ARTEMIO SAAVEDRA
Emporia ,Kansas
Summary
- Experienced Production Supervisor adept at keeping operations moving smoothly and efficiently in order to meet demanding manufacturing targets. Bringing [10] years of progressive leadership experience in production environments, Welling to take new challenges and open to opportunities on different fields as needed.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Retort Operator
Simmons Pet Food
Emporia, KS
07.2020 - 09.2023
- Operate and monitor the retorts, responsible for the cooking process of raw canned pet food.
- record the cooking process data and monitor retort functions.
- Have a full knowledge of the system and troubleshot any problem.
- Assist quality assurance and monitor product for quality.
- Report any deficiencies to production supervisor and Maintenance team.
- Teardown and set up equipment as needed.
Welder/Fitter
Schuff Steel
Ottowa, KS
06.2019 - 07.2020
- Laid out, fitted and fabricated steel beams and components according customers specifications.
- Inspected and repaired components to implement corrective action.
- Inspected chains, hammers and other tools for damage or wear to prevent injuries and accidents.
- Precision cutting with power tools, gas torch and other metal cutting equipment.
- Scraped off excess spatter and other materials using portable grinders and arc-cutting equipment.
- Monitored fitting, burning and welding processes to avoid overheating parts, warping, shrinking, distortion and expansion of materials.
Production Supervisor
Lactalis American Group
Belmont, WI
05.2018 - 05.2019
- Managed and supervise up to 30 employees within the cheese packaging department to maximize efficiency and achieve daily and weekly packaging goals to meet customer demands.
- Ensured the team followed and enforced GMP,s, Food safety, Quality and employee safety policies.
- Monitored manufacturing variances to achieve quality improvement while resolving product process and equipment problems
- Communicated effectively with all Management team and departments to discuss issues, maximize production and control product inventory.
- Oversaw effective use of all department resources to maximize efficiency and achieve production targets.
Production Supervisor
Smithfield Food
Wichita, KS
02.2009 - 02.2018
- Managed and supervised daily activities of up to 50 team members to verify fulfillment of customer orders, manage product and supplies inventory.
- Set up, adjusted and maintained machines to keep production operating at peak levels and consistently meet challenging daily demands.
- Enforce GMP's, follow all UDSA, food safety and quality guidelines and regulations
- Emergency coordinator. HAZMAT trained. CPR trained
- Coordinated with internal departments to maximize operational efficiency across production and administrative areas.
- Controlled material usage to keep costs low, proactively investigating and resolving discrepancies to minimize waste.
- Assigned tasks to employees and monitored productivity, performance and task completion.
- Maintained work environments safe and efficient at all times.
- Issued work orders for repairs to plan maintenance of equipment and machinery.
- Monitored employee performance and safety, conducting retraining to correct problems and optimize productivity.
- Monitored manufacturing variances to achieve quality improvement while resolving product process and equipment problems.
Education
Some College (No Degree) - Integrated Electronics Technology
Wichita Technical Institute (WTI)
Wichita, KSwelding
central community college
Skills
- Supervisory skills
- Powered industrial truck skills
- Welding skills
- Food packaging machinery skills
- Industrial electronics technician
- Food safety and quality assurance
- Safety coordinator and hazmat trained
- First Aid and CPR trained and certified
- Metal assembler skills
- Blue prints
- Quality control
- Inventory coordination
- Performance reporting
- Workforce training
- Process improvement
- Complaint resolution
- Personnel training and development
- Effective team player
Certification
Journeyman and Associate Certified Electronics Technician (CET). Federal Communications Commission (FCC) License. J-Standard Solder Certification. Wichita Technical Institute Perfect Attendance(3x). Honor Roll (3x). Letter of Excellence (2x) Awards. CPR trained and certified, & HAZMAT trained.
Timeline
Retort Operator
Simmons Pet Food
07.2020 - 09.2023
Welder/Fitter
Schuff Steel
06.2019 - 07.2020
Production Supervisor
Lactalis American Group
05.2018 - 05.2019
Production Supervisor
Smithfield Food
02.2009 - 02.2018
Some College (No Degree) - Integrated Electronics Technology
Wichita Technical Institute (WTI)
welding
central community college