Oversee daily quality activities throughout the facility, lead yield and declared net content studies, design/lead quality training throughout the year, assist in preparation and completion of audits (i.e. GEHSMS safety audit, GMP, AIB/FSSC 22000 food safety surveillance and certification audits, lead traceability studies), organize/optimism the lab inventory, maintain the lab supply budget, communicate cross functionally across multiple departments both inside and outside the plant, participate in monthly concentrate inventory counts for Period Close, assist production/warehouse team in any/all quality related tasks, maintain/update quality documentation throughout the facility, assisted the PBC Toledo plant with their quality needs during the temporary leave of their QC Manager (Sept –Nov 2015) – tasks included multi-shift quality training, CARPAR reports, document management, and audit preparation/completion, participate in Lean Six Sigma and Resource Conservation Projects

Managed group of 15+ production technicians throughout all shifts (main experience on 2nd/3rd shift), calculated daily line efficiencies, certified production runs, created/updated weekly staffing schedule, provided guidance/discipline to workers, fostered an atmosphere of productivity/teamwork, communicated across multiple operations departments (maintenance, sanitation, quality, transportation, raw materials, warehouse), assisted with operation/coverage of production lines through lunch, conducted safety/process training for technicians throughout the year, completed various cost saving projects (Lean Six Sigma can line breakage, BOD reduction in wastewater), ensured employees had a safe and productive work environment, utilized problem solving and critical thinking skills on a daily basis to complete the production schedule as efficiently as possible

Observe/learn about the activities across the various plant departments (production, warehouse, maintenance, QC, and sales), create/present a personal project that improves some aspect of the plant to benefit the company as a whole

Organize and input scores for various assignments, provide assistance to students on how to improve their work

Create and distribute icecream and cheese products, help with sanitation and organization of plant, perform inventory of supplies

Analyze optical quality of horticulture fruits (specifically apples) using various pieces of technology, assist in development, creation, and implementation of an automatic apple sorting/grading machine used during harvest

Assisted in Microbiology and Post Harvest Departments, carried air testing at facilities, created excel worksheets for productions, created/organized/updated food safety paperwork

Prepared lab samples for analysis, aided analysts in research, took inventory of new samples, collected/recorded data of samples

Directed customers through purchases via phone and in-person, managed money transactions via cash register, provided counter service, and prepared food

Organized and directed four different day camps for kids throughout the Lansing area promoting energy efficiency and optimization, advised energy saver options to BWL customers at multiple community events, organized Energy Optimization Booklet, updated bill information for various BWL buildings