Michael Phares

***** ****** **** * ************, Pennsylvania 19154 n H: 215-***-**** n C: 215-***-**** n adacnj@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

A career-minded, capable, and efficient worker with solid experience working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. Demonstrated technical skills with various industrial machinery. A goal-oriented and dependable team player seeking employment with opportunities for advancement.

EXPERIENCE

FRONTIDA BIOPHARM INC., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Packaging Mechanic 2016-Present

Maintained and provided setup for four bottle lines. Set up equipment, such as Pace unscrambler, Omega unscrambler, Palace and Omega desiccant feeders, King Slat fillers, Pharmafill cottoner, Beltorque cappers, induction sealers, MGS topserters, 326 Autocolt New Jersey labelers, Optel and Acuity vision systems, video jets, and Omega shrinkwrap heat tunnels.

Troubleshoot all packaging equipment, maintaining electrical, mechanical, and basic PLC programming.

I ordered tooling and machine parts when needed.

Worked with validation department in assisting with IQ’s, OQ’s, PQ’s. of new machinery.

LANNETT COMPANY, INC., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Packaging Mechanic 2003-2016

Maintained and provided setup for two bottle lines. Set up equipment, such as Kaps-All unscrambler, Kalish bottle unscrambler, Lakso filler, Swiftpack filler, Pharmafill And Lakso Cottoners, Kalish and Capmatic cappers, induction sealers, MGS outserters, LabelStar and Harland labelers, Optel and Cognex vision systems, Palace desiccant feeders, video jets, and Beseler shrink wrap and heat tunnels.

As a qualified trainer, I trained employees on SOP’s. Wrote SOPs for maintenance, and set up procedures of all packaging machinery.

Troubleshoot all packaging equipment, maintaining electrical, mechanical, and basic PLC programming.

I ordered tooling and machine parts, ordering for two other mechanics as needed through SAP application.

Worked with validation department on FAT’s for new packaging machines, as well as assisted with IQ’s, OQ’s, PQ’s, and new machines and jobs.

Implemented and maintained tooling list.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

ACCUCORP PACKAGING, INC., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Packaging Mechanic, 2002-2003. Maintained and provided setup for bottle line. Set up Acuity vision system and equipment, such as Pace bottle unscrambler, slat fillers, checkweighers, cottoners, cappers, retorquers, neck banders, labelers, cartoners, video jets, barcode scanners, shrink wrap machines, and heat tunnels. Maintained and provided setup for box line.

PACKAGING COORDINATORS, INC. (PCI), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Packaging Mechanic, 1993-2002. Maintained and provided setup for Blipack blister machine. Provided setup for Acuity vision systems, as well as set up various other equipment, such as video jets, banders, barcode scanners, shrink-wrap machines, heat tunnels, and checkweighers. Maintained new and old tooling for Blipack blister machine.

JET PLASTICA, Hatfield, Pennsylvania, Mechanic, 1992-1993. Provided maintenance for industrial equipment. Troubleshoot and performed maintenance repairs; required detailed understanding of interface between controls and mechanical systems of industrial equipment.

HART MECHANICAL & ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS, Telford, Pennsylvania, Mechanic, 1991-1992. Performed general contract projects, including piping, rigging, millwright fabrication, pump and compressor installation, concrete, plumbing, and welding.

ASK PLASTICS, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mechanic, 1989-1991. Provided maintenance for industrial equipment. Troubleshot and performed maintenance repairs; required detailed understanding of interface between controls and mechanical systems of industrial equipment.

TOPCRAFT INDUSTRIES, Warminster, Pennsylvania, Mechanic, 1986-1989. Provided daily maintenance and repairs for injection molding machinery. Set up mold press, trained injection mold operators, and managed traffic and quality control.

UNITED STATES ARMY RESERVE, Staff Sergeant (E-6), 1986-1997 Served as Section Chief of eight-person artillery unit. Served as Platoon Sergeant of artillery unit and Acting First Sergeant of 200-person artillery unit, as well as completed Junior NCO Leadership course and Advanced NCO Leadership course.

UNITED STATES ARMY, Fort Ord, California, Specialist Fourth Class (E-4), 1983-1986. Served as cannon crewmember of artillery unit. Recognized with United States Army Achievement Medal and United States Army Good Conduct Medal. Received honorable discharge in 1986.

EDUCATION/TRAINING

ORLEANS TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Commercial and Residential Electricity Diploma, 1991

AIRCO TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Welding Diploma, 1988

ARCHBISHOP RYAN HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Academic Diploma, 1982

EASTERN CENTER, Abington Township, Pennsylvania

Technical Welding and Mathematics

ACUITY, Nashua, Massachusetts

Training in IVS Application Development

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Office Suite, SAP, Infor Maintenance Management, and Windows

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