Daniel Hughes
Corydon,IN
Summary
Hands-on shift lead and seasoned machine operator with ten years of experience operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting various types of manufacturing equipment. Proficient in equipment productivity and performing preventive maintenance functions. Well-versed in plant safety protocols and personal protective equipment for a variety of environments, with room for improvement. Hardworking, reliable, and dedicated to meeting the customers' needs and preferences.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Garbage Truck Driver
Sweetland Ltd.
New Albany, IN
03.2023 - Current
- Conduct daily truck inspections to ensure safety and DOT compliance standards.
- Optimize route sequencing to enhance fuel economy, and reduce truck wear.
- Maximize operational efficiency for other drivers who may cover assigned routes.
- Maintain a clean truck cab.
Shift Foreman
Simco of Southern Indiana
Corydon, IN
06.2021 - 03.2023
- Supervise and lead employees to maintain productivity and quality control.
- Check orders to ensure highest quality of product and work order completeness.
- Comply with company safety procedures, policies and regulations to promote safe working environment.
- Conduct training in equipment operations and safety procedures, briefing employees of hazards associated with work.
- Operate extrusion line.
- Set up and adjust machines and equipment to produce pre-determined results.
- Meet changing production needs by replacing screens, molds and widths according to manufacturing specifications.
Truck Driver
Kentuckiana Trucking
Clarksville, IN
12.2020 - 05.2021
- Inspected trucks and trailers before and after trips and completed basic maintenance for optimal performance.
- Operated tractor with dump trailer for scrap yards and landfill.
- Operated tri-axle and quad axle dump trucks for construction jobsites.
Extrusion Line Operator
Daramic LLC
Corydon, IN
10.2017 - 07.2020
- Followed standards of operations concerning job set-up, machine operation, taking readings and samples of products to provide high quality battery separators.
- Inspected machines for quality verification and corrected issues based on lab reports.
- Identified machine issues and performed basic maintenance to avoid shutdowns after initial start up.
- Consistently monitored HMI for pressure readings, melt pump output and Acrison feed rates and made proactive adjustments to maintain optimal levels of of flow.
- Selected correct calender rolls for job specifications.
- Utilized overhead crane and/or forklift to remove and install calender rollers, and split and clean dies as needed.
Steel Press Operator
Icon Metal Forming
Corydon, IN
10.2013 - 01.2016
- Accurately set-up steel dies, adjust roll mechanisms, tension and guide device to obtain optimal performance of line.
- Loaded and guided steel coils with precise measurements for proper alignment of steel in die. Made adjustments as necessary.
- Took measurements with calipers and gauge readers to assess line performance.
- Measured completed workpieces to verify conformance to specifications with micrometers, gauges, calipers and templates.
- Operated with Allen Bradley controls to set cutting speeds, feed rates or and angles for specified operations.
- Examined completed pieces to check for defects and sorted items according to identified flaws in parts handbook.
- Ground out burrs or sharp edges with portable grinders, or performed rework on a hand press to correct flawed materials.
- Implemented 5S daily to maintain a clean, organized and productive work area.
Education
High School Diploma -
Corydon Central High School
Corydon, IN06.2012
Skills
- Verbal and written communication
- Training assistance
- Shift paperwork management
- Mechanical troubleshooting
- Safety procedures and compliance
- Continuous improvement initiatives
- Quality assurance processes
- Inventory management
- Class A CDL certification
- Current IN DOT medical card (2027)
- Clean driving record
- Self-motivated
References
Referred by: Nathan Wallace
Additional references available upon request.
Timeline
Garbage Truck Driver
Sweetland Ltd.
03.2023 - Current
Shift Foreman
Simco of Southern Indiana
06.2021 - 03.2023
Truck Driver
Kentuckiana Trucking
12.2020 - 05.2021
Extrusion Line Operator
Daramic LLC
10.2017 - 07.2020
Steel Press Operator
Icon Metal Forming
10.2013 - 01.2016
High School Diploma -
Corydon Central High School
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