James D. Gallagher
Romeoville, Il.60446
Home phone 815-***-****
Professional Experience:
June 2010 to August 2010
Johns Manville via Volt Workforce
Rockdale, IL.
Title: Saw Operator
Responsibilities: Duties included the safe operation of multi blade radial
saw as well as the safe operation of a horizontal band saw. Inspection of
product to ensure conformity to specifications.
February 2008 to October 2009
Hydro Chem Industrial Services
Channahon, IL.
Title: Equipment Tech.
Responsibilities: Duties include hydro blasting and chemical cleaning of
refinery and manufacturing equipment. Ensuring that all crew members follow
all safety procedures. Maintaining equipment to ensure maximum
effectiveness and safe operation. Training new employees in procedures and
safe operation of equipment.
August 2007 to January 2008
Coastal Foods Distribution
Bolingbrook, IL.
Title: Warehouseman
Responsibilities: Duties included picking orders in a freezer, cooler and
dry warehouse using safe food handling procedures to prevent cross
contamination of fresh meat products. Staging pallets of product by route
and stop for correct loading on to delivery trucks. Checking orders prior
to loading to verify correctness and quality of product. Loading complete
orders on to trucks for delivery. Other duties included training of new
employees, assisting the warehouse manager in problem solving and
researching inventory discrepancies.
November 2005 to June 2007
Seeler Industries
Joliet, IL.
Title: Chemical Operator
Responsibilities: Duties included offloading chemicals from truck and
railcar tanks, testing chemicals to ensure quality, preparing and filling
containers following ISO 9001 and D.O.T. specifications. Training of new
employees in safety procedures and various other job duties.
November 2003 to October 2005
Don's Flooring
Joliet, IL.
Title: Apprentice
Responsibilities: Assisting in the installation of vinyl floors.
February 2001 to October 2003
Consolidated Distribution Corporation
Lemont, IL.
Title: Warehouseman
Responsibilities: Duties included loading and unloading of trucks,
receiving and inspecting product before entering into inventory, picking
product to fill customer orders, checking orders that had been picked to
ensure proper item and quantities had been picked, cycle counting when
necessary as well as participating in monthly inventory, taking temperature
readings of frozen product prior to accepting into inventory to ensure
maximum shelf life and the prevention of contamination to food products,
training new employees.
November 1999 to January 2001
Office Max Inc.
Bolingbrook, IL.
Title: Warehouse associate
Responsibilities: Duties included loading product onto trucks for delivery
by route and stop, cycle counting when necessary, picking product to fill
customer orders, checking orders that had been picked, processing customer
returns and training new employees.
November 1998 to November 1999
E.A. Sween
Woodridge, IL.
Title: Warehouseman
Responsibilities: Duties included sorting product by route and stop,
loading product onto delivery trucks, taking temperature of product to
ensure the prevention of contamination of food and dairy products, training
new employees.
Education: Romeoville High School
1987 to 1991
Received diploma
Certifications:
Received forklift certification in September 2003 via Crown training
program.
Certified to operate stand up and sit down forklifts, order pickers and
reach trucks.
Three Rivers Safety Center safety training certification.
Transportation Workers Identification Credential (T.W.I.C.) card valid
until 2014.
Received fall protection training in 2008.
Received confined space entry training in 2008.
Received 8 hr HAZCOM training in 2008.