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Brandon S. Nguyen

Portland,OR

Summary

Dedicated individual with a strong desire to contribute to a growth-oriented company. Committed to leveraging skills and experience to drive success and achieve organizational goals. Eager to take on new challenges and continuously learn and grow within a dynamic work environment. Seeking an opportunity to make a meaningful impact and be part of a collaborative team that values innovation and excellence.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Cannabis Trimmer

Nectar Markets
04.2021 - Current

Trimmer

  • Bucked product from totes (entire plant)
  • Separated stems, fan leaves and waste as well as A-buds
  • Trimmed A-buds to meet company expectations/standards
  • Turn in completed totes to shift lead to be weighed and documented before receiving new product
  • Constant use of isopropyl alcohol to clean scissors


Joint Team

  • Packed joints with product to half or full grams depending on work order
  • Weighed each individual joint to ensure they aren't under or overweight
  • Twisted the top of each finished joint to ensure no product falls out of them
  • Folded custom boxes to fill joints in
  • labeled tubes to fill with the proper joints for the work order
  • Used machine packer to pack product into joint papers to ensure they weren't loose
  • Worked in a team based environment (commission based pay was a team effort)

Encapsulation Machine Operator

Health Wright Products
02.2019 - 08.2019

Encapsulation Machine Operator

  • Set up machine from scratch (2.5-4 hours) (other employees took an entire shift)
  • After set up, run machine to get correct size with no defects to capsules
  • Probiotic/Allergen cleans would require full room cleans (2-4 hours)
  • Regular cleans will be wiping machine and washing parts (2-3 hours)
  • Dismantling each individual parts on Bosch machine after run is finished (2 hours)
  • A lot of trouble shooting is required for this job, constant moving and tweaking parts
  • Properly fill out paperwork every 5min, weigh/measure capsules to ensure correct weight and size
  • While checking filled capsules ensure there are no defects, requires trouble shooting
  • Follow all safety procedures
  • Maintain equipment
  • Worked with isopropyl alcohol (regular) and alpet D2 (allergen/probiotics) for cleans
  • Passed Bosch test within a year of employment at Health Wright Products ( Certificate of training completion)



Bosch Runner

  • Constant moving around to each operator to help out with their needs (around 10-15 operators per shift)
  • Weighing each operators completed barrels of capsules and inputting the correct information into the system
  • Wash Bosch machine parts (over 100 parts/bolts
  • Refill IBC with correct powder
  • Refill capsules into capsule hopper

Machine operator (wrapper)

Bridgetown Natural Foods
05.2017 - 04.2018
  • -Finish verifying label sheets before running machine (lot codes and dates)
  • - Keep track of how many bars ran every15 min
  • -Pass bars through metal detector before running through wrapper machine
  • -Feed bars into wrapper machine at a fast and steady pace, at least180-300 bars a minute (running40k-50k+ bars a day)
  • -Allergen clean machine/equipment when product has peanut butter or chocolate to run a different product
  • -Train new hires
  • -Backstage unfinished film to warehouse at end shift
  • -Troubleshoot whenever a problem with the machine would occur (often)
  • Mixer operator
  • -Follow directions for mixing product to ensure it meets company standards
  • -Finished mixed products are then scooped out of mixer and sent to another operator to shape product into bars (sent to reon machine)
  • -Fill out paperwork after each batch mixed
  • -Occasionally lifting up to40-60lbs of ingredients
  • -Wet wash/allergen clean mixing machine every end shift
  • -When free would occasionally help other operators to keep the line running
  • Scaling operator
  • -Fill out paperwork every start/end shift
  • -Precisely measure dry/wet ingredients to ensure it meets company standards
  • -Wet wash tables and buckets needed to hold ingredients every end shift
  • -Backstage left over ingredients to warehouse every end shift
  • Oven operator
  • -Fill paperwork after every batch is done cooking
  • -Constantly restock pans into panning machine throughout entire shift
  • -Restock parchment paper onto pans throughout entire shift
  • -When free would go help other operators to keep line running
  • Sanitation
  • -Grab cleaning materials at a timely manner for allergen cleaning (at least1-2 times a week)
  • -Various cleaning liquids used to clean equipment (very strict)
  • -When finished cleaning, QA (quality food inspecting) checks equipment with swabs to ensure equipment is clean and ready to run different products
  • -Wet wash machines when switching products (different from allergen cleaning)
  • Campbell operator
  • -Fill out verifying label sheets before running machine
  • -Keep track of how many bars ran every15min
  • -Troubleshoot machines whenever a problem would occur (very often)
  • -Capable of multi-tasking watching3 machines (awareness)
  • -Allergen clean Campbell room (takes up to8-12 hours very strict)
  • -Wet wash machines/equipment to change products
  • -Good housekeeping
  • -Very fast paced environment (Needed to keep line constantly running)
  • Palletizer
  • -Putting finished boxed products onto pallet
  • -Pushing boxed through label machine
  • -Wrapping finished products and labeling each pallet correctly

Cook / Host

My Brother’s Crawfish
03.2016 - 11.2016
  • -Prepare/Cook food in timely manner
  • -Prepare/Clean work station
  • -Daily Inventory, Train new hires
  • -Greet/Seat customers, Prepare water/menus
  • -Stocked condiments etc

Assembly Line – Machine Operator duties

Cardinal Aluminum-Portland Willamette
08.2015 - 03.2016
  • -Cut Metal Frames with precise measurements
  • -Assemble fireplace parts
  • -Paying close attention to details regarding products to ensure it meets company standards
  • -Clean/Prepare work stations
  • -Standing6-8 hours and lifting40lbs or more
  • -Work with air compression tools, drill press, polish/sand machines and other Machineries as needed
  • -Follow safety protocols
  • -Assemble bbq grills

Education

High School -

David Douglas High
06.2015

Skills

  • Team Player
  • Promptness
  • Dependable
  • Detailed-Oriented
  • Eager to Learn
  • Ability to adapt to new skills and challenges
  • Enthusiastic
  • Motivated self-starter

Timeline

Cannabis Trimmer

Nectar Markets
04.2021 - Current

Encapsulation Machine Operator

Health Wright Products
02.2019 - 08.2019

Machine operator (wrapper)

Bridgetown Natural Foods
05.2017 - 04.2018

Cook / Host

My Brother’s Crawfish
03.2016 - 11.2016

Assembly Line – Machine Operator duties

Cardinal Aluminum-Portland Willamette
08.2015 - 03.2016

High School -

David Douglas High
Brandon S. Nguyen