Christopher Burrow
Lostant,IL
Summary
Hardworking production worker, operator, material handler with 5+ years of experience in the manufacturing industry. Team-player quick to communicate issues and work with others to resolve.
Positive and punctual, thrives working in fast-paced, physically-demanding jobs while standing and moving for long hours. Physically fit and diligent with strong commitment to team and business success. Focused on exceeding productivity and service objectives every day. Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong worth ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Machine Operator
Daubers LLC
Tonica, Illinois
03.2024 - Current
- Operated computer panel to ensure efficient flow, proper weight, and ratio of silica, carbon, cement, water and other ingredients mixed and then conveyed into the block machine.
- Monitored equipment performance, conducted routine maintenance checks and made machine adjustments required for the product being made.
- Operated Besser Block Machine. Ensuring that the blocks being made were of the right size, shape, weight consistency, making adjustments to the machine as needed to verify the quality of blocks to be cured. Recorded detailed notes of recipe and machine settings.
- Operated Besser Cuber Machine for the organization and paletization of cured silica carbide blocks. I would regularly maintain and operate the cuber line, load and unload the pallet magazine, wrap, band, and stack pallets of finished product.
- General maintenance, sanblasting of stripper heads and block molds.
- Skylift Operator, Forklift operator.
- General manual labor often handstacking +40lb bricks, shoveling, sweeping, and pushing off racks.
Factory Production Worker
Phoenix Paper Products
Tonica, Illinois
09.2023 - 02.2024
- Operated machinery for paper production and ensured quality standards.
- Monitored production line for efficiency.
- Wrapped, stacked, and organized different pallets of product, for storage and shipment.
- Assisted in the production of mostly dyed paper pellets used for erosion control, and "New Pig" for oil spills and clean up; Among other recycled paper products.
- Loaded machine with recycled paper and corn stock.
- LSC Environmental formerly known as Phoenix Paper Products experienced an electrical fire and all employees were evacuated safely. Late January 2024
Shipping Loader /Material Handler
Ace Hardware Distribution
Princeton, IL
05.2018 - 08.2023
- 5 + years experience on a forklift and other warehouse equipment.
- Typically on a day to day basis I would prepare and load the outbound trailers to be picked up by the driver and delivered.
- I was a "Jack of all trades," on the shipping side of the building. I volunteered to learn all the various positions for outbound, and when someone called in I would fill in for them.
- Filled orders and packed merchandise into boxes and containers in preparation for safe shipment.
- Operated lift equipment to safely move stock in and out of high bay areas and around premises.
- Loaded completed orders on pallets according to delivery numbers.
- Sorted cargo for accurate shipment to target locations, preventing unnecessary delays and promoting productivity.
Quality Assurance Technician
S.C.S.I. at John Deere Davenport Works
Davenport, IA
09.2015 - 11.2017
- S.C.S.I. is a quality assurance sub-contractor working within John Deere Davenport works to quote "Keep the line running." whenever the line is stopped due to a quality issue, S.C.S.I. would work with John Deere engineers and the various companies that supply parts.
- My job as the Quality Technician is to go out onto the floor and check all of the parts on the line to fix, rework, or scrap, parts to ensure they match up to the standard of the blueprint provided, then charge the company for the labor.
- I typically I stayed on the line in John Deere or in the neighboring warehouse. Often times I would be asked to check parts at other facilities for John Deere and sometimes drive to manufacturers to check their parts in-house before shipping.
Dairy Farm Hand
Potter Dairy
Preston, IA
04.2013 - 09.2017
- I worked this job seasonally coinciding with being a Quality Assurance technician for S.C.S.I. at John Deere Davenport Works.
- Assisted with feeding, tagging and treating calves.
- Washed and cleaned cattle udders, milk parlors and tanks.
- Maintained high standards of animal welfare when performing feeding and milking procedures.
- Drove trucks, tractors and other equipment to accomplish tasks such as disking fields; cut, rake, bail, wrap, then storing hay for later consumption;
- Moved equipment, poultry or livestock manually or using trucks or carts.
- Patrolled holding habitats and grazing areas to monitor animal safety and make timely repairs to equipment, gates and pens.
- Examined animals to detect illness, injury or disease.
- Herded livestock to pastures for grazing or to scales, trucks or other enclosures.
- Segregated animals according to weight, age and physical condition.
- Ordered food for animals and arranged delivery.
Education
Some College (No Degree) - Welding
Denison Job Corps Center
Denison, IAGED -
Scott Community College
Davenport, IASkills
- Truck Loading and Unloading
- Material Handling
- Forklift Operation
- Positive Attitude
- Good Housekeeping
- Machine operation
- Maintenance
- Hardworking
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Equipment Maintenance and Repair
- Quality Issue Identification
- Functional Testing
Timeline
Machine Operator
Daubers LLC
03.2024 - Current
Factory Production Worker
Phoenix Paper Products
09.2023 - 02.2024
Shipping Loader /Material Handler
Ace Hardware Distribution
05.2018 - 08.2023
Quality Assurance Technician
S.C.S.I. at John Deere Davenport Works
09.2015 - 11.2017
Dairy Farm Hand
Potter Dairy
04.2013 - 09.2017
Some College (No Degree) - Welding
Denison Job Corps Center
GED -
Scott Community College