Mark Knowles Email & Phone Number

Alberta, Canada

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Supervisor of API threading line. When needed i also look after our ERW welding lines.• Responsible for leading employees during their assigned time period/shift. Supervise operation in the different machines of the production processes. Assign responsibilities and look for opportunities of process improvements.• Control procedure compliance alerting deviations from the policy, procedures and specifications. Participate in the design and implementation of procedures and work instructions.• Monitor process indicators like productivity, utilization, charge to thousand, interruptions and rejections, according to customer requirements and Tenaris’ quality standards. Optimize plant performance and promote the compliance of inspection plans and preventative maintenance.• Comply with HSE procedures, report incidents or observations. Perform inspections and participate in the investigation process. Implement preventive/corrective actions. Keep updated the risk analysis and environmental aspect assessment.• Proactively motivate, coach, communicate with and develop my direct reports and, manage HR related activities in line with Human resources norms and procedures.• Monitor and maintain inventory through SAP. Coordinate with Supply Chain. Work force Scheduling. Kronos timekeeping.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Employed originally as a millwright i was invited to join Operations as a Supervisor. i was responsible for overseeing Heat treatment and ERW Weld line. When required i also looked after both Threading lines.• Track, maintain and improve key production KPIs (utilization, downtime, efficiency, rejects). Also responsible for reporting on these metrics on a daily basis.• Manage 1-2 crews working a 12-hour shift pattern in a union environment. Active supervisory presence on the floor to monitor and maintain a safe working environment. Ensure employees are working safely and wearing appropriate PPE as per JSA's.• Supervise the maintenance department after-hours. Provide technical advice and machine specific guidance when in a breakdown situation. • Assist in Training and Development – track employee certification, assessing training documentation to ensure relevancy, coaching, discipline, conduct annual employee reviews. • Inventory management – create work requests to ensure consumables and tools are available in a timely fashion. • Perform daily “Kronos” timekeeping.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

• Trouble shoot and maintain plant equipment including: hydraulic pipe cutting machines, high capacity water pumps, heat exchangers, hydrotesters, temper furnaces, quench systems, beveling & threading machines, conveyance systems, compressors, pneumatics.• Supervise millwrights and electricians on various emergency jobs with a goal of reducing downtime; including the creation of work orders. Coaching apprentices.• Coordinate with Production and Maintenance supervisors to identify and improve equipment performance.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Preventative and breakdown Maintenance in a very high speed production environment, on “Newsman” and “Colorman” Offset printing presses and “Ferag” Handling Systems, working a 4 week roster on a rotating shift pattern.• Maintenance and repair of the following equipment: hydraulic and pneumatic systems, conveyor systems, winding systems, inserting drums, Stacking and Strapping Machines, pumps, gearboxes, clutches, rollers.• Involved in other maintenance activities, including: welding, milling, lathing, shaft and coupling alignment, rebuild activities, spare part fabrication.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Assembly and testing of single and multi-sectional valves, cylinder overhauls, modification of valve spools using Center lathe and milling machine. • Assembly and testing of 240-415 volt power units ranging from 50-500 liter capacity. Pipe binding, hose making.• Testing/commissioning of units, setting relief valves, port relief, anti-cavitation, HPCO, Fault finding, remedial work of valves, power units from customer base, electrical wiring and measurement. • Other activities including: Manufacture of components using Lathe milling machines, Welding, Fabricating, Pipe fitting.

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

• Overhaul of gearboxes, rolls, pumps, cylinders, line shafts. Fault diagnosis, measurement of worn components. Work from engineering drawings. Adhere to tight tolerances using internal/external micrometers, calipers, snap gauges, pi tape, feeler gauge, shrink fitting bearings, crane operation, fork lift truck driving. On-site routine maintenance as part of a 15-man team at “IPSCO” steel works.

United Kingdom

• Steel mill equipment removal and installation throughout the UK for companies such as CORUS Plc, Avesta Polarit and Sheerness Steel.• Worked within a team of 4 craftsman to re-build and commission 6 “Ebner” coil annealing furnaces, working platforms and ancillaries. Also worked a 10-week contract to dismantle and remove a 16 stand Bar Mill and 4-strand billet caster, totaling 2300 tons.• Other activities including: Lining and levelling using optical equipment, Welding and burning Fabrication of gantries, catwalks, hand railing Crane operation, Fabrication work within melting shops on AOD vessels and platforms.

United Kingdom

• Responsible for preventative and breakdown maintenance, while supervising millwrights and sub-contractors. Preparation and issuing of progress reports, Health and safety implementation.• Work from engineering drawings - Lining, leveling plant installation, line shafts and roller tables -Overhaul of mechanical lifting beams, quadrants. In house maintenance work on conveyance systems, cylinders, coil handling machinery, Rock Crusher gearboxes.• 3-month contracted, shift basis, for “Tinsley Wire” providing preventative and breakdown maintenance to a barbwire, field fence, and welded-mesh machining.• 8-month relocation contract to dismantle, overhaul and rebuild a “Priest” Walking Hearth, Slab reheating Furnace from a redundant steel mill to Brinsworth Strip Mills.

Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

Began my career with British Steel as an Apprentice Millwright.• Worked as part of a three-man team on a shift basis to ensure that the Hot Strip Mill, Slab Bay and Coil Bay operated efficiently and effectively by means of preventative and breakdown maintenance.• Repair of Slab Re-heating furnaces, De-pilers, Conveyance systems, Vertical Edger’s, Roughing Stands, Finishing Stands, Laminar Cooling, Coilers, Flying Shear, Overhead Crane maintenance and Cut-To-Length machinery. • Overhauling gearboxes, coil handling machinery, guide units - Maintaining hydraulic/ pneumatic systems Maintain/ overhaul brake systems, pumps, hoists, Pipe fitting, Basic diesel fitting , Manual metal arc welding. Changing electric motors, Facilitation of ongoing work at shift change.