Luis Zavala

• Carry and place track materials using hand tools such as tie tongs, rail tongs, rail forks, lining bars, shovels, and jacks
• Attach rail to ties using spike mauls or spike drivers
• Remove spikes with claw bars, spike lifters, and spike pullers
• Lift, position, handle, remove and install railroad crossties in and around the track structure
• Connect and disconnect rail using track, impact, power wrenches, or welding materials
• Move, clean and tamp ballast (crushed stone-like material) with shovels, tamping picks, clay picks, lining bars, and ballast forks
• Raise tracks, turnouts, crossings, and rails with track or power jacks
• Cut associated materials with oxygen-acetylene torches, rail saws, cut off saws, and cold chisels
• Drill holes with gasoline, pneumatic, hydraulic and electric drill motors
• Work alongside heavy equipment by connecting, disconnecting and controlling material that is being moved and by directing such movement
• Participate in safety meetings
• Wear all appropriate personal protective equipment
• Supervise crew in absence of the track foreman.
• Used variety of hand and power tools to complete tasks.
• Managed safe and efficient use of tools and equipment on construction sites.
• Performed quality checks on products and materials to identify any defects.
• Inspected tools and equipment to maintain safety and efficiency.

• Operate and maintain industrial equipment and machinery
• Learn how to make and manufacture our wide variety of innovative products
• Communicate all pertinent information regarding safety, quality, and mechanical issues to designated leads
• Assist in efforts of down day machine cleaning, wash-ups, housekeeping, and continuous improvement efforts
• Perform product adherence checks to maintain our quality standards.
• Assessed equipment for damage, wear, battery life, and fluid levels.
• Performed routine maintenance on vehicles or auxiliary equipment by recharging batteries, lubricating parts and refueling.
• Used strapping and bracing techniques combined with proper balancing to prevent load shifting.
• Adjusted machinery and notified supervisors of malfunctions.
• Generated production data to complete necessary paperwork by accurately measuring and weighing materials.
• Positioned lifting devices under, over or around loaded pallets or boxes to secure material or products for transport to designated areas.
• Weighed materials or products to record weight or other production data on tags or labels.

• Develop, analyze, and interpret performance metrics data and develop solutions for improvement
• Provide direction and guidance in all matters regarding movement of product
• Leadership of hourly employees in term of morale, performance and training
• Working as a team to improve warehouse performance and inventory accuracy of the site
• Responsible for product being loaded and unloaded into the warehouse
• Responsible for workers being on task, staying safe, and tardiness.
• Managed schedules, accepted time off requests and found coverage for short shifts.
• Evaluated employee skills and knowledge regularly, training, and mentoring individuals with lagging skills.
• Established open and professional relationships with team members to achieve quick resolutions for various issues.
• Developed effective improvement plans in alignment with goals and specifications.
• Conducted regular reviews of operations and identified areas for improvement.

Duties in Expeditors was to unload and load trailers

• While unloading product in the warehouse would scan it into the inventory, and then place it where it belongs
• Most of the time had to make sure that the merchandise that was being unloaded match the papers that the trailer would have.
• Completed data entry tasks with accuracy and efficiency.
• Created spreadsheets for more efficient recordkeeping.
• Compared transcribed data with source document to detect and correct errors.
• Used computer software to store and retrieve data.
• Managed documents by organizing forms, making photocopies, filing records, preparing correspondence, and creating reports.
• Managed and organized documents for data entry tasks.

• Daily duties were to Operate the forklift and move product to where it belong in the warehouse
• Stock the merchandise and then proceed to scan them for inventory.
• Inspected equipment for defects and performed repairs or maintenance tasks.
• Used strapping and bracing techniques combined with proper balancing to prevent load shifting.
• Performed routine maintenance on vehicles or auxiliary equipment by recharging batteries, lubricating parts and refueling.
• Assessed equipment for damage, wear, battery life, and fluid levels.
• Reviewed daily production schedules to inform effective prioritization and delegation of tasks.