Brad Hurst Email & Phone Number

Caledonia, On, Ca

Nanticoke, Ontario, Canada

• Accountable for the productivity of 64 employees, including utility personnel, battery operators, heaters, patchers, coal handlers, lab technicians, mechanics, and electricians in approximately 20 acres of production.• Coordinated four 12-hour shifts with four shift managers, 12 operating personnel per shift, and a straight day trade group Monday to Friday.• Involved in planning daily operating requirements for the coke oven battery, pushing schedule based on oven operating parameters and corporate production goals.• Worked towards pushing schedule without compromising equipment or employee safety and adhering to strict environmental policies while maintaining tight control over budgetary items.• Consistently provided updates and information to stakeholders through morning production meetings with 12 managers from all trade groups, and end-of-day meetings to discuss achievements and work plans.• Involved in weekly planning for maintenance activities, monthly SPRINT meetings to uncover enhancements, corporate and union health and safety meetings, and environmental meetings.• Worked in collaboration with operating and maintenance departments, ensuring timely, complete equipment inspection, lubrication, and maintenance.• Played a significant role in the career development of new shift managers and junior plant operators by providing practical education.• Provided real-time data to maintenance personnel while determining coke oven battery issues. Applied sound knowledge of industrial blueprint reading to aid in the process.• Improved productivity by ensuring equipment lockouts and housekeeping were completed on time.• Performed an array of troubleshooting and played a role in creating solutions to resolve issues within targeted 20 minutes of discovery.• Assisted programmers in developing software design for new production equipment and designed layout.• Generated and implemented improvements that enhanced and streamlined production.

Nanticoke, Ontario, Canada

• Managed 12 hourly production personnel and machine movements each shift to meet daily production (60 oven pushing schedule for 45 ovens) while maintaining corporate environmental requirements.• Managed productivity of external groups, including contractors Matrix, Fox, State, and Aluma.• Responsible for an operating budget of $1M per month, including areas of improvement and projects relating to battery rebuild, equipment modifications, machine enhancements, scheduled adherence, and effective diagnostics to improve production performance.• Maintained QA and strict conformance to specifications and standards, including corporate coke quality metrics based on hardness, stability, and moisture.• Leveraged industry data on coke quality standards and confirmations from daily lab testing.• Completed routine forms, payroll, and daily logs on production and environmental issues caused by equipment problems and resolution.• Strictly followed health and safety policies and corporate rules and guidelines. Focused on foreign bodies, pains and strains, production equipment awareness, and housekeeping.• Facilitated meetings and training, including daily safety huddles with the crew and monthly safety meetings.