Shift Process Lead / Team Lead / Master Press Operator
Bonnell is one of North America's leading manufacturers of custom aluminum extrusions. Headquartered in Newnan, with manufacturing in Georgia, Tennessee, Michigan, Indiana, and Utah. Revenues in 2020 were $456M.– Led a team of up to 22 people (10 most of the time). Managed day-to-day operations while achieving safety, quality, and productivity goals in this ISO-9001:2015 and IATF 16949:2016 facility.– Operated and performed all press operations with setup, die changes, profile extrusions, stretch, cutting, and stacking material in accordance to operating procedures and instructions.– Shared process excellence knowledge. Taught how to use every piece of equipment in this 525K SF plant.– Loaded material in aging ovens to ensure proper curing was completed.– Adhered to dimensional tolerance on customer prints; performed quality checks at prescribed intervals.– Built a strong team. Informed, enabled, and involved other team members in daily activities.– Resolved conflicts and used interpersonal skills necessary to maintain a cohesive team.– Analyzed facts and situations systematically when approaching problems and improvement opportunities.– Reduced customer return weight versus total shipped weight by 33%; the best in the past six years.