Operator Engineer

JASON WATTERSON

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Summary

** ***** ********** ** ************* and production: assembly, multiple machines operated, and team leader /

supervisor with good results in safety, production, quality, cost, morale & delivery.

Highlights

Six sigma green belt certified Q uality audits

K nowledgeable of quality control standards Safety audits

K nowledge of 5S methodology Dedication to product quality

E xperience in value stream mapping Developed standard work

Accomplishments

S ix sigma green belt certification

Supervised fifth shift operations and more than 10 production staff.

Directed, coordinated, and assigned manpower to efficiently meet production requirements.

Consistently achieved the highest numbers in our KPI ratings on a daily and weekly basis while I led fifth shift.

E xperience

Multiple positions held

0 1/2009 to 0 3/2014

Dyno Nobel Inc.

Wolf Lake, IL

During my employment at Dyno Nobel I had multiple titles and job duties. The titles were centrifuge operator,

melt down operator, producer, material handler, breakout operator, balloon tier, ink jet printer operator, oven

o perator, titration operator, backup team leader, team leader, and assistant manufacturing quality engineer.

Centrifuge job duties: I would take wet PETN at 20 -25 % moisture and place into a centrifuge to spin off access

water down to 5.5 % moisture. Each pallet would have 5 layers of 8 boxes per layer. Each spin would consist of 1

layer from pallet. I would also have to document information from each box such as batch code, lot numbers etc..

In addition, I would also take a water sample from every spin for ph reading and document that as well. Melt

down operator job duties: I would take raw materials such as TNT, tritonal, PETN and other materials and melt

into a molten product to be poured into cast boosters. All materials used would have to be documented what was

used and how much for every pot. Producer job duties: As a producer I would have to rotate work stations every

30 Minutes. Work stations were setup, pour, break off, pack, vision system and floater. Set up job duties: W hile at

setup I would take empty canisters, card board, plastic and place onto pin bars which sit on tables to be

f illed up with product at the pour station. Each table held 22 pin bars and each pin bar had either 8 or 10 pins

d epending on the product being run. Pour station job duties: At the pour station I would pour molten product (at

9 5 -103 degrees Celsius) from the melt down area upstairs through a down line a nd pour handle into the empty

canisters being placed on the tables from the set up station. Break off station: I would pull tables away from the

p our station after completion and place into a cooling tunnel for the molten product to cool and harden. I would

a lso take tables from the cooling tunnel that were already cooled and move to the break off press. At the break off

p ress, I would remove one pin bar at a time and place into the press where two hydraulic arms would come down

and push the canisters off of the pin bars. The canisters would then roll down a chute to the pack out area. After

removing all canisters from the table I would move the table back to the set up area. Next, I would repeat the

process. Pack out station: At the pack out station I would retrieve the cast boosters coming down the chute from

the break off press. Then, I would inspect each booster for any quality defects. All that were good would be placed

i nto a box with a plastic liner and upon the box being filled would then be moved on to the vision system. Any

rejects would be removed from pack out area documented and reworked. Vision system work station: I would

receive completed cases of product from pack out scan each one with vision system. The vision system would

count every unit and give a green light if good and red light if bad. Upon getting a green light I would then place

the correct packing label onto the case and scan the label. A set of gates would then drop engaging a set of

powered rollers taking the case across a taper. I would then use a vacuum lift to palletize each case. Floater work

station: As a floater I would cover all producer duties at once basically moving to whereever there might have

been a bottle neck in the process. Floaters main priority was to (KEEP THE PRODUCTION FLOW MOVING). Material

handler job duties: I would supply the melt down operation with raw materials. I would remove all finished

p roducts from the finished goods dock beside the production area. And everything moved in or out of building

would be scanned using a SAP program. Break out operator: I would take rejected boosters from the production

a rea break them up into small pieces and send back to booster to be remelted. All products coming in and out

would be scanned using a SAP program. Balloon tier job duties: I would take balloon grade PETN dried to less

than .1% moisture and put into balloons for special ordered cast boosters. Ink jet printer operator job duties: I

would place empty canisters onto a conveyor belt which ran through a printer that would spray the date code onto

every canister that was used in the booster process. Every canister had to have a date code per ATF (Alcohol

Tobacco & Firearms) DOD (Department of Defense) and DOT (Department of Transportation) regulations. O ven

Operator job duties: I would take balloon grade PETN after being spun down to 5.5% moisture at the centrifuge

p rocess and place into a steam powered oven. While in the oven the PETN would have to be reduced to less

t han .1% moisture before removal. After reaching the desired moisture level I would then remove the PETN, place

into plastic totes and transfer the totes to the balloon tying process. (Out of over 100 employees I was only 1 of 2

e mployees trained to do this job due to its extreme hazard.) Titration operator job duties: The titrator was used to

determine moisture levels in whatever was being tested. The booster department used this to get moisture

analysis for PETN and samples pulled from the pots in the melt down process. (Out of over 100 employees I was

o nly 1 of 6 employees trained on how to use this machine.) Back up team lead job duties: As back up TL I would

f ill in for him if he was absent from work or would be away from the process for more than half the shift. The TL

was responsible for operations listed above therefore while filling the role as backup they were mine as well. Team

leader job duties: I had the opportunity to lead my own shift for over a year while we were on a 24/7 schedule.

During this time the department had 5 shifts so we had 5 team leaders. As the TL, I would do walk through and

shift hand offs with outgoing and incoming team leaders. I would perform a daily startup meeting where I would

cover our previous shift performance based on our KPI, safety, production, quality, cost, delivery and morale.

Also, in the startup meetings I covered any safety stand downs, one point lessons, and any other concerns handed down

f rom upper management as well as assign all crew members their shift assignments. I would complete 2 quality

audits, 1 safe act observation, 1 vision system audit, 1 tooling audit and 1 5s audit every shift. I would also

perform 30, 60, & 90 day evaluations on new hires as well as midyear and end year reviews in addition to

coaching sessions when discipline was needed. I would also calculate all hours worked by my crew at the end of

t he week, complete their time cards accordingly, sign them, and turn into the HR department. (While my time as 5th

shift TL, I led my crew to consistently lead the KPIs in safety, morale, quality, cost, and delivery. My shift would

rotate 1st and 2nd in production out of 5 shifts. I was able to accomplish this with the least experienced crew).

Assistant manufacturing quality engineer job duties: I would do whatever the MQE needed help with.

I performed the supervision of several test pots in the booster department. I would complete exudation testing of

every canister poured from all test pots along with documented results from every test. I designed several

spreadsheets for the MQE, Data entry and many more assignments.

Producer / operator

11/2006 to 0 1/2009

Manpower corp.

Carbondale, IL

I worked as a temp for manpower at Dyno Nobel for 26 months. I performed all job duties listed above under

p roducer and melt down operator job duties.

Driver

08/2005 to 11/2006

Southern Illinois transportation

Carbondale, IL

I transported elderly and handicap clients to doctor appointments.

Apprentice laborer

0 8/2004 to 0 8/2005

Local laborers 773

Carbondale, IL

I performed many general labor tasks as well as used many different types of tools. I operated hand, electric and

pneumatic tools. I worked on many different crews asphalt, concrete pouring, landscaping, mason tending and

b ridge repair.

Assembler / Air department lead man

05/2001 to 0 8/2004

Transcraft Corp.

Anna, IL

At Transcraft as an assembler, I installed all components related to the air systems into flatbed semi trailers. There

were multiple parts such as shocks, air bags, brake hoses, air tanks, glad -hands, air lines, dump valves and ride

height control valves. There were also some special ordered trailers which required custom parts such as sliding

axles, lift axles, self inflating tire systems, pintle hooks and GPS systems which were all installed by the air

department. As the lead man it was my responsibility to assure all assemblers within the air dept. installed all

required parts correctly. I would also double check all parts installed matched the production order sheet in

addition to I would test every trailer's braking system ( brake apply and release times) per quality spec upon

completion.

Education

Six Sigma Methodology

2013

Aveta Business institute

Boardman, OH, US

I completed the course with a green certificate.

GED: general studies

2003

Shawnee community college

U llin, I L, US

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