Production Supervisor, Incident Commander for safety team

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Jim Sappington

Objective Supervisor / Manager position

Employment

Oct. 2011 – Present United Spiral Pipe Pittsburg, CA

Radiography Technician Level II / Radiation Safety Officer

Responsible for operating full length and end x-ray equipment,

interpreting and recording images. Responsible for all radiation safety

issues and initial radiation safety training for the facility.

Feb. – Sept. - 2011 United Spiral Pipe Pittsburg, CA

Production Manager

Responsible for all production operations of gas/oil line, water and piling

pipe. Approximately 90 employees with safety, quality and efficiency

being the priorities. Responsible for all concerns involving manpower,

materials, machines and management systems for this start up

company.

2010- Feb. 2011 United Spiral Pipe Pittsburg, CA

Assistant Production Manager

In charge of spiral pipe production for gas/oil line, water & piling pipe for

84 employees & temporary personnel. Safety, quality and efficiency are

focus areas. Involved in all aspects of production including hiring,

procedure set-up, plant layout, safety concerns, attainment to schedule,

inventory control, customer service, staffing, housekeeping & shipping

for this start-up company.

2008 – 2010 United Spiral Pipe Pittsburg, CA

Operator

Hired as 1 of 6 initial operators to start up facility from the initial

construction phase. Studied radiography, ultra-sonic testing and spiral

pipe fabrication. Assisted site construction manager during installation

phase.

2008 Chapel of the Chimes Hayward, CA

Crematory Operator

Operated cremation equipment. Assisted with burial ceremonies and

site maintenance.

1998 - 2008 Henkel Corporation, Bay Point, CA

Production Supervisor

Regularly supervise functional areas involving multiple activities staffed

with full and part-employees to insure quality, safety, efficiency and

housekeeping in the manufacturing and packaging of aerospace

adhesives. Expertise includes: interviewing, coaching & counseling,

attainment to schedule analysis, manpower scheduling & reassignments,

conflict resolution, training & production improvement, budgeting &

supplies, time card management and performance evaluations. Worked

closely with all functional operations departments including Scheduling,

Quality, Warehouse & Maintenance.

Incident Commander for the Emergency Response Team.

Member & Treasurer for the Employee’s Activity Committee.

Accident Reduction Team member.

Hazardous Materials training.

Work with outside contractors on a routine basis.

Experience with SAP, Excel, Word and Power Point.

Forklift Certified.

1987 – 1998 Dexter Corporation, Bay Point, CA (same facility)

Production Group Leader

Worked directly on the production floor monitoring product quality,

employee safety, work assignments, training and daily housekeeping for

the production and packaging areas. Specifically worked on regular and

specialty packaging functions during the first 4 years. This included

multiple types of containers, labeling and boxing of different products with

multiple crews on different shifts.

1981 – 1987 Dexter Corporation, Bay Point, CA

Material Handler / Senior Material Handler

Worked in Receiving, Stores operations for production materials &

Shipping.

1979 – 1981 Thrifty Drug Corporation

Assistant Manager

Worked in multiple locations running all aspects of drug store operations.

1974 – 1979 Ketchum Displays

Assistant Manager – Retail

Worked in managing and set up of retail decoration locations. Worked

on commercial decorating of exterior shopping centers and store

locations.

2000

AA Degree, Business Management & Supervision.

Los Medanos College, Pittsburg, CA GPA – 3.69

Attended Diablo Valley College taking Criminal Justice and Business.

Graduated Mt. Diablo High School

Henkel MIT recipient for Community Service.

27 years involvement with the Employees Activity Committee.

Supervisory experience with union & non-union personnel.

References available upon request.

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