I have 20 years of manufacturing leadership experience and success in a primarily metals manufacturing environment. I am interested in moving further into energy industries. I have worked on the demand side - to improve cost efficiencies and green production in my past work. I am interested in working in the energy conservation, or new energy industries as a production, processes or manufacturing director or consultant.
Mike McDowell
Mobile: 360-609-5950
Portland, Oregon area
mcdowellmc[at]comcast.net
Expertise: 20 years Manufacturing & Facilities Operations Management
Lean, Quality Manufacturing and Industrial Production
Domestic and International Shipping, Sales and Sourcing
Experience and Energy Demand Side Manufacturing Management
• Twenty years general management and administration with industrial manufacturing operations in a plant/shop environment, including: technical applications, purchasing, recycling, shredding, tool shop design, quality control, production supervision, process engineering, materials management, HR, sales, environmental compliance, demand side energy conservation, regulation, health & safety, wastewater treatment, scrap reduction and reuse, recycling, marketing strategy and R&D.
• In-depth knowledge of plant management, quality processes, reuse technologies, machining, lean manufacturing, specialty metals and alloys, corrosion, production and distribution for key industries such as: medical/surgical devices, oil and energy, aerospace, marine, pulp & paper, cement, shipping, mining, tools, transportation, construction, chemical, utilities, plastics, electro-mechanical, and defense.
• Experienced in all metals manufacturing and fabrication processes in sizes from ounces to over 40 tons. Expertise in steels, stainless, iron, exotics and aluminums. Also have worked in sourcing and production of plastics and other materials.
• Experienced in induction and arc melting and AOD refining.
Heat transfer, solidification principles and corrective processes.
SPECIAL SKILLS: Production supervision to all types of certifications for various marine, medical device, aerospace, construction, military and numerous other applications. ISO prep and audit management. Also demand side manufacturing - building relationships with energy companies to reduce costs and improve efficiencies.
1987-2001 North Star Casteel and Viking Chain, Seattle, WA
Plant Operations/Sales Director 1996-2001
Technical Director/ Quality Control
HR Manager, Health & Safety Director
Foundry Operations Superintendent
Purchasing Materials Manager
Chief Metallurgist
2001-2002 Atlas Foundry and Machine Co., Tacoma, WA
Managing Engineer and Supervisor/ Quality
Supervisor (melt/pour refractories)
(Company sold. Position ended as result of
management cutbacks)
2002-2007 McDowell Consulting, Seattle, WA
Engineering Process/General Management
Managed fabrication, sales, domestic and international
production & shipping.Ferrous/non-ferrous metals, lost wax
and investment castings, plastics, other materials and
composites. Directing quality procedures and outcomes.
Contracted operations and technical management.
2006-2010 Vancouver Iron and Steel, Vancouver, WA
Operations Manager/Contractor till 2007, then employee
Production and high quality management, increasing revenues,
supervising work force, strategic planning, maintenance
and new facilities/equipment construction, recycling, scrap
purchasing and marketing and technical/quality manager.
Specialized
Training
• General Management: Lean manufacturing, Visual Systems, capital and equipment procurement, quality process development, sales & marketing, executive management, motivation & leadership, production, P&L, cost reduction, government relations and international business and shipping.
Highlights
• Leadership results
• Sales achievements
• Sought as metallurgical and design expert industry-wide
• Created and led program that reduced labor and industry modifier rates
• Developed retrospective rating program resulting in significantly increased refunds
• Reduced unemployment premiums to lowest possible rates
• Created and implemented company’s overall business marketing plan
• Met and exceeded all major sales and annual marketing objectives
• Designed and produced proprietary metal alloy
• Implementation and management of lean manufacturing programs
• Consulting on wide variety of technical and production issues, materials selection, processes and marketing
• Manage performance indicators, failure analysis and corrective action procedures
• Interact with multiple companies and customer bases/worksites
• Strong communication skills
• Perform with excellence under pressure and tight deadlines
• Cellular manufacturing - continuous flow process design and implementation
Appointments
• Past member of AFS national
• Speaker chair, AFS regional conference, Washington (2000)
• Environmental and Human Resources resource contact statewide
• And, numerous key posts throughout career, including environmental, government and professional committees, domestic and state.
Education University of Washington School of Engineering, Metallurgy 1980s
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