Eric Harris

Background

About Eric Harris

CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS Commenced career as an hourly employee at AK Steel, Middletown, Ohio. Promoted to several levels of management over a twenty plus year work history. • Highly skilled Oxy-Cutting Specialist with over twenty-five (25) years’ experience specializing in project management, quality control, scrap oxy-cutting, manual and robotic slab scarfing, burrless slab cutting, slab inspection, and flame cutting; • Managed, planned and coordinated all activities for a 23-million-dollar state-of-the-art machine scarfing and flame cutting project at Cleveland-Cliffs Dearborn, USA; • Trained oxy-cutting operators through observational and interactive demonstration at numerous steel mills in China; • Collaborating with engineers and determining necessary resources such as materials, equipment and manpower; • Evaluated manufacturer in system designs, thereby avoiding costly production bottlenecks and minimizing overdesign; • Assisted in the implementation of proprietary burrless cutting technology at: Cleveland-Cliffs (previously ArcelorMittal) Burns Harbor, USA; U.S. Steel, Gary, USA; Ternium, Brazil; ArcelorMittal Asturias, Spain; and Algoma Steel, Sault Ste. Marie, Canada; • Managing oxy-cutting trials and providing ongoing technical support at steel mills worldwide; • Executed successful expansion of a European based equipment supplier in North America; • Coordinating safety (lockout/tagout) and training programs; • Conducting evaluations to determine the best way to implement proprietary scarfing and oxy- cutting technologies at several steel mills in Europe; • Negotiated with the union and continued business operations while parent company was on strike; • Facilitating technical and commercial proposals, feasibility studies, financial analyses, facility planning, material flow routes, project schedules, risk management, etc. Experience: Indiana Flame Services (part of the Edw. C. Levy Co.) Burns Harbor, IN Project and Operations Support Manager 2019-Present Indiana Flame Services (part of the Edw. C. Levy Co.) Burns Harbor, IN Business Consultant 2016-2019 SMS Mill Services, Burns Harbor, IN Project Manager 2014-2016 Alpine Metal Tech, Pittsburgh, IN Business Development Manager 2011-2014 Indiana Flame Services (part of the Edw. C. Levy Co.) Burns Harbor, IN General Manager 2001-2011 TMS International, Gary, IN Site Superintendent 1992-2001