Cesar Cornejo Padilla
Los Angeles,CA
Summary
Excellent skills, as a quality control technician, with four year of experience in the food manufacturing industry. Good communication, organization and time management skills, dedicated, committed, responsible and disciplined professional. Physically fit and adaptable, with the ability to work in different work environments.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Quality Control Inspector
La Reina Inc.
03.2023 - 12.2024
- My work consists of ensuring and complying with quality standards:
- Pre-operational at the start of the day by carrying out a careful inspection of the production areas and direct contact materials
- Identifying areas that are not properly cleaned and resorting to a second re-cleaning before releasing for production
- Performing ATP tests to verify cleaning effectiveness
- Performing a visual inspection of staff compliance with GMP standards and proper use of PPE
- Calibration of tools to be used during my work day, scales, micrometers, and thermometers
- Verification of labels, codes of the materials to be used, visualization of any defects in the materials, and careful inspection of codes and dates
- Based on my job ticket or master paper provided by the standards required by each customer
- Review of metal detector functionality
- Ferrous, non-ferrous, and stainless
- Knowledge of HACCP and critical control points to avoid future deviations and claims
- Make sure I have everything under control by carefully performing audits every hour
- Keep records of my verifications in my reports, understandable and well explained
- Collect examples for self-life and also for laboratory tests
- Identify errors and deviations in the production line to solve them, working as a team with the production staff and not affecting downtime
- Provide solutions and ideas to improve food safety and quality
- Maintain communication and teamwork with staff for effective problem solving
Quality Assurance technician & FSQA
Smithfields foods Inc. (Farmer John)
03.2020 - 03.2023
- My daily inspections consisted of depending on the assigned department, it could be material reception area or production areas
- First after department washing
- I performed daily inspections in production areas for the release of the department and started producing the food
- Swab tests for examination in the laboratory
- Hourly inspection of regulations based on customer requirements
- I performed inspection in the reception area of incoming materials and outgoing products
- I also checked the proper cleaning of transportation
- I noted in my reports information of incoming materials, conformance and non-conformance
- I inspected finished products to verify general quality and compliance with product specifications
- I documented deviations and entered them into digital programs on a device assigned by the company for tracking
- I also wrote
- Maintained product quality by completing label verification, scale calibration, temperature, visual inspection of staff knives, and package weight audits and more
- Stopped the production line in the event of a major non-compliance with specifications, standards, or quality during the inspection process
- Generated detailed reports describing results
- Promotion
Production Line Operator
Smithfield Foods, Inc, (Farmer John)
12.2018 - 04.2021
- I worked in general packaging, operating machines, and also on production lines
- Food handling and cooperation to maintain good production results while compiling the standards required by the company to produce safe and healthy food
- Packed and labeled product in the bacon department
- Collaborated with quality control by inspecting items and removing defective parts
- Identified deviations several times and requested immediate help for resolution
Education
High School diploma - abroad school
Skills
- Quality control and assurance
- Ability to make right decisions
- Corrective actions
- Handling electronic devices for reporting
- Process quality review
- Internal and external audits
- Inspection reports
- Production line inspection
- Safety procedures
- Production experience
- Measurement techniques
- Equipment calibration
- Sample collection
- ATPS and swab procedures
- Non-conformity reports
- GMP application
- HACCP knowledge
- Hold tags reports
- Attention to USDA
Languages
English
Spanish
Timeline
Quality Control Inspector
La Reina Inc.
03.2023 - 12.2024
Quality Assurance technician & FSQA
Smithfields foods Inc. (Farmer John)
03.2020 - 03.2023
Production Line Operator
Smithfield Foods, Inc, (Farmer John)
12.2018 - 04.2021
High School diploma - abroad school
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