Bert Avalos
**** ***** ***** *****, *********, TX, 76014
Cell 817-***-****
*********@***.***
Professional Summary:________________________________________
• Bilingual Production Supervisor
• 10 years of experience taking thin resources and being able to process efficiently and safely within the company’s time frame and budget.
• Experience planning production operations and establishing priorities and sequences for efficient manufacturing of products to specification in order to meet customer needs.
• Managed plant personnel, including training, mentoring, guiding, and disciplining.
• Trained in Green Belt /Six Sigma manufacturing/5S.
• Disciplined, hands on, process oriented leader that is visible on the production floor.
Professional Experience:
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Western Extrusions, Carrollton, Texas 2011 to 7/2012
Production Lead
• Fabrication of aluminum automotive components and responsibilities include supervision of assembly and fabrication or manufacturing departments.
• Understand of Manufacturing Processes and Product Development.
• Ability to motivate others.
• Directs daily operations of work unit.
Airborn, Addison, Texas 2008 to 2010
Final Assembly Supervisor
• Custom manufacturer of aerospace/military connectors and other reliable electronic components.
• Supervised and trained third shift final assembly of approximately 25 associates.
• Trained in Green Belt /Six Sigma manufacturing.
• Planned production operations, establishing priorities and sequences for efficient manufacturing of products to specification in order to meet customer needs.
• Communicated with other departments (e.g. sales and engineering) to coordinate production schedules and activities to meet customer demands.
• Responsibility to propose solutions to known non-conformances.
Speed Fab Crete, Kennedale, Texas 2006 to 2008
Construction Foreman
• Bilingual supervisor of 20 plus workers in the production and installation of pre-cast concrete panels and small pre-cast span bridge sections.
• Managed and maintained a safe working environment free of accidents.
• Read blueprints or construction drawings.
• Performed on site pre-inspections and coordinated post-construction audits.
• Knowledge of worker safety and worker ergonomics safety environment.
Pavestone, Grapevine, Texas 2002 to 2006
Plant Manager
• Managed a high speed automated packaging facility which manufactured decorative stone and aggregates.
• Forecasted the company’s yearly allocations for aggregates to meet the company’s distribution needs for the North Texas territory.
Project Highlights
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Quality Improvement Projects BOEING AEROSPACE (2009 to 2010)
ISO process
• Improved production techniques for compliance and transparency to meet industry safety regulations and government mandates.
Contech Construction Projects (2006 to 2008)
Conspan Bridge Systems
• Managed plant personnel, including training, mentoring, guiding, and disciplining.
• Know and understand discipline policies and procedures, hourly job responsibilities, cross training and employee growth.
Other Construction & Demolition Projects (2003 to 2005)
Bagging Plant
• Completed construction/demolition projects, including the ground-up build of new warehouse and facility of the bagging plant.
• Implemented new equipment to reduce cycle time and streamline production.
Education & Certifications:
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• Tarrant County College Vocational/Certification 2002
Aerospace Assembly Certified as JSF Aircraft Structural Assembly Program for Aerospace Industry Training Partnership for Lockheed Martin Aerospace at the Fort Worth Opportunity Center
• Undergraduate Studies in Business Administration
Dallas Baptist University & Mary Hardin – Baylor