Peter Nie
Owensboro
Summary
Professional construction expert adept at coordinating complex projects, ensuring timelines are met and budgets adhered to. Proven ability to collaborate with diverse teams, adapting to changing needs to achieve project goals. Skilled in project management, site inspections, and vendor negotiations. Known for reliability, strong problem-solving capabilities, and focus on delivering quality results.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Construction Coordinator-Piping
Big River Steel
05.2023 - 02.2025
- Managed multiple piping projects ensuring compliance with safety regulations and quality standards
- Coordinated with subcontractors and suppliers to facilitate smooth project execution
- Conducted site inspections to monitor progress and resolve issues promptly
- Collaborated with engineering teams to review and interpret piping design specifications
- Collaborated with engineering teams to resolve design discrepancies and optimize piping layouts for efficiency.
- Collaborated with engineering teams to review and create the BOM for the pumps, valves, clamps, fittings, etc. in Metric and ASME standards
- Developed and maintained project schedules to meet deadlines and budget constraints
- Coordinated and manage Hundreds of Millions of piping material delivery schedules to ensure timely project execution.
- Oversaw the installation and inspection of piping systems, ensuring compliance with industry standards.
- Develop the cleaning/flushing plan and schedule for the piping systems
- Coordinated and supervised piping cleaning operations to ensure compliance with safety standards and project timelines
- Managed a team of technicians during the commissioning phase of piping systems to optimize performance and efficiency
- Collaborated with commissioning team to Troubleshoot and resolve piping issues during construction and commissioning
Consultant- Work at Aleris as a mechanical engineer
Experis US Inc.
06.2019 - 05.2023
- Analyzed issues and created long term solutions: Increased visualization to reduced MPF down time from 1200mins to 60mins per month
- Corrected the program for the bander down time form 1400mins to 30mins per months
- Corrected the CVC position issue to solve the roll surface issue and bearing and roll neck overheat issue
- Optimized design to stabilize the equipment and system: Redesigned the Belt wrapper - Increase the bearing life from 5 months to 10years and saved down time at least 144hours per year
- Redesigned the EMG light holder- EMG light lifetime from 3 weeks to 12+ months and saved hundred minutes down time per month
- Upgraded the heat tracing system for the Oil distillation system
- Optimized the cooling system to solve the flow and over temperature from the Drive, Multi cooling system and Inductive edge heating system
- Increased the oil collecting capacity and protect the concrete and environment
- Modified the knife adjustment system on the pendulum shear
- TC coating for the rolls to increase rolls lifetime and improve quality
- Designed the new system to increase the capability of the equipment: Designed the circulation system for the AWS to fix the overflow issue, save at least 0.5M per year
- Design the manual cleaning system to clean the roll surface and improve the quality and roll lifetime
- Designed the new system to recover the lost rolling oil
- Optimized the logic, process to improve the production rate
- Building the Auto Lubrication system
- Creating new wasting oil system
- Supported the Maintenance, Engineering and Reliability activities
- Trained the Engineer and Maintenance
- Managed spare parts
Mechanical Engineer
SMS GROUP
04.2011 - 03.2019
- Successfully direct 4 projects of Aluminum and steel rolling mill in the global wide
- Oversaw the installation of the equipment - gearboxes, spindles, cylinders, pump station, motor, valve stands, tanks, columns, filters, cooling towers, electric instruments etc
- Supervised piping of hydraulic, air ,and water systems
- Provided troubleshooting for hydraulic, pneumatic, rolling oil, air-wash, filtering, lubrication and fume exhaust systems
- Repaired gearboxes, spindles, mandrels, shears, cylinders, pumps, control valves etc
- Analyzed issues and created long term solutions
- Optimized design to stabilize the equipment and system
- Created new processes to improve production
- Commissioned and created new programs with software engineer
- Supervised erection to complete goals
- Created and managed project schedule
- Scheduled material delivery
- Led function tests to accomplish customer's goals
- Communicated with design engineers in Germany to create global solutions and increase line capacities and stability
- Trained the customer to operate, inspect and maintain the equipment
- Supported customer builds Technical documents and predictive maintenance plans
Mechanical Engineer
MINMETATLS YINGKOU
08.2008 - 03.2011
- Led a new project of 5M plate mill
- Optimized equipment to decrease the shutdown time
- Maintained the equipment to achieve production goals
- Coordinated contracts
- Forecasted spare parts for the equipment using predictive maintenance techniques
- Created the logic and program with the automation engineer
- Trained and managed the maintenance team
Education
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering - Automation
Northeastern University
01.2008
Skills
- Hydraulic System Expertise
- Rolling oil & air-wash system
- Systematic Problem Solving
- Project Commissioning
- Develop Production Solutions
- Efficient Project Coordination
- Proactive Maintenance
- Efficiency Enhancement in Rolling Mills
- Pipe System Installation
- Metric and ASME Material Proficiency
- Advanced MS Office Skills
Project Experience
- BIG RIVER STEEL-RCM, ESP(hot steel mill), PLTCM, PGL, etc.
- ALERIS-CRM Aluminum 6-High Cold Rolling Mill USA 36m
- NASHAN-CRM Aluminum 6-High Cold Rolling Mill China 18m
- ZHONGFU-CRM Aluminum 6-High Cold Rolling Mil China 6m
- BAHRU-CRM Stainless Steel 20-High Cold Rolling Mill Malaysia 18m
- GOLDSKY- CRM Titanium 20-High Cold Rolling Mill China 6m
- YINGPLATE Steel Hot plate mill china 33m
Timeline
Construction Coordinator-Piping
Big River Steel
05.2023 - 02.2025
Consultant- Work at Aleris as a mechanical engineer
Experis US Inc.
06.2019 - 05.2023
Mechanical Engineer
SMS GROUP
04.2011 - 03.2019
Mechanical Engineer
MINMETATLS YINGKOU
08.2008 - 03.2011
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering - Automation
Northeastern University
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