David Ison Email & Phone Number

Princeton, Illinois

Clairton Works

Started The Ceramic Welding Repair Program at USS ClairtonRefractory Repair consisting of Ceramic Welding, Dry Gunning, End Flue Repair, and all aspects of repair that may take place on the battery

Advised CEO and Upper Management

Ensured plant is running proficiently Met with managers daily to go over any issues that needed to be addressed.Reported directly to CEO of companyInspected plant projects and ensured that it was being completed by the scope of work. Work with purchasing department on getting parts and material at the lowest cost possible to keep projects under budget.

Project ManagerCoke Battery SurveysRefractory Repairs

Lowered battery opacity on #1 Battery Arcelor Mittal Vanderbiljt Park works in South Africa to points lower than they had ever accomplished.Part of the team that poured first MONOWALL successfully in a USS plant.ResponsibilitiesControlling project costs.Ensure that all work is performed correctly.Ensure all work is being performed.

Lead person of International and Domestic Projects

AchievementsPart of the winning team that received the Max Eward award.Increased Production in the facility from 1975 ton a day to 2275 ton a day.Lowered environmental numbers to compliance levels to meet both state and federal regulationsResponsibilitiesResponsible for the daily operations of 1-4 meter Wilputte under fire battery and 1-5 meter gas gun.

AchievementsDeveloped the in place casting repair of corbels.Worked on the development of the Poured wall Method.Part of the winning team that received the Max Eward award.ResponsibilitiesCoordinated all refractory repairs in the Coke Department.Met twice daily for refractory updates on repairs being performed on the batteries by our contractors and hourly.

AchievementsHelped implement all of the MACT standards.Helped increase better production numbers by better heating.Part of the winning team that received the Max Eward award.ResponsibilitiesCoordinated the heating for both batteries.Assigned 16 flue tenders and 12 heating system cleaners for daily work assignments.Cleaning of gas piping, flues, and.

Coordinated that production goals were met.Responsible for housekeeping in assigned areas.Supervised a production crew of 15-18 hourly employees in the conversion of coal to blast furnace coke.Received orders from section managers and followed through with it.Responsible for enforcement of safety and environmental regulations

Coordinated entire BO Shop on turn, Getting Iron from Blast Furnace to BO shop and from BO to the continuous Caster.Insured that all samples met standards before shipping steel to caster.Controlled the shop through put meeting all quality requirements.Kept track of all ladles in service inspected through out shift.Updated daily schedule of heats to be.

Responsible for all Ladle repairs, tundish repairs, and BO vessel lining and insured they met all AK standardsResponsible for 12 brick masons and 12 laborers for plant wide refractory repairsDid quality inspections of all refractory materials coming into our departmentWas responsible for 3 BO vessel relines.Coordinated manpower to increase productivity and.

Preventive Maintenance, New technologies to implement into the facilty

Implement Safety programs, Controlled Budgets, Environmental compliance, In charge of day to day operations on the facility

Was an internal Auditor for Fosbel enforcing all ISO 9000 and ISO 9001 regulations.Set up and managed many jobsites.Coordinated manpower to ensure that oven availability was a maximum for customersOperated on limited budgets and maximized production on budget dollars allowed and not exceeding budgets.

Worked on numerous projects on coke ovens, blast furnace repairs, Refinery projects as well as residential and commercial projects.

Bricklaying Construction/Apprenticeship School

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