RESUME:

FREDERICK SAM

PERSONAL DETAILS:

ADDRESS :**** ********* ****, ********, *****, TX

TELEPHONE: 214-***-****

MARITAL STATUS: Married

NATIONALITY: Ghanaian,West Africa

E-MAIL ADDRESS: adh61k@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER OBJECTIVE:

To be of a great value to any firm I find myself in. To provide the necessary assistance needed in the areas of engineering and operations. To be proactive and ready to accept challenges with safety as my hallmark.

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:

• Excellent Analytical skills coupled with Leadership Capabilities with stress management skills.

• Good team building skills with passion for excellence.

• Excellent Initiative and Drive and self motivated individual.

• Ability to plan and design projects and work from sketches, manuals, etc.

• Legible and excellent writing skills, coupled with communication and interpersonal skills.

EDUCATION:

2019-Date

EastField College (A Dallas County Community College District), Texas.

Associate Degree in Advanced Manufacturing and Mechatronics Technology.

2009-2010

Institute of Commercial Management (ICM), UK, Diploma in Operations Management.

2004-2006

City & Guilds of London Institute, UK, Technician Diploma, (Mechanical Engineering, Plant Option)

1999 -2001

Asuansi Technical Institute, Cape Coast, Ghana.

Intermediate

Certificate (Mechanical Engineering)

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

January,2020 – Date

Value Stream Team Leader,

Andersen Corporation (Windows and Doors Manufacturing Plant), Garland, TX.

Responsibilities: Attached to both Windows and Doors manufacturing department of the company, with thirty one (31) staffs or associates

(operators) under my directives or leadership.

• Provides leadership to ensure and monitor deliverables of the value stream are met, by eliminating waste in the overall supply chain from start to finish.

• Ensure the continuous flow of production to meet planned output while following operations standards (Safety,quality,delivery,cost,maintenance).

• Identify issues, engages in Tier (T1) team in problem resolution and understands when to escalate issues to Tier 2 (T2) team by engaging both value stream supervisors and managers.

• Complete standard work and control plan audits and ensure s corrective actions are completed.

• Verifies Quality Control(QC) checks on running products, by maximizing quantity and quality of output product, with hands on deck.

• Participates in projects,Kaisens and other continuous improvement action by participating daily Tier meetings.

• Constantly focusing on improving line performance, limiting downtime, improving changeover time to line, by ensuring mechanical knowledge is communicated to technicians and operators as needed.

• Effectively demonstrate leadership in communication, conflict resolution, process constraints and problem solving.

• Update work center tier boards, for production hourly efficiency tracking(PHET).

• Helps and encourages the 5s and the Six Sigma practices amongst my associates during each days production activities.

Any other assigned duties.

Achievement:

Initiated, develop and have maintained a cross-training matrix system.

February, 2019 - January, 2020

General Machine Operator, Pratt Retail Specialties,LLC,Dallas,Tx (A Light manufacturing Division and a Subsidiary of Pratt Industries INC, USA). A Converting and sustainable Packaging Supplies Plant, that manufacturers Floor Defense Paper rolls, Bubble foams, Bubble Cushions, Bubble Mailers, Mailer boxes, Radiant bubble bags,Dish foams, Damp Check moisture absorber, etc for customs like: Walmart, Amazon, USPS,

(United States Postal Services), The Home Depot, Public Storage (PS), and macys.

Responsibilities: Attached to the production line as a General machine Operator for both paper roll converting machine,Bubble foam and Bubble cushion converting lines, and reports directly to both the shift supervisor and the production manager.

• Monitor Quality

• Maximize the utilization of equipment by operating the machinery at available capacity an speed.

• Train and assist first and second machine helpers with job duties on the machine.

• Cross-train and operates other machines (Lines).

• Complete necessary reports in an accurate and timely manner, including but not limited to production data machine operational status, Safety Data and Quality data.

• Turn maintenance work orders for supervision for the needed maintenance and repair works.

• Proactive in the maintenance of equipment.

• Switches duties with first machine helper when necessary .

• Complies with all company policies and procedures, including Safety and maintenance and a good keeping.

•Reports any unusual schedulling issues to the shift supervisor.

.Adhere to production schedules to meet cost, quality and service goals.

Any other assigned duties.

November, 2018- February, 2019

Warehouse Stocker,

Samerica Medical Supply.

Mesquite, TX.

Responsibilities: Attached to the warehouse department and reports directly to the Sales manager.

Responsibilities:Receiving and processing incoming stock and materials . Picking and filling orders from stock, packing, and organizing orders for delivery.

Sorting, packing boxes and placing materials or items on racks, shelves, or in bins according to the company's standard.

Loading, unloading, packing, and unpacking items, marking it with codes to be identified, etc. . Helping customers place orders.

• Any other assigned duties.

May, 2017 - Aug, 2018 {Contract}

Site Supervisor, Fosu Construction Works (FCW), Accra. - Ghana {West Africa}

(Experts in Industrial and commercial maintenance and repair works, such as Road maintenance, Renovation works, Sandblasting, painting, etc).

Responsibilities: Attached to both civil works and production departments of TEMA OIL REFINERY (TOR) LTD. Tema, for a general shut down maintenance and repair works, and reports directly to both the managing director and the site engineer of Fosu Construction Works, with over twenty eight (28) site workers under my supervision.

• Supervising and coordinating a crew of site workers to carry out an industrial surf ace preparations and painting works on the equipments of the entire utilities and the waste water treatment (WWT) plant, (such as the cooling tower with its connected process lines (pipes), motors, cooling tower fan guards and handrails, the three boilers (5,6, and 7) with its supporting units and process lines (pipes), both generator G3 and G4 stations, Boiler water treatment plant, the compressor room, the sea water pump house for fire fighting, fresh water pump station, storage tanks 31, 32, 39, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62 and the TOR overhead water storage tank and all the process lines (Pipes) at the utilities and WWT plants, including re- labeling on the process lines, storage tanks and equipments), skillfully and efficiently on scheduled, while working on indoors and outdoors assignments.

• Responsible for planning and directing activities of each day's maintenance works based on uncompromised safety rules and regulations to prevent any industrial accident and downtime (Tool Box Talk)

• Writing of daily report on all job programmes, such as new jobs, in progress jobs, suspended jobs and completed jobs at the close of each working day.

• Responsible for arranging the needed materials and equipments to complete the project on time.

• Taking of weekly stock of all the materials and tools used on site to both the site engineer and the managing director, for any damaged material and tools to be replaced and also to balance the company's accounting books.

• Inspecting completed assigned jobs to workers for accuracies before assigning another or other jobs.

• Reporting and taking notes in writing of any equipment, unit or situations that could delay our contract job and deadline by Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) for consideration and extension of time.

• Attends and responds to every complaint raised by the area supervisors or managers of TOR at the assigned area or department where the maintenance works are being carried out.

• Filling in Permit- to- work system forms for the crew before and after each maintenance and repair works, including a "Take 5" hazard Recognition modules forms.

• Filling and submitting of Terna Oil Refinery's (TOR) weekly safety report issued weekly to all contractors on site by the health and safety department of Terna Oil Refinery (TOR)

• Signing out daily report sheet on contract jobs by the civil works department of Terna Oil Refinery (TOR), Ltd, at the close of each maintenance works to ascertain the usages of materials and tools for their records

• Filling out timesheets and making sure all the maintenance works or activities happens according to schedule.

• Keeping tracked of the crew's activities, duties and attendance and makes sure that they are been paid on time.

• Serving as a Liaison between the site workers and management of Fosu Construction works.

• Filling and signing out both Petty Cash request and cash requisition forms and also including cheque voucher for approval for salary payment.

• Having frequent early morning brief meetings with the team to discuss the work and other matters before work starts.

• Requesting, submitting an?, signing of Terna Oil Refinery's (TOR) entry permits forms for weekends and holidays jobs upon approval from the maintenance Manager of TOR.

• Makes recommendations to both the company's engineer and the managing director, to enhance the speedy nature of the work.

• Identifying and reporting or drawing the attention of Terna Oil Refinery (TOR) area supervisors or managers of any severe damaged unit or equipment for assessment, comment and non destructive testing(NDT), before surface preparation and painting works could be carried on them.

• Assisting to maintaining good housekeeping practices before, during and after each maintenance work.

Any other assigned duties.

May 2012- June, 2014

Senior Mechanical Technician, Dry Food Processing Ltd (DFP)

(Manufactures of Pasta Masta, Sultana, Bella and Delicio's spaghetti Products), A fina trade Group of Companies, Spintex- Road, Accra - Ghana {West African}.

Responsibilitiess: attached to maintenance department and reported directly to the maintenance Manager.

• Assisted the maintenance manager to ensure and carry out installation, maintenance and repairs of all mechanical components, equipment and machinery in the plant.

• Worked within standard operating procedures to assemble mechanical component of all production equipment and machines.

• Inspected and carry out preventive maintenance of all production machines.

• Read dials, metres to determine pressure and temperature of vital production equipment- steam boilers, compressors, chillers, etc.

• Operated drills, grinders and other machines to modify machine parts.

AUGUST 2007 - MAY, 2012

Mechanical Shift leader Technician, Ghana Specialty Fats Ind. Ltd

{GSFIL} A shea nut oil processing with Acetone Refinery {Fractionation} and Solvent Extraction plant {SEP}, tema, Free –Zone {A wilmar international company from Singapore, Asia, the Leading Agribusiness in the world}, Formerly a joint venture between ADM, USA and Wilmar International, Asia.

TRAINING RECEIVED:

November 2007

Expeller presses processing machine training course, with experts from the wilmar international groups of companies limited, Philippines, Asia.

February, 2008

Fire safety and extinguisher training course from Safework Environmental Services Ltd, Tema, as a way of strengthening the safety and environmental management system of the company.

September, 2008

Confined Space Entry Training course, with an expert from ADM, Europe by management of the company to be abreast with the risk involved such as suffocation etc. when working in a confined space, e.g. Boilers, vessels etc.

November, 2008

Forklift truck operating training course with an expert from the Volta Aluminum Company Limited (VALCO) Tema.

March, 2009

Control of hazardous Energy (Lockout- tagout (LOTO)) Training Course with the company's safety and environmental officer, Tema, to safeguard personnel from the unexpected energizing or startup of machinery and equipment with specific practices and procedures to be followed.

April, 2009

Stress management training course with the company's safety and environmental officer, Tema.

ADDITIONAL POSITION ASSIGNED:

• Foreman of the oil expeller presses (crushing) processing plant department (GSFIL) and the Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) for FRYTOL section of UNILEVER GHANA LTD.

• Mechanical shift leader of all the factory machinery and general plant.

• Was a member of the company's safety policy committee.

ACHIEVEMENTS:

As a way of implementing a perfect system of safety of personnel using facilities and to extend the useful lifespan of assets of the company I was effectively, through my passion for excellence and self- motivated skills; being able to make proposals for different projects to be carried out, at GSFIL and ETP for FRYTOL section of UNILEVER GHANA LTD, which went a long way to improve productivity and reduce down time, by cutting down maintenance and production cost to management.

January- July, 2007 (Contract).

Filler machine Operator Technician, Beverage Investments (GH) Ltd. Accra (Bottlers of Pepsi-Cola, Miranda, 7-up and Aqua splash Drinking water) Responsibilities: Attached to the production and maintenance department of both water treatment and mineral bottling filling plant (lines) Ensure the smooth operation and maintenance of the washer and filter machines (lines) by focusing on the main systems of the machine, which are the rinsing system, filling system, capping system, driving system, conveying system and the electrical controlling system. Carrying out maintenance and repair works with the maintenance team whenever there is an emergency or breakdown on the various parts of the machines and equipment, such as the washer machine (Line), the mixomat (intermix) plant, which is a plant designed for the fully automatic production of soft drinks containing carbon dioxide (Co2), the unscramble machine, labeling machine, shrinkable machine, packaging machine, Co2 plants, etc. and repairing and changing of broken or damaged conveyor chains, checking of gears and oil levels in gear boxes, etc.

Any other assigned duties.

March- September, 2006 (Contract)

Mechanical Technician, Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), Tema - Ghana.

Responsibilities: Attached to the mechanical workshop (Maintenance Department) on rotating equipment. Undertook general shutdown maintenance works and repairs on pump with both motors and steam turbines as their prime movers, and all its mechanical parts and components such as impellers, impeller wear rings, couplings, mechanical seals, bearings, nozzles, heat exchangers, steam traps, strainers, etc Filled in permit- to- work system forms before and after each maintenance work. Assisted to maintain good safety housekeeping practices before, during and after each maintenance work.

Assisted to maintain good safety housekeeping practices before, during and after each maintenance and repair works

Any assigned duties.

2003- 2005 (contract)

Filler Machine Operator, Tema Lube Oil Co Ltd (TLOC), Tema - Ghana. Responsibilities: Attached to the production department of filling plant. Ensured the efficient running of the Auto-Man filler plant (Line), by alerting in a timely manner about severe abnormal conditions, mechanical or operation. Participated actively with the maintenance team to run a routine and corrective maintenance and repair works, such as positioning and adjusting of nozzles (valves) of the filler which were out of alignment, checking of conveyor drive gear box oil levels etc. Took samples and composites of oil products to the laboratory for analysis and approval, before commencement of production

Any other assigned duties.

2002-2003

Machine Operator Technician, Decorplast Limited (Manufacturers of plastic households products), Accra - Ghana

Responsibilities:

• Injection moulding and extrusion machine operator (Production Department. Lathe machine turner (Maintenance Department).

• Ensured the re- functioning of faulty moulds and other mechanical parts, by identifying, dismantling, repairing, adjusting, assembling and installing on time and in a safe manner.

• Kept good records of operations of all machines and equipments and log books before and after each maintenance works.

• Monitored performance of air compressor machines and hydraulic units to minimize down time.

Any other assigned duties.

References:

(i) Josephs Kelechi,

Value Stream Supervisor,

Andersen Corporation,Garland, TX

Cell: +1-972-***-****

(ii) Rose Eskew

Human Resource Specialist

Anderson Corporation,garland, TX

Cell: +1-214-***-****

(iii) James Tucker

Cell: +1-520-***-****

Supervisor,

Pratt Industries, Dallas, TX

HOBBIES: sports, reading, listening to music and traveling.

Resume Revised In August, 2020.

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