Dean Petty

Background

About Dean Petty

In my current role as Senior Shift Manager- Control Room, I am managing the furnace operations at the Cleveland Cliffs Indiana Harbor Blast Furnace #7. Here we produce up to tons of iron daily. On a daily basis I ensure compliance with safety and environmental standards while monitoring blast furnace operations from the control room. Here, I monitor the filling of the furnace from raw materials. I monitor a 4 stove operation. I monitor gas cleaning. I oversee casting operations in the cast house. Here I troubleshoot with furnace engineers, management, electrical, and maintenance departments, and take decisive action when needed to ensure safety and productivity of the blast furnace. I also participate in daily teams meeting with furnace and company management to report furnace operations status communicating any known issues and production updates. Perform safety, quality, and environmental audits on a timely basis.Uphold and enforce safety, environmental, job procedures and maintain general discipline of the crew.Monitor the operation and intercede promptly with corrective action, coordinating multiple disciplines in the execution of these duties.Ensure direct reports receive proper training and utilization, while establishing an equitable relationship focused on excellence in safety and production.Work with maintenance organization, planners, and schedulers in developing work lists for repair and/or preventative maintenance items.Make operational decisions in high-stress situations, following direction from superiors and abiding by corporate policies and procedures.Develop and perform studies to identify problems, make recommendations to achieve desired improvements, and communicate process improvement ideas to workforce that promote reliability, quality, and productivity.Supervise a turn crew of operating and maintenance personnel in the operating department to which assigned.Communicate with upstream and downstream operations and non-Cleveland-Cliffs contractors to coordinate work, deliveries, and service.