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More than anything else, a plant runs smoothly because people feel at home there. To do this job, you have to enjoy working with people and be willing to listen. The technical part is important, of course, but the human part matters even more. That’s why we’re setting up communication tools that let everyone give and receive information.

My duties involve chemically processing nickel concentrate from New Caledonia. I’m also in charge of managing inventory and shipments to customers. To do so, I have to manage teams: the round-the-clock shifts for concentrate processing and the daytime personnel for supervision and the logistics side. Given that we handle hazardous substances, one of my most important assignments is to ensure the safety of people and facilities.

It’s also my job to vouch for the quality of the products we make and prevent any waste in our manufacturing process. The goal is greater efficiency through lower but smarter consumption.

At the end of every month, I make a technical review of the past month (tonnage of product manufactured by category, inventory and work-in-process) and talk to our HQ-based sales staff to plan production for the months ahead.

Another task is to supervise the plant’s maintenance shutdown (5 weeks every year). The aim is to close down the unit in the right conditions to carry out work on machines that run 24/7 the rest of the time. Equipment has to be repaired and upgraded and all safety aspects have to be checked.

The department I head has 95 people. I’m the first woman in the position since the plant opened. Being a woman in this job may seem like a drawback by it’s actually an advantage as its lets me act as an “energy catalyst” for the team.

In short, I have an exciting job. The rhythm of the plant sets people’s moods and vice versa. When the plant’s going well the atmosphere is excellent. When it’s not going so well, we all rally round to find a solution.

I’m proud to see the products that come out of the plant. Every time I feel there’s a little of me in them. Like everyone else, I’m doing my part for the plant’s development - a great cause!

I started after the military duty at Stora SpecialSteel, Vikmanshyttan 1975.
The company was taken over by Fagersta AB and became Speedsteel 1982, and later Erasteel Kloster AB.
I was hired as an operator, and began as edge grinder of narrow and wide strips.
During the years I was trained on, and operated all machines in the narrow strip department.
1995 I became involved in the development of the new laser welding line. After being a part of introducing and start up this product I began to work in the Q- department 1998, and remained there until 2003 when I made a comeback in production.
First as production assistant and then from 2005 as production manager for the laser welding.

Some of a production managers  tasks are to see to that the customers orders are produced in the right time and with the right quality, in a safe working environment.
A good way to do this is to let the workers take responsibility for their work and create oppurtunities for them to function well as a team.
If the individuals don´t feel good about themselves, the team will not function, and the production will be suffering.
So, apart from direct production planning and matters concerning this, I try to communicate with my personnel as often as possible to be able to understand and solve different problems that occur.
My job involves a great deal production planning, a great deal on the shop floor, a great deal of handling personnel matters, and also being a part of improving both the products and the processes.

My field of work: the analysis of powder samples whose size sometimes doesn't exceed one micron! After a sintering test which reproduces the behaviour of our powders at the customer's, I cut, coat, polish, attack, measure and analyse. Using instruments such as high-powered optical microscopes, I look for oxides, porosity and the defects in the production or R&D samples; I measure the hardness of the materials and analyse their structure. Team work is a key element of my work since metallography is only a link in the analytical chain. In addition to handling operations, I'm required to write reports and ensure the computer monitoring of certain pertinent characteristics which, when combined with other parameters, will make it possible to decide on the use of the product batches. Driven by curiosity and the spirit of initiative, I took part in the overhauling of the document quality system at the time of the consolidation of CERMeP with Eurotungstène and upgrade to the ISO 9001 v 2000 standard; I'm also in charge of the management of consumables for my department.
Moreover, I get involved in the life of Eurotungstène by contributing to various communication projects such as the company's Open Days, visits from secondary school students and by taking part in inventories.

Since the beginning of April 2006, I've been working for Eurotungstène's Environment Safety & Quality department. I'm learning an exciting new trade and improving my knowledge of the company and the people behind it. And that's the beginning of another story…

With education of physics major in post graduate, Materials Science and Engineering in master degree, and Ph.D degree in Metallurgical Engineering, I have a strong education background and I am familiar with the technologies related to Iron & Steel Industry. As a research scientist and project manager in Baosteel for more than sixteen years, my working field covers from Materials R&D, Iron making processes research, and Continuous casting research. In 2005, I joined ERAMET China, and serve as an Industry Director for Comilog China’s two enterprises.

As an industry director of China manganese activity, My daily job is to organize and monitor the industry performances, safety and environmental issues, capital investment and purchasing for Comilog China’s two alloy plants. I also need to contribute my time to technical advancement of China’s enterprises. In addition, I take part in Leader’s project and hope to make our team to work and communicate in a international eyesight.

I attended university in Gabon (University of Masuku) and France (University of Lille1) where I was awarded post-graduate degrees in material chemistry (DEA) and Industrial Process Engineering (DESS). Several practicums in Gabon and in France, respectively as Chemical Technician and Quality Engineer, enabled me to become familiar with the professional world. My career as such started in the ERAMET Group, at Comilog SA with a job as Quality Engineer on the mining site of Moanda (Gabon). I held this position for 2 years after which I was transferred to the Production Department of C.I.M. as Head of the Beneficiation Group. This entity comprises a storage area for the raw material delivered by the Mine in the mineral station, a plant on the C.I.M. site consisting of a washery and a dense medium workshop, and lastly a dyke serving as an industrial water reservoir. This Department also includes the Sintering plant which uses manganese concentrate produced by the Beneficiation plant as base material to make the sinter marketed by Comilog for the steel industry in Europe, Asia and the USA.

As Head of the Beneficiation Group at C.I.M. I have 56 people under my charge. I organise and implement production programmes in keeping with the objectives set by CIM's top management. I define the plant's operating parameters. In coordination with my foreman, I plan out and oversee the organising of the production teams. I ensure that stocks of raw materials and consumables are available. I also make sure of the availability of production facilities and associated logistic resources (loader, transport vehicle, radio, etc.). With my personnel, I have to ensure that the facilities are operating properly and that working procedures and safety rules in the facilities are complied with. I also have to see to the safety of the personnel and working environment in general. In addition, my duties include daily and monthly reporting. At interface level, my contacts are the CIM maintenance manager, Mine production manager, beneficiation plant manager, assay laboratory manager as well as the managers of horizontal services (Budget Control, Engineering, Purchasing, etc.).

Having graduated from the Lyon INSA in 1999, I did my last year of engineering at KTH (Royal Institute of Technology) in Stockholm (Sweden). I did my end-of-studies project at the Corrosion & Metals Research Institute (Kimab) where I stayed for 2 years. During that period, I mainly delved into the study of the changes in the microstructure of microalloyed steels during processing. This type of information is essential to optimise the processes, in order to control the final properties of the material. At a professional seminar, I met my current boss! In 2001, I thus joined the Trappes Research Centre (CRT), now fully owned by the ERAMET Group.

I've been working at CRT for almost 5 years now. I can certainly say that I never have time to get bored! The diversity and complementarity of the Group's activities give rise to a great variety of research & development projects. I've thus had the opportunity to work for ERAMET's three branches, for Swedish sites as well as Caledonian and Gabonese ones. Moreover, the requirement of excellence leads us to work in collaboration with the best universities, including European ones, which enables me to work in a highly stimulating international environment. Work at the CRT gives me a good overview of the range of ERAMET trades and cultures; it is also an ideal gateway into the Group's various companies.