved additive management, utilized analytic skills for accurate chemical dilutions.
- Implemented quality control measures, achieving consistent results.
- Conducted rigorous chemical tests to ensure optimal composition for applications, focusing on precise additives and dilutions for quality control.
- Streamlined lab analysis processes, significantly reducing turnaround time and enhancing overall product quality and consistency.
LMF/EAF Lead Operator
Nucor Steel
08.2002 - 09.2014
- Refined steel to meet customer specs, ensuring high quality and consistency.
- Calibrated and maintained equipment, enhancing operational efficiency.
- Trained new hires on LMF/EAF, fostering a skilled workforce.
- Conducted safety audits, improving plant safety standards.
- Led tech talks on steel refining, sharing industry knowledge.
- Optimized steel refining processes, achieving consistent quality benchmarks and enhancing production efficiency for diverse customer specifications.
- Spearheaded equipment calibration initiatives, significantly reducing downtime and boosting overall operational productivity in steel manufacturing.
- Mentored new hires in LMF/EAF operations, fostering a skilled workforce and promoting knowledge transfer within the steel industry.
- Facilitated tech talks on advanced steel refining techniques, cultivating a culture of continuous learning and industry expertise sharing.
- Maintained preventative maintenance on LMF and EAF to eliminate unnecessary downtime, collaborated with other departments to schedule maintenance downtime.
Education
High School -
Danville High School
Danville, AL01.1989
Dale Carnegie Managerial Course -
Nucor Steel
Decatur, AL02.2006
OSHA 10 Hour Courses -
Nucor Steel
Decatur, AL02.2008
Skills
- Quality Assurance
- Operations Management
- Schedule oversight
- Inventory Control
- Decision-Making
- Shift leadership
- Staff Development
- Workplace Safety
- Detail Oriented
- Equipment Troubleshooting
- Mentoring and Coaching
- Problem Solving
- Team Development
- Delegating Work
- Tech-Savvy
- Safety Compliance
- Reporting and documenting
- Energetic /Enthusiastic
- Hiring and Recruiting
- Performance reviewing
- Eager Learner
- Process Improvements
- Time Management
- Training and mentoring
- Employee motivation
- Complex Problem-solving
- Team building
- Operations management
- Process improvement
- Relationship building
- Schedule development
- Policy enforcement
- Conflict resolution
- Industrial hygiene
- Verbal and written communication
- Safety protocols
- Coaching and mentoring
- Policy and procedure development
- Task delegation
- Quality control
- Documentation and reporting
- Workflow management
- Employee development
- Performance management
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Multitasking Abilities
- Excellent communication
- Staff management
Timeline
Meltshop Supervisor
CMC
10.2025 - Current
Plant Production Supervisor
Monarch Steel
02.2025 - 07.2025
Mechanical Supervisor
Stone Bridge Farms
11.2024 - 10.2025
Area Manager
Hyosung USA
11.2024 - 02.2025
Melting and Refining Shift Manager/ Project Manager
Arcelormittal/Nippon Steel
10.2021 - 11.2024
Melting and Refining Shift Manager/ Project Manager
US Steel
11.2020 - 10.2021
Process Technician / Welder Remelt
Carpenter Technology Corp.
10.2016 - 11.2020
Chemical Operator
BASF Corp.
09.2014 - 10.2016
LMF/EAF Lead Operator
Nucor Steel
08.2002 - 09.2014
High School -
Danville High School
Dale Carnegie Managerial Course -
Nucor Steel
OSHA 10 Hour Courses -
Nucor Steel