
Dynamic Production Operator with proven expertise at PPG, adept at optimizing machine operations and enhancing production efficiency. Skilled in equipment maintenance and safety compliance, I foster collaboration and uphold quality standards. Committed to continuous improvement and training, I ensure a safe and productive workplace while delivering high-quality products.
Responsible for Reop in the Preparation Department. After the production associate cleans and inspects the glass if there is any defects they marked and sent to reop. Uses 7x magnification eye loop to identify defects and ensure they are within standard accuracy according to blueprints and defects standard works. Will repair imperfections and verify quality of the windshield meets or exceeds PPG and the customer standards. Runs CMS cnc speed 24 3 Axis edger. Enters program for each windshield to be produced. Puts correct edging wheels and measurements for them to ensure correct alignment for each windshield to be edged for handling and to proceed to the next phase of production. Ensures correct size, shape, bevel and seam on each windshield according to blueprints and standard works and customer specifications. Runs CMS cnc vertical glass cutter. Loads cases of glass into the correct bay and verifys and thickness for each windshield to be cut. Programs glass type and ensures correct calibration of robot to ensure pick up and cut of each windshield according to customer specifications, blue prints and standard works. Oversees glass is sent to CMS cnc 3 axis profiler edger ensures the handling seam is placed according to blue print standards works and customer specifications.
Ensures correct thickness is entered on the CMS vertical washer to clean the glass correctly and pass onto the inspection process.
Operates production machinery to ensure optimal output and quality standards. Ensures compliance with safety regulations and promotes a culture of workplace safety safety.
Skills and Training:
• Emergency Response Team
• Confined space training
• CPR
• First aid
• Safety team
• Ppe team
• 5’s Sprint Team
Supervised laboratory operations, ensuring compliance with safety standards. Trained and mentored staff on laboratory procedures and best practices. Managed procurement of lab supplies, maintaining optimal stock levels for uninterrupted operations. Managed 5 employees in the lab. Managed 6 employees on the retail floor. Did daily nightly paperwork and bank transactions when opening or closing.
Checked prescriptions to ensure they were correct and thickness was correct to Ansi standards. Ran a cnc edger that would grind the bass and cross curve for the correct prescription. Ran an cnc edger that would cut the lens into the correct shape for each frame. Put lens into coater to add a scratch coat to each lens. Would put uv coating and or tint as specified by each order. Would check uv percentage by placing in ultraviolet reader. Assembled glass and checked to ensure prescription and all measurements are correct to standards and thickness to ansi standards. Clean and dispense glasses to customer.