Dallas Hopkins
Ramsey,IL
Summary
Skilled in process improvement and equipment maintenance, I effectively managed schedules and promoted employee engagement, driving operational excellence and reducing training time for new hires.
Supportive Team Lead with years of experience leading teams. Expert in following detailed production schedules with distinguished history of maximizing productivity. Committed to proactive reorganization for optimized safety and efficiency.
Experienced leadership professional prepared to guide teams effectively. Strong focus on collaboration and achieving results, ensuring adaptability with changing needs. Proficient in project management, conflict resolution, and strategic planning. Reliable and flexible, fostering cohesive and productive team environment.
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Kitchen Teamlead
Conagra Brands
03.2015 - 07.2025
- Trained new team members by relaying information on company procedures and safety requirements.
- Promoted a positive work environment by fostering teamwork, open communication, and employee recognition initiatives.
- Served as a role model for the team by demonstrating commitment to excellence, professionalism, and adherence to company values at all times.
- Coached team members in techniques necessary to complete job tasks.
- Managed schedules, accepted time off requests and found coverage for short shifts.
- Approved team members vacations, covered if needed
Journeyman Maintenance Process Technician
Priority Plastics
05.2012 - 11.2014
- Trained new technicians in proper usage of equipment, safety protocols, and company procedures, ensuring a high level of competence across the team.
- Supported an environment of safety through thorough knowledge of regulations, best practices, and consistent communication with team members regarding safe work habits.
- Troubleshot technical issues, implementing solutions to maintain a smooth production process.
- Contributed to the development of standard operating procedures that improved consistency across shifts and reduced training time for new hires.
- Traveled to other plants in the company ,training employees on extrusion blow molding machines, improving processes
Journeyman Maintenance Process Technician
Graham Packaging
09.1990 - 03.2012
- Repaired complex engineered products and restored to original settings.
- Reduced downtime for maintenance by performing regular equipment inspections and preventative measures.
- Enhanced production efficiency by optimizing process parameters and equipment settings.
- Complied with safety rules and standards to maximize efficiencies while reducing accidents.
- Performed electrical and mechanical troubleshooting on equipment.
- Provided technical support to all projects and provided research for all developmental teams.
- Performed maintenance on machinery and escalated major malfunctions to supervisor for immediate assistance.
- Performed bottle change overs on blow molding machines. lined out processing of new bottles, made sure machine was running at correct BPM.
Education
Vandalia Community High School
Vandalia, IL05-1990
Skills
- Attention to detail
- Conflict resolution
- Customer focus
- Coaching and mentoring
- Schedule management
- Process improvement
- Workplace safety
- Quality control
- Performance improvement
- Performance monitoring
- Operations management
- Production monitoring
- Equipment maintenance
- Relationship building
- Employee evaluation
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Team supervision
- Staff training
- Loss prevention
- Employee engagement
- Problem-solving
- Team motivation
Certification
Journeyman Maintenance Certificate, Kaskaskia College
Timeline
Kitchen Teamlead
Conagra Brands
03.2015 - 07.2025
Journeyman Maintenance Process Technician
Priority Plastics
05.2012 - 11.2014
Journeyman Maintenance Process Technician
Graham Packaging
09.1990 - 03.2012
Vandalia Community High School
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