Production Supervisor

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Eland, WI *****

715-***-****

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Bruce Toutant

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR

Areas of responsibility included operation of a powder coating line, racking dept, pre-treat system, welders, assemblers and wet paint operators. I determined all manpower requirements, racking of product to be coated and proper sequence of product. Maintained proper chemical balance of wash tanks using industry approved testing procedures. Tested with film thickness gages and took gloss readings to maintain QA specs.

 Supervise the quality control aspects of the product produced.

 Familiar with various types of packaging used to protect customer product.

 Responsible for the maintenance of all production equipment including the solving of electrical malfunctions.

 Evaluate and set pricing of customer product.

 Develop solutions to customer coating, quality and delivery problems, kept the scrap rate at 2% or under.

 Train employees powder coating techniques

 Administered company policies and union labor agreement.

 Supervised the shipping and receiving departments.

 Participated in maintaining 5S standards.

 Train employees how to operate different types of forklifts.

PERSONAL CARE WORKER

Provide personal care services to consumers.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Midstate Independent Living Consultants, Inc April 2007 to Present

Stevens Point, WI

Linetec October 2005 to November 2008

Wausau, WI

• Production Mgr of 18 employees

• Experience with Kynar/Halar, Baked Enamels, And Epoxy’s (wet paint)

• Experience with Urethanes, Tgic Polyesters, Epoxy’s and Flouropolymers (powder coatings)

• Worked with mill gages and gloss meters

• Supervised for three years

• Was head of the Racking Dept

Powder Finishers, Inc November 1995 to October 2005

Sturtevant, W

• Production Supervisor of 25 Employees

• Experience with Urethanes, Tgic Polyesters, Epoxy’s and Flouropolymers (powder coatings)

• Worked with mill gages and gloss meters

• Supervised for 10 years

• Was head of all production operations (paint dept, monitoring of the oven temps, shipping and receiving dept)

• Certified forklift trainer

Access Industries Inc. September 1992 to November 1995

New Berlin, WI

• Production Supervisor of 35 Employees

• Was head of all production operations (welding dept, wiring dept, vpl dept and paint dept)

• Experience with Baked Enamels and Epoxy’s (wet paint)

• Experience with Urethanes, Tgic Polyesters and Epoxy’s (powder coatings)

• Supervised for 3 years

EDUCATION

Powder Symposium, Armstrong Products Co., Warsaw, IN – 1985

Fundamentals of Supervisor I, Racine Area Manufacturers & Commerce Inc. – 1986

Powder Coating Seminar, Madison, WI – 1987

Motivating and Evaluating Employees for Better Results, Gateway, Kenosha – 1987

Skillpath Lotus 1.2.3, Milwaukee, WI – 1994

Six Sigma Greenbelt Training – 2007

Dealing with Difficult People, CareerTrack – 2008

Microsoft Excel, Skillpath – 2008

Valuing Diversity and Inclusion - Apogee

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