Darren Cook
Simpsonville,SC
Summary
Hardworking Manufacturing Associate offering 6+ years supporting manufacturing needs. Successful working long hours in challenging environments, moving supplies, organizing products and packaging shipments. Excellent history of working well with other team members and pitching in to help achieve team goals.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Owner/Operator
D&M Connection LLC
06.2020 - Current
- Managed day-to-day business operations.
- Evaluated suppliers to maintain cost controls and improve operations.
- Enhanced operational efficiency and productivity by managing budgets, accounts, and costs.
Furnace Operator
Caterpillar
01.2021 - 02.2023
- Monitoring equipment to ensure that it is in good working order and that production goals are being met
- Monitoring furnace operations to make sure that temperatures are within safe limits and adjusting controls as needed
- Monitoring the quality of raw materials entering the furnace to ensure they meet standards for chemical composition and physical properties such as density and particle size distribution
- Maintaining records of all heating cycles performed, including temperature and time settings, to ensure accurate data is available for future reference
Machine Operator/Assembler
Robert Bosch Corporation
09.2018 - 02.2020
- Completed daily production approval
- Maintained activity logs
- Assembled equipment according to blueprints
- Diagnosed and maintained commercial manufacturing equipment
Landscaping Specialist
Freeman's Mobile Landscaping
08.2007 - 07.2019
- Operate vehicles and powered equipment, such as mowers, tractors, twin-axle vehicles, snow blowers, chain saws, electric clippers, sod cutters, and pruning saws
- Mow or edge lawns, using power mowers or edges
- Care for established lawns by mulching, aerating, weeding, grubbing, removing thatch, or trimming or edging around flower beds, walks, or walls
- Use hand tools, such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge or brush trimmers, or axes
- Mix and spray or spread fertilizers, herbicides, or insecticides onto grass, shrubs, or trees, using hand or automatic sprayers or spreaders
- Water lawns, trees, or plants, using portable sprinkler systems, hoses, or watering cans.
Education
High School Diploma -
Jefferson High School
Jefferson, GASkills
- Packaging
- Fabrication
- Mowing
- I am able to operate the stand-up forklift as well as the sit down forklift (6 years)
- CNC
- Assembly Technician (7 years)
- Machining
- Welder Fabricator
- Blueprint Reading
- Landscape Maintenance
- Lawn Care
- Sheet Metal
- Manufacturing
- Forklift Certification
- Driver's License
Additional Information
- Willing to relocate: Anywhere, Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Timeline
Furnace Operator
Caterpillar
01.2021 - 02.2023
Owner/Operator
D&M Connection LLC
06.2020 - Current
Machine Operator/Assembler
Robert Bosch Corporation
09.2018 - 02.2020
Landscaping Specialist
Freeman's Mobile Landscaping
08.2007 - 07.2019
High School Diploma -
Jefferson High School