Machine Operator Team Leader

JOEL S. GEAR

910-***-**** ********@*****.***

Lead Machine Operator" with a proven track record of exceeding expectations in fast-paced production settings, demonstrating strong leadership and communication abilities, and a deep understanding of achieving manufacturing goals while maintaining high product quality standards; adept at optimizing

production processes to consistently deliver quality output within tight deadlines.

Machine Operator /Team Leader/Quality

Machine Operator: Hands-on operator with a strong attention to detail. Logical thinker able to solve complex problems while maintaining industrial safety practices, producing quality products, and reducing waste.

Monitoring machine performance and identifying potential malfunctions

Performing routine maintenance checks and minor repairs

Inspecting finished products for quality control

Following operating procedures and safety guidelines

Recording production data and maintaining logs

Identifying and reporting any production issues to management.

Team Leader: Manifested track record of fostering a collaborative environment within diverse teams, facilitating open communication and driving high performance on critical business objectives."

Quality: Oversaw the inspecting and testing products at various stages of production to ensure they meet established quality standards, identifying defects, and recommending corrective actions to maintain high-quality output, often involving monitoring production operations, using specialized equipment to measure and analyze products, and documenting findings to report any quality issues.

Professional Experience & Achievements

INJECTION MOLD MACHINE OPERATOR LEADER 06/2023 to Present

CKS Packaging Inc

Highlighted Duties:

Provide backup to the Production Supervisor for all assigned areas.

Support the production process by running and or setting up equipment when necessary

Drive out waste throughout the department by assuring the machine is set to the properly for the product being ran.

Operate a variety of equipment applicable within assigned area (i.e., CRTs, forklifts, etc.).

Execute and coordinate employee training when needed

Coordinate the timely and accurate movement of material and information into, within and out of assigned work area as needed.

Drive a continuous improvement culture by involving employees in problem solving, decision making, as well as recognizing them for exceptional work.

Ensure all employees are properly following startup, shutdown, and break times

Ensure all employees are properly filling out required paperwork

Communicate production issues to other shifts and support functions

Responsible for ensuring that all employees are performing their duties in a safe manner.

Report any safety hazards or incidents in a timely manner. Provide detailed report for incidents.

Participate in safety inspections.

Adjust staffing as necessary in response to material, machine, or labor changes throughout the shift

Perform and document all visual product checks.

Restarting of activities following faults suffered by injection molding machines.

Monitoring of simple troubleshooting for injection molding machines.

Moving and packaging of production documentation for manufactured.

MACHINE OPERATOR 12/2019 to 06/2023

Allied Reliability Group,

Highlighted Duties:

Operate all manufacturing equipment efficiently and safely

Properly produced product and follow proper procedures for packaging as outlined in the external customers specifications.

Remove or shift materials and/or finished products to facilitate proper flow of the production line.

QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTOR 06/2017 to 12/2019

Allied Reliability Group,

Highlighted Duties:

Monitor operations to ensure that they meet production standards

Recommend adjustments to the assembly or production process

Inspect, test, or measure materials or products being produced

Measure products with rulers, calipers, gauges, or micrometers

Accept or reject finished items

Remove all products and materials that fail to meet specifications

Report inspection and test data such as weights, temperatures, grades, moisture content, and quantities inspected.

GENERAL WAREHOUSE WORKER 07/2016 to 5/2017

Ryder Staffmark

Highlighted Duties:

Received and processed warehouse orders using handheld scanner.

Loaded and unloaded cargo for receiving, dispatching and staging of freight.

Used pallet jacks and forklifts to load and unload freight from flatbed trailers.

Filled out and maintained daily inspection logs for equipment.

Education/Certifications

Education

High School – Pine Forest Senior High School – Graduated 1993.

Fayetteville Community College – HVAC 2012.

Certifications

Certified Automatic Roller.

Certified Forklift Operator.

Red Cross/American Heart Association CPR/First Aid.

Crisis Prevention Intervention.

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