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Wausau, Wisconsin, United States

• Developed clear Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Work Instructions (WIs) with visual aids, optimizing workflow efficiency and enhancing comprehension.
• Orchestrated a $55,000 project to install and upgrade lighting to energy-efficient LED systems, effectively reducing rework numbers and generating annual cost savings of $27,000.
• Developed structured Preventive Maintenance (PM) cleaning plans for three paint lines, enhancing the quality and frequency of PM tasks while introducing trackable procedures to the paint booths.
• Identified overcapacity in paint vault, applied NFPA standards to adjust capacity to 270 gallons, and communicated regulatory compliance to the teams and management with informative labels.

United States

• Daily floor management and supervision of break downs and ongoing projects.
• Managed 20+ union tradesmen and tracked their overall progress of machine repair and project completion.
• Closed work orders and reported on MTTR.
• Plan when machines can be down for maintenance and when they need to be ready for production.
• Completed 5 Why and PDCA charts to establish root cause and correct it.

Racine, Wisconsin

• Worked in a Co-Op structured program as production worker.
• Used line operator instructions to fill out quality paperwork.
• Performed audits and monitored machine operation.
• Responsible for machine changeovers.