Ronald D Durbin Jr
Atlanta GA 30317
404-***-**** Mobile
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Experience
Transport America – Feburary 2015/Present
DOT Certified Class A CDL Truck Driver
Pick up assignments from dispatch, deliver product on 53 foot dry van to various OTR locations.
Summary
Currently driving for this company as a professional truck driver. Driving a manual 10 speed transmission Freightliner, and pull a 53 foot dry van to the appropriate clients, either for drop off, or for live loads and unloads as determined by the job assignment. Maintain safety inspection at the beginning of route, during, and after ensuring equipment safety and reliability. Interact with customers at locations when picking up cargo, or dropping. Follow safe speeds, maintain safe distances, obey all rules of each states laws pertaining to DOT truck drivers. Scales, weights, paperwork, and all DOT required information always to be maintained.
Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta – August 2014/Feb 2015
Dock worker and furniture delivery person
Collected donated furniture and loaded trucks for delivery of chosen furniture by program participants. Delivered, moved and set up furniture for residents. Collected furniture donated by consumers and returned them to the warehouse to stock them for inventory.
Summary
Worked at this nonprofit location as part of a Veteran’s retraining program sponsored by the Veterans’ Administration and the United Way. As part of my work, when completing a certain amount of hours, you choose a educational program that consists of a DOT truck driving school or forklift training program, both paid for with a stipend from the Veterans’ Administration and the United Way.
Durbin & Associates – Oct 2013/July 2014
Owner/Project Manager – Quality Inspection Specialized Staffing Service Project Manager
Provided trained specialized staffing for Quality Remediation Services.
Project Manager for multiple sorting/rework locations, logistics, and personnel daily.
Maintained communications between clientele and Mitsubishi quality control department.
Proficient in MS Office Suite, e-mail, quality tools, digital camera, video recordings, and all multimedia platforms for quality alerts and reporting.
Managing personnel ranging from 5 to 100 persons.
In-house, supplier facility, local, nationwide, and large yard campaign specialists.
Newton Force Meters, Digital and Manual Calipers, Depth Gages, Metric Measuring, Thread Gages, all various associated quality tools.
Summary
Re-opened my business at former client’s request. Inspect, Sort or Rework defective automotive parts for the suppliers of Mitsubishi Motors Manufacturing Company. Used a variety of quality tools to determine the go/no-go status of a part, record, segregate and return good material to supply chain. Supervise multiple locations and maintain records and reporting to the clients and QC department of the manufacturer. Train personnel on the projects, lead, maintain and close out job locations as needed. Liaison between client and the QC department of Mitsubishi Manufacturing.
Summer 2013
Jungle Tamers Lawn Care – Part-time 1st Shift Self Employment Business
Portwatch Production LLC – Full-Time 2nd Shift Position
IFCO Pallet Systems – Sept 2012/Dec 2012
On-Site Manager Home Depot Distribution Center
Manage personnel on 2 shifts
Prepare transportation moves using online system at Home Depot Distribution Center through Ryder Transportation
Manage and input payroll, vacations, medical, off days, lost days, OSHA reports, P&L reports to Corporate Daily/Weekly
Safety Manager Role for personnel. Maintain daily, weekly and monthly safety meetings on related topics
Certified Forklift Trainer, First Aid Qualified, OSHA training, Safety Awareness Training
Maintain informational Matrix board for Home Depot Management
Provide reworked pallets and new pallets according to grading system for Home Depot Distribution Center
Summary
Managed non-union personnel to unload, load, sort and rework wooden pallets for the Home Depot Distribution Center in their facility. Loaded good pallets according to grade onto 53 FT trailers for use in the distribution center and bill company accordingly for the pallets. Maintain safety awareness with employees, payroll, and time clock adjustments as necessary. Enrolled personnel in insurance, medical, dental forms to corporate. Ran floor when needed, forklift use when needed, reports to corporate daily, weekly, and monthly. Hire and remove employees using appropriate documentation for reporting to government agencies. Coached employees, maintain fair employment practices, conflict resolution when necessary.
Komatsu American Corporation – Jan 2011/Mar 2012
Logistics/Transportation Foreman
Supervise four transportation personnel and four stores clerks
Indirect supervision of engine assembly line – 20 persons
Supervise transportation personnel of parts movement
Supervise stores clerks for picking, locating, stocking, WIP processing, etc.
Coordinate material staging for three buildings and production line assembly
Mediate material between sequencer and manufacturing assembly
Update logistic layouts of material on hand for pre-staging and staging using Visio (MS Office)
Coordinate material flow between three buildings for incoming builds
Coordinate picking and locating of parts for production line
Supervise transportation personnel assignments for efficient productivity
Monitor material incoming for production line, stage parts as needed
Supervise receiving material and shipping in BAAN (SAP) inventory management system.
Provide 5-S, Safety stand-ups and communication meetings daily
Selected by General Manager to participate in Assembly Line Kaizen Project
Supervise Quality clerks and incoming defective parts / disposition parts
Use MS Office Applications for daily use (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, etc.)
Shipping Foreman
Plant 1 Shipping for Back-orders, Return to Vendor, Sales Orders, etc.
Plant 1 Quality Inspection – incoming and outgoing material flow
Plant 1 AD (Awaiting Disposition) Warehouse –Quality Inspection
Plant 1 Inbound Staging for Assembly and “At Risk Review” Reports
G&D Inbound (Third Party Sequencer) Maintain shipments and discrepancies
Back-order consolidation and Hot Truck Parts staging maintenance
BAAN inventory management system. (SAP)
Housekeeping Supervision
5 S Development, Implementation and Auditing
Safety Procedures
Root Cause and Corrective Action Coordinator for 3PL / incoming products
Create and maintained inbound and outbound staging lanes for unit production
Selected by General Manager to participate in Assembly Line Kaizen Project
Use MS Office Applications for daily use (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, etc.)
Summary
Supervise Union personnel on Engine Sub Assembly Line and Transportation to maintain their duties. Provide 5-S supervision and inspection of all assigned areas in the warehouse and for Kaizen projects when necessary. Maintain inspection of incoming items from manufacturers and 3PL Company. Inspect, Supervise and arrange disposition of defective/damaged items and return to appropriate supplier.
Maintain communication with upper management on shipments and missing parts for assembly line. Ensure quality of parts before shipping out to customers or the assembly line. Send reports to all upper management via email client.
Durbin & Associates – Jan 2011/March 2012
Owner/Project Manager – Quality Inspection Specialized Staffing Service Project Manager
Provided trained specialized staffing for Quality Remediation Services.
Project Manager for multiple sorting/rework locations, logistics, and personnel daily.
Maintained communications between clientele and Mitsubishi quality control department.
Proficient in MS Office Suite, e-mail, quality tools, digital camera, video recordings, and all multimedia platforms for quality alerts and reporting.
Managing personnel ranging from 5 to 100 persons.
In-house, supplier facility, local, nationwide, and large yard campaign specialists.
Newton Force Meters, Digital and Manual Calipers, Depth Gages, Metric Measuring, Thread Gages, all various associated quality tools.
Summary
Re-opened my business at former client’s request. Inspect, Sort or Rework defective automotive parts for the suppliers of Mitsubishi Motors Manufacturing Company. Use a variety of quality tools to determine the go/no-go status of a part, record, segregate and return good material to supply chain.
Supervise multiple locations and maintain records and reporting to the clients and QC department of the manufacturer. Train personnel on the projects, lead, maintain and close out job locations as needed. Liaison between client and the QC department of Mitsubishi Manufacturing to ensure proper records and parts count for supply chain.
Department of Treasury/IRS Distribution Center – Jan 2011/Feb 2011
Lead Clerk
Receive and Transcribe orders
Fill orders
Quality Audit order accuracy of employees
Monitor workflow and balance workloads
Ensure timeliness of orders filled
PC interaction and applications
Summary
Lead employees opening lines on orders for IRS forms mailing. Ensure confidentiality of customers. Quality Audits of packets to ensure proper forms according to request forms. Monitor workflow, move personnel as necessary to keep line production at maximum efficiency. Step in and work line as needed. Receive work orders and assign to personnel, start up new lines, close completed lines.
Dick’s Sporting Goods Distribution Warehouse – Aug 2009/July 2010
Group Team Leader
Accept assignments from Managers/Supervisors on areas of concern
Assign personnel on action plans for areas of concern
Take lead on priorities of products and assignments
Maintain Central Stock assignments daily, locate aging special orders and ensure special orders are loaded on routes or staged appropriately in lanes for next route
Complete task assignments as needed for areas of concern
Maintain cooperative working environment for all associates in area
Assist Supervisors on areas of concern and enforcement of company policies and procedures
Promote and maintain safe working environment; take lead and be pacesetter for personnel
Interact with other department leads on product priorities and promote a cooperative environment
Summary
Lead several associates with the work orders for incoming product and stock, using wrist type RF scanners. Provide direction and motivation to complete assignments from supervisors for daily shipping requirements. Supervise movement of personnel to transport complete pallets to shipping lanes and assign personnel to stock and break down needed items for shipping. Give safety topics and train personnel on equipment.
Caterpillar Inc. – Dec 2006/Aug 2009
Metal Specialist
Operator of Mechanical & Hydraulic Brake Presses, cross-trained on Riveter machine, Projection Welder, Plasma Cutter, Roll Machine, and Drill Press.
Daily work order processing. Ensure WIP is complete and/or continue work.
Read prints for work orders on all machines. Checkout final finished product in companywide reporting system.
Maintain delivered inventory as received and report in companywide inventory system.
Maintain small part inventory and order components as needed.
Use of various quality tools and templates for position. Calipers, Micrometers, Metric scales, etc.
Created new reports for tracking and input data for monthly meetings.
Maintained Infinity documentation and data.
Decreased waste at Projection Welder location by reducing parts inventory.
Summary
Operate multiple machines in First Operations. Cross-Trained frequently. Maintain WIP and incoming material for each job for each machine. Move raw materials and finished materials to their final locations and record information in WMS system. Order parts as needed in inventory system. Maintain GMP and Safety First mentality, receive Safety Awards every year for no accidents or injuries. Move to other operations when needed to maintain production schedule and parts schedules. Read and apply blueprint information for raw materials to finished product. Maintain Quality of parts, check for defects and disposition according to outcome. Reviewed on-line safety training and education during downtime using PC applications located at work cell station.
Caterpillar Inc. - Sept 2005/Dec 2006
Line Assembly Associate
Installed Fuel lines, Oil coolers, Fuel filters, Air compressors, Fuel pumps, Alternators, Jake Brake assemblies, Engine Heads, Automated head-bolt machine, Wiring Harnesses.
Cold tested engines in testing area, attach fuel, oil, coolant lines before sending to computerized testing cells and remove when passed or failed.
Promoted to Multi-Station Floater in Zones 11-13 of assembly line.
Maintained individual workstations when associates went on breaks.
Paperless workstation computer stations for engine assembly.
Trained new personnel at various workstation assignments.
Summary
Install engine components onto engines on an assembly line using PC paperless stations. Used various air impact tools and gages to check for proper torque before releasing the engine for the next work station. Cold test engines by filling with appropriate fluids and moving the into check station for initial cranking. Pass or fail operations for these parts, sent to repair for failed and moved onto main line if passed. Promoted to Multi-Station Floater position that required understanding of all the cell station assembly operations for replacing personnel either at breaks, lunches, or not reporting in. Trained new personnel on their cell location job when needed. Inspected all parts prior to assembly for defects and reported them accordingly to repair or QC departments.
Durbin & Associates - Dec 1996/Feb 2006
Owner/Project Manager – Quality Inspection Specialized Staffing Service
Provided trained specialized staffing for Quality Remediation Services.
Project Manager for multiple sorting/rework locations, logistics, and personnel daily.
Provide logistical support for production parts movement to warehouse, sort/rework return to logistic location.
Maintained communications between clientele and Mitsubishi quality control department.
Proficient in MS Office Suite, e-mail, quality tools, digital camera, video recordings, and all multimedia platforms for quality alerts and reporting.
During business downturn, remained as the only service available to Mitsubishi and their suppliers.
Managed personnel ranging from 5 to 100 persons.
In-house, supplier facility, local, nationwide, and large yard campaign specialists.
Familiarity with Internal PPM and Scrap, plus Customer PPM and ensure that product complied with defined standards and that customer product specifications are met when quality issues arose.
Pareto chart use and reporting for PPM issues to clientele.
Summary
Inspect, Sort or Rework defective automotive parts for the suppliers of Mitsubishi Motors Manufacturing Company. Use a variety of quality tools to determine the go/no-go status of a part, record, segregate and return good material to supply chain.
Supervise multiple locations and maintain records and reporting to the clients and QC department of the manufacturer. Train personnel on the projects, lead, maintain and close out job locations as needed. Liaison between client and the QC department of Mitsubishi Manufacturing to ensure proper records and parts count for supply chain.
Contracted Quality Resident Engineer/Liaison - Dec 1996/July 2000
Multi-Contract Quality Resident Engineer/Liaison
(3) Two Year Contracts as Quality Control Liaison:
Textron Automotive Plastic Injection Molded Products Division.
United Technologies Corporation Plastic Injection Molded Door Mirror Division.
Kautex-Textron Plastic Blow Molded Fuel Tanks Division.
(1) One Year Contract Quality Control Liaison:
Narmco Metals, Brampton Metals, & Guelph Tool and Die Corporation - Canada
Sorted product that didn’t meet with standards and reject.
Interacted with Quality Department on a daily basis.
Created and maintained Pareto PPM reports to Client and Manufacturer Quality Department.
MS Office Suite, Multimedia platforms for quality alerts.
On-Call for multiple shifts.
Summary
As a side business I represented companies at the manufacturer locally. Maintained contact as quality liaison during the contract duration. Provided interaction and representation to the VP of Manufacturing, Quality Department heads, and Line Supervisors for issues concerning the products of companies represented. On call for two shifts and reviewed all parts rejected by the QC department for legitimate rejection. Attended daily production quality meetings for defective reporting and Root cause analysis. Spoke for companies concerning temporary corrective actions and long term process corrections.
Trained and maintained products during contracts with visits to manufacturing plants for subsequent training on processes and procedures. Understanding of plastics, injection molding and their associated defects; short shots; splay, flash, etc. Paint defects associated with process issues, orange peel, drips, runs, overspray, etc. Trained on metal stamping defect inspection techniques as well. Understanding of weld defects as associated with automotive parts.
Reported defects and summaries for the week to management via PC applications daily. Excel, Word, Power Point. Visual aids needed, recording video, pictures, etc., for long distance clients needing explanation and visual aids for reworking parts.
Education
High School Equivalent – GED, Bloomington High School
Black Hawk College – 12 Credit Hours – Data Processing Programmer Course
Certified Universal EPA Section 608 Refrigerant Qualified
Certified R-410a Technician – High Pressure Refrigerant Procedures
Certified Refrigerant Equipment Preventative Maintenance Technician
Certified Quality Auditor Course – Caterpillar Inc.
Certified Six Sigma DMAIC Greenbelt
Certified CPS (Caterpillar Production System) Greenbelt
Certified Team Member Support Staff (Caterpillar Production System)
Skills
Certified Forklift Driver – Electric, Gas and Propane models
Raymond Model 8400 Pallet Rider Standard and Double length models
MS Office Suite Advanced, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio
Adobe Acrobat
Flowcharting - Visio
All Windows OSs
Commercial 3d DVD creator
PC Repair and Components upgrades
Digital Photography
Create SOP Training Manuals
Office Equipment Knowledge
OSHA Class for Supervisors (2012)
Train the Trainer Forklift Safety Training (2012)
Machine Safety Awareness for Safety On-Site-Managers (2012)
Safety Awareness and Supervisor Duties and Responsibilities Training (2012)
HR Employee Support, I-9 processing, Payroll, Time clock processing (2012)
Previous Union Labor Environment Skills (2011-2012)
Sexual Harassment/Discrimination Supervisor Training (2012)
5-S Training for Auditors (2012)
Safety First Employee Training for Supervisors (2012)
VoCollect Voice Picking System (2013)
RF Scanner (2009-2013)
SAP, BAAN, WMS Experience