Daryl Downs Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas, United States

Gregory Texas

Manufacturing Seamless Pipe

Liberty, Texas

• Directly manage and provide leadership to nine supervisors and a manufacturing crew of 100+ in the production of ASME Coded & Non Code Vessels.
• Evaluate employee performance, track improvement, set individual goals and team goals.
• Oversee all production related activities to ensure that all vessels are manufactured in a correct, cost effective and timely manner also in alignment with all customer specifications and quality requirements.
• Maintain ISO and OSHA Standards and implemented daily start–of-shift (SOS) safety topic.
• Ensure timely reporting, action and closure for identified safety issues: Observations cards, accident and near misses, and corrective/preventative actions.
• Generate the manufacturing schedule and cost analysis for all jobs.

Houston, Texas Area

• Recruited by NCS to improve their manufacturing process for frac sleeve assembly and testing operations.
• Utilized my extensive knowledge of process mapping, layout and development of a shop floor for the most economical and efficient through-put by rearranging machines, designing new tools and fixtures for optimum flow.
• Collaborated with the VP of HSE to ensure all phases of production were within OSHA regulations and guidelines.
• Productivity was improved by 80% as reported through final time study and daily piece count of sleeve output.
• Oversaw various other projects as assigned by executive management, all projects were completed on time and within budget.

• Responsible for the successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of multi-million-dollar projects for the petro chemical refining industry.
• Initiated all kick off meetings to ask questions, detect unstated assumptions and resolve conflicts.
• Played key role in determining sales quotes to complex projects, ensuring all processes, milestones, and completion dates could be met through planning and defining the scope of work.
• Set milestones in activity planning from engineering through shipment by utilizing sequencing of job ques to run parallel, resource planning and creating charts and schedules.
• Manage the budgets, KPI’s and the P&L for all jobs by monitoring and reporting progress.
• Used team leadership to drive and manage continuous improvement through developing schedules, time estimating, cost estimating and risk analysis.

Houston, Texas Area

• Managed large and small projects that required coordination of: raw materials, manufactures parts, design, engineering, documentation and build out fabrication drawings for all systems.
• Preparation of all tenders, cost estimates, and project management of new construction, system upgrades, and service contracts for Commercial Audio-Visual Systems.
• Single point contact for all customer issues and complaints from the bidding process through to delivery.
• Led project execution in accordance with customer expectations focusing on quality management, delivery precision and financial results.
• Installed and serviced Commercial Audio-Visual systems.
• Processed and managed all large-scale projects from inception through completion.