Machine Operator / Mold Installer / Process Technician / Shift Supervisor
March 2018 - April 2023Responsibilities for this position involved going over shift reports with off-going supervisor, scheduling operator production based on customer needs and staffing, ensuring maximum productivity is being achieved, assisting the Quality department and production leads when efficiency concerns arise, writing a detailed report that upper management and corporate leads would receive, documenting all production data for the shift into a digital online database, and giving a detailed download to the oncoming supervisor at the end of my shift. Non-daily duties included finalizing training for newly hired operators, evaluations, and processing monthly safety logs into a database that was forwarded to the Safety Coordinator.February 2016 - March 2018As a Process Technician in a Plastic Injection Molding facility my responsibilities were to troubleshoot issues with hydraulic presses and molds that were negatively affecting the quality of products being produced, install and uninstall molds in a timely manner while following all safety protocols and wearing appropriate PPE, work with our tooling department for more serious molding issues to determine the best course of action. In this role I also acted as a team lead for my department and assisted other operators with day to day production issues, training, and housekeeping (5S).March 2011 - February 2016As a machine operator my responsibilities are to safely and efficiently run injection machines, ensure hourly process checks are within tolerance, ensure hourly sample parts are measured accordingly and are also within tolerance, refilling raw materials as needed and ensuring that all materials are correct for the order being completed by following FDA guidelines and documenting pertinent information as required, following customer specifications on how product is to be packaged for shipment, keeping work area organized and at shift change giving a proper download to the operator following me.