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Madison, Mississippi, US

Responsible for training and evaluating new hires and existing personnel who acquire new positions in the Converting department.Kept accurate records and reports on attendance, discipline and vacation of each employee.Ensured that employees were fully cognizant of, and complied with, and trained in all plant regulations including: Environmental, Health and.

Chanhassen, MN, US

Responsible for auditing all signage, permits, chemicals, recycling bins and waste accumulation zones at the Lake Drive East location. Helped Identify and facilitate ongoing compliance and environmental performance while holding all employees accountable.

Chanhassen, MN, US

Responsible for managing, mentoring, and coaching employees in the Print, Lamination, and Cutting departments. Trained new and existing employees on the most efficient and effective methods of machine and inventory set-ups as well as process flows. Responsible for the overall effectiveness of team members and managed variable costs such as direct labor.

Espoo, FI

Maintained compliance with Huhtamaki's Environmental Standards.Prepared plans to resolve non-compliance issues and communicated those plans to the Plant Manager.Obtained and complied with all required permits and licensing.Submitted reports required by Federal, State and Local regulations and corporate policies.Maintained all environmental records.Provided.

Espoo, FI

Directly supervised hourly personnel in both the Forming (die-cutting) and Printing departments to ensure high production efficiencies and smooth flow of incoming/outgoing materials.Completed and updated all SOPs and JSAs while executing CI, Lean and 5s projects for the Print department.Organized and maintained color standards for the printing.

Fort Wayne, IN, US

Operated and performed maintenance on both Canon and Mimaki Flatbed and Wide Format Digital Printing presses. Managed training of all hourly personnel in the operation and maintenance of both the Canon and Mimaki Flatbed Printing Presses. Color matched and setup jobs for print using Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, and Onyx Thrive RIP Software.Operated a.

Operated and performed maintenance on Xerox iGen 150 Digital Printing Presses.Managed training of all hourly personnel in the operation and maintenance of the Xerox iGen 150 Digital Printing Presses.Setup jobs for print using Fiery Commander Workstation and uProduce software.

Helped the 1st pressmen ink and setup a five-color Heidelberg Speedmaster printing press.Cleaned and changed printing blankets and plates on the printing press.Created plates for Lithographic printing via CTP software.

Created graphics and reworked customers artwork to be applied on to custom apparel and goods.Created custom apparel by heat transfer, Screen Printing and embroidery.Setup jobs for print using modern Silkscreen Printing techniques.

South Bend, IN, US

Shadowed and assisted a pressman who ran and performed maintenance on an eight-color Comco Flexographic printing press.Shadowed and assisted in the Prepress Department where I setup jobs for print and created printing plates. Created mockups, proofs and checked for color quality. Created a flexographic die library to catalog the company's inventory.

Muncie, IN, US

Collaborated with a team of graphic designers and web-programmers to create the look and feel of a fully functional website.Created original artwork such as graphics, logos and advertisements for the Ball Point student organization.