CHRISTOPHER GORDON
**** ***** **. • Reading, PA 19604 • *********@*****.*** • 610-***-****
OBJECTIVE:
To secure a position and become an asset and reliable employee.
SKILLS:
•Advance Software Skills
•Accustomed to rotating 12-hour shifts, fast pace, and ever-changing work environments
•Qualified in operating company forklifts and cranes
•Follow good manufacturing practices
EXPERIENCE:
Utility/Extrusion operator: March 2019 – 2023
Arkema, Birdsboro, PA
•Set up and run pelletizer extruders, troubleshoot when needed.
•Load dryers, operate drying cycles, unload and send dried material to assigned silos.
•Transferring finished materials between warehouses
•Housekeeping
•Comply with all technical, quality control, product manufacturing and safety procedures associated with Packaging
•Operate and troubleshoot equipment, processing systems
•Operate powered industrial trucks
Chemical Mill Operator: January 2019 – March 2019
JFC workforce staffing company, West lawn, PA
•Complete duties custom to my job title in the micronizing of coral calcium.
•Read schedule and determine how mill needs to be physically set up and adjust operation screen and controls to desired settings.
•Feed mill with product using forklift and crane
•Document specific information from operators screen every so often and troubleshoot when needed.
•Take and test samples periodically
General Utility/Packaging: October 2014 – November 2018 Dairy Farmers of America, Reading, PA
•Complete duties custom to job title in the manufacturing of powdered milk, execute production schedule as instructed, complete tasks relevant to milk production, utilize company computer software to record accurate information into the database, monitor product flow and operate, service and troubleshoot machines and robot on a daily basis to assure productivity
•Utilization of Microsoft programs
•Operated company forklifts and cranes
Probe Assembler/Quality Control: January 2013 – September 2013
Alcon, Sinking Spring, PA
•Assembled eye surgical equipment (probes)
•Cured and tested final product to assure it was operating at full capacity
•Documented and reported detailed findings
Pipe Fitter/Welder: February 2011 – November 2011 Eastern Catalytic, Langhorne, PA
•Completed duties custom to my job title in pipe fitting and welding: assembled catalytic converters for automobiles, measured, cut and grinded steel pipes using machine operated saw, utilized angle bending machine, fit the steel pipes to the catalytic converters as the blueprint instructed and welded pipes as needed
•Completed quality assurance: inspected parts, spot welded as needed, assured shipment labels were accurate and completed shipment inventory procedure as instructed by employer
EDUCATION:
Reading Community College, Reading, PA
Website Design, 2011 - 2014
Northampton Community College, Bethlehem, PA
General Studies, 2007 – 2008
Central Catholic High School, Reading, PA
High School Diploma, June 2006
REFERENCES
Jeff Hoppes
Arkema:
Senior Production Specialist
Birdsboro, PA
Mike Cioppa
Lamm & Witman:
Mortuary Removal Technician
Wernersville, PA
Tiffany Hoke
Public Consultant Group:
Quality Assurance Specialist II
Harrisburg, PA