Damien Waara
Baraga,MI
Summary
- Proven people skills and the ability to work with others while effectively handling internal pressures
- Effective project leader and problem-solver seeking to apply expertise and extensive experience to take on a challenging new role with a growing team.
- Self motivated, competent, and driven to succeed
- Versatile Production Supervisor knowledgeable about equipment operation, quality standards and safety hazards. Versed in documentation, compliance and scheduling. Streamlines workflow to maintain productivity and proactively addresses challenges to minimize downtime.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Production Supervisor
CertainTeed Corporation
05.2018 - Current
- Production Supervisor of 30-120 employees
- Communicate with all operators simultaneously to make sure work orders are executed with the right specifications (machinery) and everyone is working safely
- Lead shift change meetings to bring on coming shift up to speed
- Report all plant downtime and root causes
- Trouble shoot line failure quickly and safely
- Prepared detailed reports multiple times a day on updates to project specifications, progress, identified conflicts and team activities
- Reviewed daily requirements and forecasts and delegated work for optimal coverage
- Meet with employees to evaluate performance and make plans for improvement
- Set up and calibrated machinery to meet specific production requirements and meet desired tolerances
- Utilized lean practices to balance workflow and alleviate redundancy.
- Prepared in advance for and addressed production problems, material deficits, equipment failures and unavoidable delays.
Company Owner- Food Manufacturing
Crazy Joe's Enterprises
01.2012 - Current
- Directed a food manufacturing company that supplied over 200 stores in 3 states .
- Controlled inventories, monitored usages and purchased raw materials.
- Developed a production processes from 200 units per day to 6,000.
- Created cost savings plans, effective cash flow, and budget forecasts.
- Worked with suppliers to control costs with break point contracts.
- Developed lasting relationships with large corporate stores (Kroger, Festival Foods, Woodmans, Pick and Save) along with the local grocery stores.
- Better Process Control School Certified to run a food manufacturing plant- University of California-Davis
- Serve Safe Certified - Manager
- Route management and logistics.
Project Manager
CCI Systems Inc.
02.2014 - 01.2017
- Collaborated with clients, architects, engineers, contractors and sub-consultants on fiber optic projects with budgets up to $8,000,000.
- Start to finish involvement. Bid process, Purchasing, coding, pre-construct, staffing, equipment transfer, engineering requirements, quality control, customer relations, AsBuilding, Gant charts, Doco requirements etc.
- Managed construction project coordination, including material resources and staff scheduling to ensure timely project completion.
- Responsible for 52 construction sites with 83 employees, and many sub- contractors: work consisted of Underground and Aerial construction of fiber optic rings. Everything from 135 mile builds to 1,000’ builds in Texas, Montana, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan.
- Developed and initiated projects, managed costs, and monitored performance.
Financial Advisor
Metlife Inc
01.2006 - 01.2012
- Worked with clients to assess and meet short- and long-term financial goals.
- Series 7, series 63, health, life, and disability licenses.
- Helped 6 local governments with 50+ employees lower costs of benefit packages and improve retirement plans.
Job Foreman
Holt Masonry
01.2000 - 01.2006
Education
Finance
Northern Michigan University
Marquette, MISkills
- Safety First
- Team leadership
- Staff development
- Self-motivated
- Process implementation
- Project management
- Budgeting and finance
- Communication skills
- Sales
- Logistics
- Problem solving
- Public speaking
- Staff Management
Timeline
Production Supervisor
CertainTeed Corporation
05.2018 - Current
Project Manager
CCI Systems Inc.
02.2014 - 01.2017
Company Owner- Food Manufacturing
Crazy Joe's Enterprises
01.2012 - Current
Financial Advisor
Metlife Inc
01.2006 - 01.2012
Job Foreman
Holt Masonry
01.2000 - 01.2006
Finance
Northern Michigan University
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