Brian Benjamin
Rio Rancho
Summary
Skilled Production Technologist with comprehensive background in manufacturing process optimization. Strengths include process improvement, troubleshooting, and adept utilization of Lean Manufacturing principles. Known for high productivity and efficient task completion. Possess specialized skills in process optimization, equipment troubleshooting, and quality control management. Excel in teamwork, problem-solving, and adaptability, ensuring smooth operations and consistent product quality.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Production Technologist
Tech Source
Los Alamos
01.2025 - Current
- Ensuring materials are available for production manufacturing
- Inspecting and testing finished products
- Identifying problems with production or manufactured goods
- Communicating solutions for production challenges with quality assurance
- Educating coworkers on health and safety regulations
- Establishing preventative maintenance methods
- Analyzing machinery and tools to report faults or broken items
- Assist support technicians with maintenance, cleaning, and upkeep of shops
- Support packaging, shipping, and inventory control of items
- Pull stock from inventory and retrieve items from other warehouses or offices
- Assemble and store part kits, and support assembly and testing of components for the project
- Plan, manage, and support purchasing of new materials
Supply Chain Specialist
Vibrant Corporation
Albuquerque
01.2024 - 07.2024
- Monitors daily operations of a company supply chain form raw materials to finished goods.
- Coordinate shipments, manage inventory, and resolves supply chain issues.
- Manages transportation and storage of goods between the manufacturer and the customer.
- Optimizes the flow of goods and services from the supplier to customers.
- Procures materials, determines quantities, negotiates pricing, and oversees delivery for order fulfillment.
- Establish and maintain automated and manual accounting records, posts receipts and turn-ins, and performs dues-ins and dues-outs accounting.
- Correct error and exception documents.
- Review and verify quantities received against bills of lading, contracts, purchase requests, and shipping documents.
- From storage and distribution to warehouse management, your primary responsibility will be to supervise and perform specific functions to maintain equipment records and parts.
Productions Control Specialist
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos
09.2022 - 10.2023
- Developing process improvements for inventory, manufacturing, and production control systems.
- Analyzing customer orders and establishing production schedules for timely delivery.
- Reviewing and executing change orders.
- Monitoring production equipment and taking appropriate measures when issues arise.
- Knowledge of production planning and scheduling methods.
- Knowledge of shop floor management and control practices.
- Demonstrated knowledge of manufacturing policies, programs, procedures, and practices.
- Awareness and willing to learn of industry, regulatory, or Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) complex codes, standards, and criteria pertinent to the engineering discipline.
- Demonstrated ability to manage material in accordance with applicable quality assurance and industry standards.
- Exceptional customer service skills and the ability to provide clear, concise support and guidance to others in sometimes-stressful situations.
- Experience interacting professionally with all types of personnel, including external interfaces and executive management.
- Possess high attention to detail including strong organizational skills, analytical thinking, observational skills, and problem-solving skills.
- Proven ability to multi-task and adjust to the workings of a dynamic environment.
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills; familiar with logistics and production planning concepts (e.g., just-in-time, materials requirement planning).
- Coordinates activities with purchasing functions in obtaining material, equipment and services.
- Ensures quality and production documentation and configuration management requirements are met.
- Plans and designs baseline audit/control techniques, version control processes, and data management for production operations.
- Develops advanced concepts, techniques, and standards based on professional principles and theories.
- Works on unusually significant, unique or complex issues, provides solutions that are highly creative and where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangibles.
Supply Technician
Technica
El Paso
06.2021 - 08.2022
- Performing limited aspects of technical supply management work (e.g., inventory management, storage management, cataloging, repair parts requisitioning etc.) utilizing the Global Combat support System-Army (GCSS-A)
- Establish and maintain stock records and other documents such as inventory, materiel control, accounting, and supply reports to include shop stock, bench stock, demand analysis, overage repairable item list (ORILS), turn-in
- Establish and maintain automated and manual accounting records, posts receipts and turn-ins, and performs dues-ins and dues-outs accounting
- Correct error and exception documents
- Review and verify quantities received against bills of lading, contracts, purchase requests, and shipping documents
- Unloads, unpacks, visually inspects, counts, segregates, palletizes, and stores incoming supplies and equipment as required
- Prepares production report based on Data compiled, tabulated, and computed, following prescribed formats and governing rules, regulations, and policies
- Pack crates, stencils, weighs, band equipment, and supplies as required
- Processes requests and turn-in documents at Sustainment level through warehousing section
- Processes inventories, surveys, and warehousing documents
- Performs inventories and location surveys IAW established procedures
- Retrieves and analyzes historical and activity files pertinent to system rejected documents
- Assists Supervisor and/or Lead reconciling activity records for monthly and quarterly reporting and status reviews
- Processes Supply Discrepancy Reports (SDRs), Product Quality Deficiency Reports (PQDRs) and track such materials until resolved
- Operates materiel handling equipment (MHE) as required
- Complies individual reports of current and projected work order status
- Monitor's each work order for prompt status changes
- Informs Supervisor of any delays or unusual circumstances of work order requests
- Schedules work based on established guidelines and priorities in accordance with governing rules, regulations, and policies
- Calculate such factors as type and quantities of such items repaired, materials used, amount of scrap, frequency of defects, and work order and or department production rates, using GCSS-Army computers
- Assist within the department as directed by the Manager or Supervisor
- Maintain workstation and department area in a highly professional manner and appearance
Automated Logistics Specialist
U.S Army
El Paso
04.2018 - 05.2021
- Complete and initiate work orders
- Operate forklifts
- Lift and carry up to 100lbs
- Process, receive and issue items/parts
- Drive and operate military vehicles
- Operate box trucks/civilian
- Dispatch vehicles
- Operate GCSS-Army and windows systems.
- Coordinated incoming and outgoing shipments to maintain schedules.
- Organized material distribution and transportation coordination in accordance with executive direction.
- Supervised personnel in supply, services, materials management, and logistical operations.
- Packed in crates, stenciled, weighed, and banded equipment and supplies.
- Unloaded incoming supplies, equipment and materials and stored items proper areas of warehouse.
- Established operations procedures and complied with military policies.
- Completed work orders and recorded supply readiness
- Created and disbursed dispatch schedules to executive leaders and stakeholders.
- Planned and supervised shipments from production to end-user and scheduled daily and weekly routes.
- Managed loading, unloading, movement and sorting of supplies to keep deliveries on schedule.
- Developed and deployed strategies to save time and expenses associated with goods movements.
- Established and maintained stock records and other documents such as inventory, material control, accounting, and supply reports.
- From storage and distribution to warehouse management, your primary responsibility will be to supervise and perform specific functions to maintain equipment records and parts.
- Major duties include establishing and maintaining records (stock lists, inventory, material control, etc.), maintaining stock locator system and administering document control procedures, processing requests and turn-in documents, performing prescribed load-list and shop-stock list duties in manual and automated supply applications, and operating material-handling equipment.
- Construct bins, shelving, and other storage aids.
- Simplify and standardize the collection and use of maintenance data.
- Raise the quality and accuracy of performance, cost, and parts data through improved maintenance management.
- Stock control and accounting procedures.
- Procedures for shipping, receiving, storing, and issuing stock.
- Movement, storage, and maintenance of ammunition.
Education
Business Administration (AAS) - Project Management
Central New Mexico Community College
Albuquerque, NM 01.2026 - 11.2025
High School Diploma -
Miramar High School
Miramar, FLSkills
- Schedule Coordination
- Quality Assurance
- Desktop and Laptop Computers
- Geography Knowledge
- Goods Movement Planning
- Warehouse Management System
- Inventory Management
- Transportation Planning
- Flexibility and Adaptability
- Critical Thinking
- Oral Presentation
- Problem Solving
- Decision Making
- Logistics Process Improvement
- Technical Project Management
- Business Relationship Development
- Maintenance Planning
- Proposal Review
- Specification Writing
- Attention to Detail
- Performance Review and Optimization
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Team Guidance and Management
- Customer Needs Assessment
- Estimate Documentation
- Materials and Supply Allocation
- Supply chain coordination
- Customer service
- Inventory management
- Data analysis
- Supply management
- Team building
- Attention to detail
- Problem-solving abilities
- Problem-solving
- Written communication
- Safety improvement
Certification
- Secret Clearance / Military Installations
- Top Secret/Q
- RAD Worker II
- OSHA-10 Certified
Timeline
Business Administration (AAS) - Project Management
Central New Mexico Community College
01.2026 - 11.2025
Production Technologist
Tech Source
01.2025 - Current
Supply Chain Specialist
Vibrant Corporation
01.2024 - 07.2024
Productions Control Specialist
Los Alamos National Laboratory
09.2022 - 10.2023
Supply Technician
Technica
06.2021 - 08.2022
Automated Logistics Specialist
U.S Army
04.2018 - 05.2021
High School Diploma -
Miramar High School